Employee Development at U of T
Employees are responsible for their own careers, but they cannot achieve their goals without the support of their leaders.
Employee development is a joint effort between employees and their people leader. Employee development conversations can happen at any time, after goal setting, following performance reviews, or whenever it best fits your employee's needs.
By taking an institutional approach to development, people leaders not only support individual career growth but also help strengthen the University’s future.
Individual Development Plan (IDP) Resources
The LLC provides the tools and resources to help employees and people leaders put IDPs together for each employee. Because everyone is different and brings a myriad of talents, skills and strengths, these tools and resources should help.
Employee Section:
People Leader Section:
1:1 Meetings:
We see a future with more frequent, and informal conversations, so that managers are in touch with their employees’ career aspirations and together refine and adjust development goals and plans as necessary. Through these regular interactions we create a development culture.
Institutional Competencies
Everything we offer is grounded in the University's Institutional Competencies.
They reflect the behaviours that bring out the best in all of us, regardless of our role. By providing a shared framework for how we work and interact, they help us build strong connections, support one another, and contribute to our collective success.
Self: Act with integrity and in accordance with the University’s values and ethical principles, including honesty, transparency, respect, and confidentiality; be accountable; be proficient in your area of expertise, act with professionalism, develop your emotional intelligence, including self-awareness, self-regulation, and empathy to foster positive outcomes and relationships; be engaged in your work and intentional in support of your unit/department/division/faculty/organizational goals; identify gaps in EDI knowledge and take active steps to self-educate and incorporate/apply learning into the workplace.
People: Coach, nurture and develop talent; communicate openly; ensure employees feel valued; act authentically; be aware of the impact of your actions; create inclusive spaces that validate different experiences, talent, perspectives and needs. Demonstrate fairness and equity and create a sense of belonging for U of T community members.
Organizational: Take a long-term view and show commitment to the University’s mission; identify and evaluate emerging trends; create strategies for department/division/faculty/organizational success. Demonstrate a commitment to advance and act on institutional commitments, priorities and initiatives that embed EDI.
Build respectful and reciprocal relationships within and across teams to build generative partnerships. Be service-oriented; work co-operatively with your team, and where applicable, across departments, divisions and faculties to generate positive outcomes and inclusive excellence.
Act as a guardian of the university’s goals/brand; promote positive impact on our communities; use university resources responsibly and sustainably; administer effectively and efficiently.
Seek improvements; challenge the status quo; be flexible, open, and champion meaningful change; exercise critical thinking; prioritize community impact; strive for inclusive excellence.
EDUCATION
Education is the process of learning through instruction from an expert, whether in a physical classroom, a virtual setting, or through self-paced online course materials
EXPOSURE
Exposure is the process of learning through observation, enriched feedback, and meaningful connections with others, leading to new personal insights and a broader perspective on one’s current role and future development opportunities
EXPERIENCE
Experience is learning by doing, through new roles or cross-functional assignments with performance outcomes. Combined with reflection and feedback, it provides the strongest opportunity to build and refine knowledge, skills, and behaviours.
