Growth and Career Mapping for Your Team with Molly Lautzenheiser

<p><strong>Growth and Career Mapping for Your Team with Molly Lautzenheiser</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With hiring and retaining quality team members becoming ever more challenging, we have to consider career satisfaction more than ever. One of the ways we can ensure employee career satisfaction is by cultivating a culture of growth through career mapping. This process gives employees learning opportunities that not only fit a need within the practice, but spark their interest and bring them joy. How do you know it brings them joy? By bringing them into the conversation and letting them be a part of the decision making. You may be surprised by what you’ll learn.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today’s guest is Molly Lautzenheiser from Avon Lake Animal Hospital. Her background is fascinating as she began working in the industry as a boutique owner. Fast forward to present day, she is the Hospital Administrator at Avon Lake and knows the importance of outlining potential growth areas for employees. In our conversation today, Molly shares the changes they’ve implemented in the review process to incorporate career mapping and the effect it has had on engagement and retention among all roles.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We have a responsibility to help people succeed. In these changing times, we need to flip the question from “What can the employee do for you?” to “What can you do for the employee?”</span></p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show Notes:</span></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[3:17] - Career mapping helps with employee engagement and retention.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[3:57] - Bring employee interests in the field into their current role.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[5:15] - At Avon Lake, they are adjusting how they complete reviews and focus on employees working in their job in a purposeful and meaningful way.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[6:58] - Traditionally, this industry does