Driving Internal Mobility as a People Manager
53mIntermediate2023-08-09
Authors
Lindsey Pollak
Work and Career Expert, Speaker, and Author
Course details
As a manager, you often need to fill roles to address changing business needs or mitigate economic uncertainty. Where better to look for talent than within your own ranks? In this course, learn how to drive internal mobility as a manager by understanding your organization's unique needs, cocreating employee career journeys, facilitating employee development opportunities, and building a culture of internal mobility on your team. Instructor Lindsey Pollak provides real-world case studies in each chapter to reinforce the lessons that can help you empower employee development, career growth, and retention.
Skills covered
Management SkillsTalent ManagementCareer ManagementCareer DevelopmentHuman ResourcesLeadership and ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Why managers should care about internal mobility
Understand Internal Mobility in Your Organization
- Simple questions to uncover current employee career paths
- Overcome organizational roadblocks to mobility
- Tips for handling internal mobility resistance
- Case study - How a magazine publisher came to embrace internal mobility
Co-Create Employee Career Journeys
- Become a champion of internal mobility
- Map skills to the jobs on your team
- Integrate skills-based language into the flow of work
- Facilitate employee career conversations
- Case study - A little nudge goes a long way
Ignite Employee Development Opportunities
- Make space for learning and development
- Facilitate internal networking
- The value of employee resource groups
- Case study - The internal gig marketplace
Build an Ongoing Culture of Internal Mobility
- Internal mobility as a driver of well-being
- Integrate internal mobility into hiring and onboarding practices
- Demonstrate ongoing commitment
- Case study - The boomerang employee
Conclusion
- Good endings make good beginnings