Human Capital Institute and RiseSmart teamed up and created a fact-filled report on the hottest HR trend right now: Career Empowerment!

1. 1 | 2010 RiseSmart, Inc.1 | Confidential 2013 RiseSmart, Inc.
Career Empowerment:
Building an Empowered Workforce
Carl Rhodes, CEO, Human Capital Institute
Karen Stevens, Vice President of Practice Strategy, RiseSmart

2. 2 | 2010 RiseSmart, Inc.2 | Confidential 2013 RiseSmart, Inc.
Karen Stevens
Vice President of Practice Strategy
RiseSmart
Carl Rhodes
Chief Executive Officer
Human Capital Institute

3. 3 | 2010 RiseSmart, Inc.3 | Confidential 2013 RiseSmart, Inc.
Research Methodology
Defining Career Empowerment
Practicing Career Empowerment
o Methods of Empowerment
o Understanding Limitations
o Drivers of Empowerment
Addressing Regrettable Loss
Takeaways

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Secondary Research
Edie L. Goldberg, PhD., President and CEO, E.L. Goldberg & Associates
Ian Ziskin, President, EXec EXcel Group
Tom Maddison, CHRO, Xerox Corporation
33-­Item Survey distributed June July 2013
322 responses representing more than 300 organizations worldwide

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Some Participant Organizations

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Defining Career Empowerment
Career Empowerment: an employees ability to control their own career
development, and pursue their own interests within their organization.

7. Defining Career Empowerment

8. Defining Career Empowerment

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Practicing Career Empowerment

10. Practicing Career Empowerment
Career development plans
Lateral career moves
Job rotations
Goal alignment
Short-­term/stretch
assignments
Mentoring programs
Networking opportunities
Workshops/classroom
training
MANAGER ORGANIZATIONEMPLOYEE
Self-­assessment tools
Career development
plans
Goal setting exercises

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Practicing Career Empowerment

12. What is limiting Career Empowerment?
Understanding Limitations
Lack of resources or funding
Prohibitive time investment
Lack of implementation knowledge
Poor communication/mixed messages
Lack of leadership buy-­in
No technology in place to support
Low prioritization
Limitations on eligibility

13. Understanding Limitations

14. Drivers of Empowerment
Personally
challenging
work
Constant
learning
Passion
for
their
work
Ability to
Create
impact
Flexibility
and
Work/life
balance
Aligning
personal
and
company
goals
Ability
to use
their
skills
Career
success
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Recent research by E.L.
Goldberg and Associates
explored how the perception
shifted across all
generations and multiple
industries
The wants and needs of
employees have changed,
and the EVP has to adjust to
these new values

15. Where does Career Empowerment and
employee autonomy thrive?

16. Drivers of Empowerment

17. Drivers of Empowerment
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more organizational opportunities available today, but they are taking a
different form. The best learning [may come] from experience, not necessarily from
not everyone defines growth
Growth is being redefined as change, breadth, and variety
-­ Ian Ziskin, President, EXec EXcel Group

18. Do you track
regrettable losses
separately from your
overall attrition?

19. Addressing Regrettable Loss
Managers
Professionals
Support Staff
Executives

20. Addressing Regrettable Loss

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Addressing Regrettable Loss
Stretch
Assignments
Job
Rotations
Career
Advancement
Professional
Development
Job Postings
Self-assessment
Tools
SUPPORT STAFF PROFESSIONALS MANAGERS EXECUTIVES
Job Postings
Professional
Development
Short-term
Assignments
Support Staff
Professionals
Managers
Executives

23. 1. Everybody wants it
2. Ditch the ladder
3. Heed the risk of losing key talent
4. Refocus organizational efforts
5. Invest smartly
6. Stay tuned for this report!
Takeaways

25. Thank You.
Any Questions?
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