Scaling development programs for growing organizations

Be deliberate

Decide exactly what you need from your development program. What do you need it to accomplish? Are you starting with just one section of your organization, or do you need the program to encompass all roles and levels immediately?

Make development consistent and relevant

You can’t take a one-size-fits-all approach to development. How do you have clarity, consistency, and continuity across all job roles within your development program while also ensuring the program is relevant to each individual? Some organizations start with leadership development, but then want to eventually expand the program to include development for employees at all levels. A scalable development program allows you to do that.

Create a comprehensive and flexible competency framework

To ensure consistency in your development program across job levels and roles, make sure you have a comprehensive competency framework that informs development for all. This means individual competencies like resilience and communication have the same definition and are measured in the same way for employees at different levels. And when flexibility and configurability is built into this framework, scaling your development efforts is easier than ever.

Make learning personalized and easy

While you might identify six competencies required for a particular role, not everyone will need development in the same areas. Personalize learning based on which competencies need improvement, by individual. And make sure learning is accessible, convenient, and consumable for everyone. Wherever and whenever they learn the best.

Adjust to changes

Big external workforce changes — like the major shift to remote work over the past few years — show how ready you need to be for the next disruption. Make sure your development program is flexible enough to carry you and your employees through whatever comes next.