Alexander Vassbotn Røyne-Helgesen PRO
Lover of life, technologist at heart
Grow your employees
– Suggestions on how to do it in a large organization
CFO asks CEO: "What happens if we invest in developing our people and then they leave us?"
CEO: "What happens if we don't and they stay?""Train people well enough so they can leave. Treat them well enough so they don't want to"
- Sir Richard Branson
Alexander Vassbotn Røyne-Helgesen
Principal Engineer, Knowit Objectnet
alexander.royne-helgesen@knowit.no | @phun_ky | @phun-ky
Makers of a sustainable future
A sustainable and humane society through digitalization and innovation
94% of employees said they would stay with their employer if it invested in their development
What do we want to achieve by increasing skills?
For the employer
- Increase inhouse skills in predefined areas
- Be transparent
- Increase sales opportunities and revenue
For the employee
- Take care of employees
- Share knowledge
- Develop and grow our employees (skills and careers)
For students/jobseekers/other employers
- Make Knowit sought after
- Make employees desirable
- Improve reputation
For the for clients/prospects
- Increase client relations
- Be a professional power house
- Have a wow-factor
For the employee
- Take care of employees
- Share knowledge
- Develop and grow our employees (skills and careers)
If we do nothing
Shit hits the fan
If we do something
Shit works
So, what can we do?
Low level fruits
- Give employees a mandate to carry out skills work
- Give the skill groups/chapters/guilds a mandate to operate
- Minimize secondary activities*
- Help the employees to build their own career* (profile, mentor-ship, coaching, resume ++)
- Involve the employees from the beginning (on-boarding -> offers, competence work etc)
- Review the seminar setup
- A public crowd source place for competence and skill sharing (Fagboka/Atlas)
- A common communication channel (slack?)
- Joint social group
High level fruits
- Cultivate a professional group model that works across the subsidiaries
- Involve the entire company (meetings like the one today is key) "seat at the table"
- Coach the coaches/Coaching
- Expand Knowit Academy
- Use incentives for what it's worth!*
- Change/review the salary model/invoicing rate to something that allows skills development
- Pure-breed the professional roles
- A joint skill management group
Could we?
No one wants a dead-end job
Happy employees, happy life
The employee is not made for the company, the company is made for the employee
Questions?
Alexander Vassbotn Røyne-Helgesen
Principal Engineer, Knowit Objectnet
alexander.royne-helgesen@knowit.no | @phun_ky | @phun-ky
Grow your employees
By Alexander Vassbotn Røyne-Helgesen
