Hi
I am creating a new Induction slot on behalf of the HR department. I want to avoid a chalk and talk about the various apsects of HR & change it into something delegates can enjoy and see value in. I thought about creating a piece around 'Your Career' and discuss career progression opportunities, training and development etc.
Does anyone have ideas on how to put this into a fun/game approach. My slot is last in the day and they will be quite tired of PowerPoint by then.
Any suggestions are most welcome.
Kind regards
Smckenzi
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Tube Map
Do you have people from lots of different areas from the company? I run the induction, and I could have Operatives from the factory, PR people, marketing managers, engineers, sales people, all in the same group.
I run an exercise where they create a tube map of the different job roles – each station is a job role (can go vertically and horizontally) and each coloured line is a different department eg Sales, Finance, Marketing, Customer Services.
The group is always mixed enough to do this! Depending on the size and participants, will depend on the help give – sometimes I help them out with basic org charts, but as a group, they usually have enough knoweldge between them to create a colourful tube map.
Just an idea!
Kate
A couple of ideas
I’m writing an induction programme at the moment, so have a few ideas whizzing around in my head. Two things that sprang immediately to mind are:
1. Using a time travelling analogy. Ask delegates what they hope to get from their career with your company, and where they would like to be in 2 years time in terms of position, skills etc. Then, ask them to work backwards, identifying what THEY need to do to make this happen, and what they would expect their manager to do, and what they would expect your company to do. Break this down into as much detail as you need to. You can then summarise discussions via the flipchart by outlining your career management process, and the development opportunities that there are.
2. Use jigsaws. You can buy write-on jigsaws from places like http://www.thetrainingshop.com. Have a quick brainstorm to identify the different development methods, and things that need to happen to manage a career (e.g. get feedback, measure performance). Then ask people to put together their own jigsaw of career management, and ask them to share it with peers.
Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but hopefully it will spark your thinking if nothing else.
Sheridan Webb
http://keystonedevelopment.co.uk/induction_training.php