The document outlines the purpose, products/results, and processes of a People Development Task Force. The purpose is to provide continuous learning opportunities for employees to innovate, grow, and respond to changing conditions while also meeting strategic goals. The products/results include employees taking ownership of their development, generating ideas to improve processes and products, and feeling secure in their careers. The processes focus on well-articulated career paths, communication through supervisors, development opportunities like mentoring and tuition reimbursement, and learning plans jointly crafted by employees and their departments.

1. People Development Task Force
Purpose (Why?)
Products/Results (What?) Standards
• Front-line supervisors are fully capable of • Employees report that their development TO
developing rich learning plans with their plans are responsive to them as Provide the means for employees to continually
staff and to tap the work environment individuals and to the department’s needs learn, innovate and grow
for learning opportunities • Employees experience “stretch”
opportunities throughout the year IN A WAY THAT
• Employees take ownership for their • Learning plans are jointly crafted Promotes innovation in products, processes and
learning and development • Employees are acting on their learning interactions
plans throughout the year Maximizes the company’s strategic goals and
• All staff continually innovate to add • Ideas are generated and action taken on a individuals’ needs
value and respond to changing conditions regular basis to improve processes, Shares responsibility for learning between the
products and interactions employee, supervisor and the company
• All employees are in a “learning mode”: • High participation rates in staff meetings Taps into front-line supervisors as a pivotal force
harnessing setbacks, using mental • Effective processes are used regularly Uses proven and varied learning methodologies
disciplines to extract learning from events to learn from events Prepares employees to respond to future events,
• Many employees use tuition assistance such as market changes, new technology,
and training dollars downsizing, retirement
• Employees feel secure about future • Employees report high career security
employment, whether it is with • Improved morale SO THAT
<Insert Company Name> or not • Improved business results <Insert Company Name> maintains and
• Employees are more engaged in work accelerates its competitive
• <Insert Company Name> has position in the marketplace
improved business results <Insert Company Name> employees attain high
career resiliency
Processes (How?)
Well articulated career paths that don’t unduly gate- Communication through front-line supervisors
Functioning Capability keep non-degreed employees Supervisor development to leverage learning
• Clear People Development messages Internal postings for all positions Supervisors evaluated on people development
• Executive and Management level Transition from Job Security to Self Assurance Mentoring, shadowing
support Prepaid tuition assistance for job-related and non-job Stretch assignments
• Communication strategy related learning 360 feedback
• Buy-in from supervisors Reimburse On-line Degree Programs Cross-training toward strategic departmental goals
• Implementation task force Individual learning accounts People development training for all staff
Individual and group advising Jointly developed learning plans targeted toward the
Innovation program organization, department and individual
Problem-solving teams “Me Inc.” seminars focusing on initiative