Employer Workshop: Developing Employees

Home Employer Workshop: Developing Employees

When

March 4, 2025    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Where

Succession planning is a priority for many organizations, and not just for senior leadership positions. The pending retirement of millions of Baby Boomers combined with changing work conditions related to organizational restructuring has created talent and knowledge gaps for many organizations.

While investing in employee development is one way to overcome this challenge, research suggests that nearly half of people leaders lack sufficient skills to participate in this process. People leaders participating in this workshop will learn how activities including ‘stretch assignments’, mentoring, or cross-training can be used to develop the skills of their employees and lead to improved organizational performance. Role-play activities and discussions will be used to help participants practice and implement an employee development plan.

Objectives At the end of this seminar, participants will be able to do the following:

  • Identify the benefits of employee development activities
  • Differentiate employee development from a performance management process
  • Practice incorporating 7 types of activities into an employee development plan
  • Develop a personal action plan to implement employee development skills


Presented by:

M. Cole Cohen

Education: PhD

Dr. Cohen is a long-time affiliate of LifeWorks. As a Senior Consultant, he specializes in Coaching, Leadership Development, and assisting leaders and their teams through challenges. He has consulted with, trained, educated, and coached thousands of managers and employees, drawing on insights from over twenty-five years of corporate experience as a manager and human relations consultant. Cole has proudly worked with industry leaders across the country facilitating team building interventions and executive coaching.

Cole has coached hundreds of managers as they wrestled with the Human Element challenges in their organizations. Cole is able to flex his style to suit the experience level and business needs of each client, ensuring that each unique situation is handled effectively and efficiently.

He has designed LifeWorks’s Coaching Certificate Program and is comfortable coaching utilizing a precision approach that is tailored for each coachee.

He specializes in coaching managers and organizations through Organizational Restructuring and Performance Management challenges. He has pioneered the use of Peer Coaching as an internal support structure.
Cole has been lucky to have gained his experience working with industry leaders across the country, including Bell Canada, P & G, GE, WSIB, CIBC, TD Canada Trust, Manulife Financial, CAA, and many Provincial and Federal Ministries and several large hospitals.

To learn more and to register for the session:

Meeting Registration – Zoom

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