Kmarc HR Consulting Northern Ireland

Employee Development

Kmarc has found that employee development plays a significant role in improving retention within an organisation. When employees perceive that their professional growth and learning are prioritised, it enhances job satisfaction, engagement, and loyalty. We’ve heard managers claim why go to the cost of training and developing someone when they might leave. If you’ve heard this argument from your managers then you might want to re-educate or get rid of ineffective managers. According to CIPD research over 50% of all leavers exit an organisation because of their manager.

Why is this?

Pause for thought!

You hired a really good technical person who over the years works hard and is loyal to the business, so you promote them, then again, then the only way up is to manager. But what is their role now? is it to work hard and use their technical knowledge? Almost invariably its no! they need to manage people to do the organisations’ work but that isn’t what they were good at or why they were promoted to manager. So what have you done? You’ve made your best hard working loyal technical person into your worst manager. Look at what area or department your people are leaving from? Are they being attracted to better jobs or running away from yours because of your manager?

At Kmarc we believe you cannot develop people unless you work from the top down. Management development is the key to increased job satisfaction, increased engagement and retention.

At Kmarc we help you with developing and designing career advancement opportunities, even in small organisations. We help you develop your own ‘academy’ training and developing your own staff for promotional opportunities growing with your business. We help you develop clear growth paths providing employees with a clear path for career advancement and development opportunities within your organisation motivating them to stay for the long term. By demonstrating a commitment to promoting from within encourages employees to invest in their careers within the organisation. Also, employees who perceive that their organisation is invested in their personal growth and development are more likely to be engaged in their work and it creates a reciprocal sense of loyalty and emotional connection with the business.

So, employee development initiatives contribute significantly to improving retention by fostering job satisfaction, engagement, loyalty, and a positive work culture. Organisations that prioritise the growth and well-being of their employees are more likely to retain top talent and build a workforce that is committed to your long-term success.