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		<title>Help Your Direct Reports Create Personal Development Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2014 20:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lee Stallard</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>#55 Create Personal Development Plans People are more engaged when they are striving and progressing toward goals. Work with your direct reports to create personal development plans. Help them discover wise goals to advance their careers. Put disciplines in place to help them achieve these goals. Doing so will boost their effectiveness and their connection [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>People are more engaged when they are striving and progressing toward goals.</p>
<p>Work with your direct reports to create personal development plans. Help them discover wise goals to advance their careers. Put disciplines in place to help them achieve these goals. Doing so will boost their effectiveness and their connection to you.</p>
<p><em>This is the fifty-fifth post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.” The series highlights language, attitudes and behaviors that help you connect with others. Although the language, attitudes and behaviors focus on application in the workplace, you will see that they also apply to your relationships at home and in the community.</em></p>
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