Agile Career Development: Lessons and Approaches from IBM

2Enabling Career Advancement

Chapter 2 Contents

• Why Employees Leave... and the Connection to Career Progression 25

• A Case for Change at IBM 30

• The Definition of a Career Framework 33

• The Definition of a Career 33

• Setting the Baseline for Expertise Management 36

• Competencies and Associated Behaviors 37

• Skills that Align to Specific Job Roles 39

• Developing Capabilities 40

Why Employees Leave...and the Connection to Career Progression

The case for career development and its contributions to improving employee engagement is now quite clear. In an online survey conducted in October 2007 by ASTD (American Society of Training & Development) in conjunction with Dale Carnegie and Associates and the Institute for ...