{"id":999881442,"date":"2011-08-30T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/?p=289364153"},"modified":"2011-08-30T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T16:00:00","slug":"how-to-create-a-culture-of-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development","title":{"rendered":"How To Create a Culture of Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fast-paced, entrepreneurial operations (like the one I’m part of) face many challenges, but \u2013 as you may have read<\/a> \u2013 growth isn\u2019t one of them. Retention can be. The tech and media sectors are growing at a fast clip, and industry-wide some employees don’t stay put more than three or four years. Add the increasingly aggressive recruiting and poaching we’re seeing, and retention becomes even more of a challenge. So how do we keep key employees feeling valued and fulfilled in their roles, while positioning our business to thrive? How can we be sure to understand and address what drives each employee so we can usher them successfully to the next level of professional development? Building a culture of development is fundamental to making this happen. I’m not saying you should implement a one-off training program. I’m talking about embedding a long-term culture of development at the core of your business. Here’s how:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Start with team leaders.<\/strong> Bring managers into the development conversation from the very beginning, so they understand your objectives. If you don’t have their buy-in — if they’re not ready to prioritize development for their employees — you may as well quit now. On the other hand, if they recognize the opportunity for their teams and the support you’re able to provide, they’ll be your most vocal advocates.<\/li>\n
  2. Skip the needs assessment.<\/strong> The formal needs assessment, that is. It’s usually a waste of time — most people don’t know what they don’t know and haven’t had any exposure to the types of training available to them. At the same time, it’s even more critical to make sure your HR team has its collective ear to the ground. Know who your employees are, what kind of skills and experience they bring and what their goals are, and you’ll find the gaps you need to fill. Finally, raise awareness with each individual employee and manager to help them understand how they can change and grow. Help them draft a plan to make change achievable.<\/li>\n
  3. Collect intelligence.<\/strong> Don’t just write a check. Consider corporate goals and revenue drivers before spending. Meet with management about long-term objectives. Ask your managers about their teams’ needs. Talk to peers in your space about the vendors they use for training programs, and look for vendors who operate in your specific industry and can customize a training module tailored to what you do.<\/li>\n
  4. Keep it concrete.<\/strong> Don’t try to cover everything at once: Identify one or two skills that need attention, and focus your efforts there. Make the content of your programs tangible — incorporating real-life scenarios, if possible — and accessible to employees.<\/li>\n
  5. Evaluate, two ways.<\/strong> Conduct a post-mortem of each program. Look at the content, trainers and structure, and ask employees and their managers what they took away from it. And don’t stop at the conventional course-evaluation form; also ask the trainers for feedback on your staff.<\/li>\n
  6. Try something old.<\/strong> Remember that the only way to change behavior is through practice, practice, practice. So don’t do something new every year — reinforce and follow-up on the behaviors you’re trying to change. When you can, bring the same trainers and programs back from year to year. Encourage managers to offer refreshers when possible.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Believing and investing in development can be among the biggest challenges for a growing company, but one that certainly has its rewards. After all, we’re only as strong as our weakest link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Fast-paced, entrepreneurial operations (like the one I’m part of) face many challenges, but \u2013 as you may have read \u2013 growth isn\u2019t one of them. Retention can be. The tech and media sectors are growing at a fast clip, and industry-wide some employees don’t stay put more than three or four years. Add the increasingly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":289364153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2159],"class_list":["post-999881442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employee-retention"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow To Create a Culture of Development - Dice Hiring<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fast-paced, entrepreneurial operations (like the one I'm part of) face many challenges, but \u2013 as you may have read \u2013 growth isn\u2019t one of them. Retention\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To Create a Culture of Development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fast-paced, entrepreneurial operations (like the one I'm part of) face many challenges, but \u2013 as you may have read \u2013 growth isn\u2019t one of them. Retention\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dice Hiring\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-08-30T16:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_132457250-7.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"668\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dice Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Dicedotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Dicedotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dice Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Dice Staff\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/authors\/dice-staff\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/x.com\/Dicedotcom\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dice\"]},\"headline\":\"How To Create a Culture of Development\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-08-30T16:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development\"},\"wordCount\":599,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_132457250-7.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Employee Retention\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development\",\"name\":\"How To Create a Culture of Development - Dice Hiring\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_132457250-7.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-08-30T16:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Fast-paced, entrepreneurial operations (like the one I'm part of) face many challenges, but \u2013 as you may have read \u2013 growth isn\u2019t one of them. Retention\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development\"]}],\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Dice Staff\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/authors\/dice-staff\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/x.com\/Dicedotcom\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dice\"]}},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_132457250-7.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_132457250-7.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":668},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How To Create a Culture of Development\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Dice Hiring\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/favicon-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/favicon-1.png\",\"width\":48,\"height\":48,\"caption\":\"Dice Hiring\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dice\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Dicedotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/#\/schema\/person\/12d37e0ed8aa39d671d7c3b3d8cb98c3\",\"name\":\"Dice Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5eb57874247f7622947a8575b5d78572eb78bab5c95d474b88728af2049751e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5eb57874247f7622947a8575b5d78572eb78bab5c95d474b88728af2049751e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dice Staff\"},\"description\":\"Dice Staff is the editorial team behind Dice, a leading tech career hub with more than 30 years of experience supporting both job seekers and employers. With decades of experience, the team offers insights on job search, career growth, talent acquisition, artificial intelligence, and retention that help everyone thrive in today\u2019s competitive tech landscape.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dice\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dicedotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dice\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Dicedotcom\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/author\/dice-staff\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How To Create a Culture of Development - Dice Hiring","description":"Fast-paced, entrepreneurial operations (like the one I'm part of) face many challenges, but \u2013 as you may have read \u2013 growth isn\u2019t one of them. Retention","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How To Create a Culture of Development","og_description":"Fast-paced, entrepreneurial operations (like the one I'm part of) face many challenges, but \u2013 as you may have read \u2013 growth isn\u2019t one of them. Retention","og_url":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development","og_site_name":"Dice Hiring","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dice","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dice\/","article_published_time":"2011-08-30T16:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":668,"url":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_132457250-7.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dice Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Dicedotcom","twitter_site":"@Dicedotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dice Staff","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Dice Staff","url":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/authors\/dice-staff","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/x.com\/Dicedotcom","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dice"]},"headline":"How To Create a Culture of Development","datePublished":"2011-08-30T16:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development"},"wordCount":599,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_132457250-7.jpg","articleSection":["Employee Retention"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development","url":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development","name":"How To Create a Culture of Development - Dice Hiring","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_132457250-7.jpg","datePublished":"2011-08-30T16:00:00+00:00","description":"Fast-paced, entrepreneurial operations (like the one I'm part of) face many challenges, but \u2013 as you may have read \u2013 growth isn\u2019t one of them. Retention","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development"]}],"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Dice Staff","url":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/authors\/dice-staff","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/x.com\/Dicedotcom","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dice"]}},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_132457250-7.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_132457250-7.jpg","width":1000,"height":668},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/how-to-create-a-culture-of-development#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How To Create a Culture of Development"}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/#organization","name":"Dice Hiring","url":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/favicon-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/favicon-1.png","width":48,"height":48,"caption":"Dice Hiring"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dice","https:\/\/x.com\/Dicedotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/#\/schema\/person\/12d37e0ed8aa39d671d7c3b3d8cb98c3","name":"Dice Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5eb57874247f7622947a8575b5d78572eb78bab5c95d474b88728af2049751e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5eb57874247f7622947a8575b5d78572eb78bab5c95d474b88728af2049751e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dice Staff"},"description":"Dice Staff is the editorial team behind Dice, a leading tech career hub with more than 30 years of experience supporting both job seekers and employers. With decades of experience, the team offers insights on job search, career growth, talent acquisition, artificial intelligence, and retention that help everyone thrive in today\u2019s competitive tech landscape.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dice\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dicedotcom\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dice","https:\/\/x.com\/Dicedotcom"],"url":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/author\/dice-staff"}]}},"dwp_display":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999881442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=999881442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999881442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289364153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999881442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=999881442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}