What is meant by developing others?
In a professional setup, developing others means your intention to spend your time and energy to develop others in terms of professional competency enhancement.
The efforts could be on any or all of the following areas.
1.Imparting the knowledge or sharing your experience with your team or next generation
2.Facilitate for skill development or applying the knowledge by your teammate
3.Giving your feedback or coach others to inculcate the right behaviors for growth
4.Being available for mentoring or guiding others by offering your perspectives
Since as a leader, you have grown up in a career ladder through your competency, now it is your turn to lift others to your level of competency. That is the development of others.
As I have observed in most of the organization, people are inclined enough in developing themselves, delivering results as part of leadership development, but not giving equal importance on developing others except a few people who have a genuine interest on others. This scenario is not by intentional, but due to lack of awareness and misconceptions of development.
In some organizations, there are systems and processes of developing others as a necessary process, and there is a governance mechanism to ensure people are spending time on developing others. However, developing others must come within as part of giving to others, and it is a moral responsibility of everyone who has grown up on the professional ladder.
Let us discuss the following aspects of developing others in the coming week
- Why do we need to develop others?
- Misconceptions in developing others
- Methods of developing others
- Insights on giving feedback
- When is coaching required?
- Need for being a mentor to others
Have a great week till then!
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