Title: Risk & Reward: How to Provide Development Opportunities For Your Team - Thoughtful Leader
Headings: Risk & Reward: How to Provide Development Opportunities For Your Team
Risk & Reward: How to Provide Development Opportunities For Your Team
What Is a Development Opportunity?
Development Opportunities Come With Risk
Risk Comes With Reward
How to Provide Development Opportunities, Safely
Selecting Development Opportunities
1. Believe
2. Ensure That the Development Opportunity Aligns to Your Team Member’s Career Direction
3. Make Sure There is Enough Support Available
4. Handle Their Business as Usual Work
5. Communicate With Relevant People About the Development Opportunity
About the Author: Ben Brearley BSc. BCM MBA DipProfCoaching

Content: Don’t force the opportunity if it’s not wanted. For this to succeed, you need your team member to be keen. When your team member is keen and enthusiastic for the opportunity, they are more likely to strive harder, push themselves and succeed. 3. Make Sure There is Enough Support Available
Next, you need to ensure that support is available. Throwing somebody in the deep end with nobody to help increases the chance of failure. Make yourself available to provide support. If you have senior people in your team who can also help, arrange this too. Schedule in times to meet and see how your team member is going. Make sure you stick to them.