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Recruiting, training and developing staff Part 4: Long-term career development

Management Careers & Training
Having a development plan is key to realising the professional and personal aspirations of staff and will result in a high-quality setting, says Rebecca Miller in the concluding part of her series.

A strong team with the right blend of talents, skills and experience should never be taken for granted, and a good manager will have to work hard to maintain loyalty and commitment by fostering individual staff aspirations.

While being clear in how you set out the expectations you have of your staff through your polices and systems of communication and performance reviews, it is also vital that you make clear what staff can expect from you as an employer. Approaches to this will vary but all managers aim to provide consistent and high-quality provision and offer the best incentives to fuel staff retention and progression. However, there are often barriers to achieving this. Some issues I have encountered include:

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