Celebrating Knowledge, Wisdom and Longevity

June 2022 sees the whole country celebrating the Queens Platinum Jubilee – 70 years of Queen Elizabeth been a reigning monarch – 70 years of been in an all-consuming role!!

To put that into prospective, the Queen’s Coronation was 14 years before I was born!  And yet she still gives her all, she is still doing a great job, she is still engaged, talking to people and making them feel special and she is still interested in the work she does.  How does she maintain that motivation?

At Pro-Development we talk a lot about engagement and how to keep our teams motivated but do we all do enough to celebrate the knowledge and wisdom of those that have been in our companies for a long time?   Here’s some questions for you to consider:

• Do we do enough to keep those close to retirement engaged, motivated, valued and fulfilled?
• Do we do enough to ensure that we capture and transfer the wisdom and skills they have with the rest of our team?
• Do we celebrate their achievements and their loyalty to the business ensuring they are feeling valued and strong or do we just let them fade away into the background?

If the answer is no to any of those questions, then here are some tips to help you:-

• Give experienced people time to share their knowledge and skills with the team through mentoring or coaching – value their wisdom.
• Keep people engaged and in the learning zone – think about new areas within the business where they can utilize their skills and knowledge
• Develop a good strong, open, internal talent and succession plan and communicate that enabling people to know who their successor is.
• Celebrate people’s achievements and longevity
• Support people with a plan for retirement – explore what they are looking for as they near the end of their career and how you can best play to their strengths and support their plans

So, as we have been hanging up the bunting and reaching for the bottle of prosecco at our street parties, let’s all give some thought to what more we could be doing to celebrate those within our own business that have been loyal employees over the years.

And as always if you need any support to do that just get in touch – although be gentle with us, as we have all been celebrating the Platinum Jubilee with our union jack suits, bunting and prosecco!

Contact us on 01904 628838 or info@1245881.eu11.myftpupload.com to find out more.