Talk given at the Division of Work & Organisational Psychology (DWOP) of The Psychological Society of Ireland on the 23rd of May 2012.

1. “Career Development from the Bottom up”
• Overview of where career development fits with talent
management and performance management
• A new way to support employees to take ownership and
responsibility for their career development

8. E m p lo y e e s
r e s p o n s ib le f o r
C a r e e r d e v e lo p m e n t
M e n t o r in g
S o c ia l le a r n in g
L a te ra l mo ve s
E m p lo y e e e n g a g e m e n t
New
p s y c h o lo g ic a l c o n t r a
c t

9. Control via carrot and stick Vs alignment between the purpose
and goals of the organisation and the needs of the employee
Knowledge workers who are intrinsically motivated by their work, feel a
sense of shared purpose with the mission of the organisation, have
some autonomy over their activity and are continually developing and
achieving mastery in their role will be high performers and an
organisation with these people will succeed.

10. What has changed is that now security
comes from being employable rather than
being employed.

11. a&dc career engagement model
Career engagement
• collaborative and aligned with both
the individual’s and organisation’s
goals.
• It is about what an individual can
do for the organisation, whilst also
developing themselves and their
career opportunities.
• The impact of career engagement
is that these employees will be
happier and more fulfilled, which
will lead them to be more
productive and proactive.

12. Bersin Talent Management:
Which of these is top down?

13. Attracting, retaining and engaging your employees

14. Online career
development that works
Resurrected for annual reviews A year round live process
Last minute form filling Informed development plans
Poor quality career conversations Good quality career conversations
Focus on training courses On-the-job development and training
Top down push to employees Bottom up responsibility enabled

15. Employees can take control and manage their own
development in collaboration with their managers.
Career assessment Activity feed
Development plan

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Online career development that works