3 Ideas to Empowerment at Workplace
D&I Inspirational Monday #2
1. Professional and Personal Development Budget
Whether you are a large or a small company, whether you have many or few funds, never lose sight of the importance of offering your employees the opportunity to learn something new and use it to advance their careers.
When you decide on your people management strategy, even allocating a minimum budget for the professional and personal development of your employees can make a difference in the way the workplace is committed to their empowerment. Often it is small moves and small expenses that push for improvement: a magazine subscription, membership for an online or offline community, an online course on a very specific and requested topic.
There is nothing more empowering than the attention of the employer to the professional development of the employees.
2. Mentorship Program and Mobility Plan
Your employees can learn a lot from other employees within the company. Promoting a mentorship program means giving your team the opportunity to help each other advance not only in their careers but also in their professional approach to teamwork. A mentorship program is designed to facilitate the transition of employees to a higher level by supporting them in their senior roles and learning from their experience. However, the mentorship program is also an ideal opportunity for those within the company who want to enter a new role and acquire certain skills to complete their professional role or even change direction. Mobility and the possibility of being mentored by one’s own colleagues can have a decisive impact on the way in which the workplace promotes empowerment.
3. Flexible Working Hours
Valuing quality over quantity is the future (and the present!) of work.
The needs and nature of employees are changing quickly, making traditional eight-hour work more and more obsolete and unproductive.
Giving employees the opportunity to have flexible working hours is a first step to meet their personal, but also professional needs: this allows them to organize their working time in a sustainable way, devoting authentic attention to their tasks and at the same time knowing that they can engage in the private sphere without this meaning more stress and greater frustration.
It’s a win-win situation for both sides and a simple strategy to acknowledge your team diversity.
