Applying Skills and Competencies to Performance Management & Career Development - with Sarah Blackmore

In this episode, Dan van der Werf interviews Sarah Blackmore about applying skills and competencies to performance management and career development. 

The key takeaway from this episode:

• When it comes to employee development and career pathing, the employee should own their own development and career path, but the organization and managers need to ensure resources and supports are in place for the employee to do that.

• There is a legacy negative perception of performance management (think the lengthy yearly review). there is a need to change the language around performance management, and reframe it as being about career development, and do check-ins, and goal setting, rather than “managing your performance."

• Use behavioural competencies to clearly define what’s expected of people and be completely transparent so that everyone has access to the requirements for all roles. If people want to grow and develop their careers, they should know what is required for their current role and any roles they aspire to be in.