Actions organizations can take to develop, retain, and motivate employees to grow: 4) Map and articulate clear pathways for career progress Make sure employees and managers understand the opportunities for development. Career pathing works, but it can only thrive in the light of day. Create and share career paths within your organization for every role, and make sure managers and employees alike understand exactly what skills or competencies are required to move successfully into a new role. To make careers easier to navigate, organizations can: Map career paths for every role in your organization and make them widely available. Make HiPo training, manager training, and other structured programs accessible to all employees to build your internal pipeline and to predictably and regularly advance employees in cohorts. This will also lessen talent hoarding. Help employees to understand that career growth doesn’t have to equal promotion to management — it can also mean becoming an expert in a subject at a more senior or specialized level, or developing new skills that the employee can leverage to expand their capabilities in a current role. 5 Checklist: 8 Ways To Support Employee Career Growth