Ask PG/HN people: How to manage personal growth?

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by rodrigo • 18 years ago

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How would/have you managed personal/staff development in an organization?(in a start up or start up-like enviroment) Just realizing that, left alone, I would not care that much to develop the so called "soft skills"; and how much of an impact could that have in my whole experience as a person. I know, traditionally, this is a more bussines oriented matter, but I want the hackers indsigth.

HeyLaughingBoy• 18 years ago

Good, a concept that doesn't get much attention!

I'm lucky in that I work for an organization that identifies areas that employees need to be competent in and offers a number of courses aimed at getting better in those areas. Also managers have a list of courses that are required. Stuff like basic Finance, people skills, interviewing techniques, management skills, etc. As a new first-level manager I'm still working my way through all this stuff and I am learning a lot.

If it were not for this I probably wouldn't even have realized the areas where I was lacking. Instead I've taken a ton of these classes and learned a lot about myself.

If I were designing something like this I'd start with a personality profile that would let the user understand where they needed improvement and how to also improve the areas where they were already strong.

rodrigo• 18 years ago

Thats exactly my case, I actually was taking a course when began thinking about this; im kinda taken care of, not only by HR people but also my boss; what do companies with just a few employees get to do this? do they even? is it relevant for people in start ups?

Ask PG/HN people: How to manage personal growth?

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