𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐬 𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 . Too often, companies
expect people to “own their growth” without providing resources.
Other times, organizations offer resources without asking what people
actually want. Neither approach works.

In reality, 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 . People bring curiosity and
effort, managers provide guidance and access, and organizations
ensure the systems are in place. When any part is missing,
development stalls. Gallup found that 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝟒 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲
𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 . That gap
is why so many development efforts fall short.

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 :
𝐂𝐨-𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 , 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 , 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭.

𝐁𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 so people
see growth as part of every career stage.

𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 by creating space for people to share skills
or experiences with each other.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 .
Development becomes something people and organizations do
together, not something handed down or left entirely up to the
individual.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 ?