Creating and Delivering an Impactful Learning Experience Through Career Conversations

By Ron Raque, vice president and principal consultant, Right Management

In today’s changing world of work, businesses are learning how to align their employees’ aspirations to the organization’s strategy to maximize attraction, engagement, development, and retention of talent—which is causing many leaders to reevaluate the way they collaborate with their employees.

One such challenge has been the developing need for ongoing feedback in the workplace. While supposedly championed by the growing Millennial population, it’s no secret that more regular conversations—or career conversations—between employees and their managers serve to benefit workers of all ages and levels.

Recent research from Right Management shows that a full two-thirds of individual performance drivers are tied to career conversations, making it the most important people process in an organizational culture that embraces career development. Figures also show that 89% of employees believe that they are responsible for their own career development.

But how can an organization use career conversations to develop a culture of career at all levels of an organization?

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