New Manager ePub

Chapter 3

Developing staff

3.1     Best invest in your staff

3.2     Coaching as a management tool

3.3     Making appraisals work

3.4     Making the TNA meaningful

3.5     Training your team

3.6     The benefits of secondments

3.7     Ask, don’t assume (2)

 

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3. Developing staff

3.1 Best invest in your staff

Before they start work you have made an investment in your staff, and this investment will either be returned or lost depending on how well you have recruited, retained and nurtured performance. Clever recruitment is essential not just to fill your skills gap, but in order to find someone who fits the organisational culture and vision – because you want them to stay. For high-flying staff, the recruitment process alone makes an ...