Employee Development Product Updates 2024

Explore the key features and updates of Culture Amp’s Employee Development Product released in 2024.

We’re excited to announce that the Employee profile in Self-reflection cycles now includes a tab for role descriptions and competencies. Employees can have one or more role description and can switch between them using a dropdown filter.

This update connects our Develop and Perform products, allowing you to integrate competencies from Career paths into performance reviews. The benefits include:

This feature will initially be available for self-reflections. For manager reviews, peer feedback, and calibrations, this will be released in Q1 2025. Learn more.

Develop now provides every employee with an individual development plan tailored to their role. With automatic role assignment, employees will see the most relevant competencies to help drive growth and performance. Learn more.

We’re excited to announce the launch of the Develop admin role on the Culture Amp platform! This new role allows you to assign users specific permissions focused on employee development. Develop Admins can view development plan reports, manage Skills Coach courses, and edit and assign career paths and competencies, all without accessing sensitive data like performance reviews or survey feedback. Learn more.

You can now bulk import competencies into Culture Amp via CSV! This new feature saves time when setting up Career Paths by allowing you to upload competencies from your existing spreadsheets and easily assign them to roles. Learn more.

Administrators can now view development goals linked to plans in the "Employees" report. This update enhances oversight of employee development across the organization. HR leaders can review individual development plans during talent reviews, ensuring they align with employees' motivations and ambitions. Learn more.

From August 6, 2024, Playbooks will no longer be available. We’ve updated our training content and resources within Culture Amp Training (CAT) and Skills Coach. These courses cover topics like resiliency, feedback, and leadership. As a result, we’ll be sunsetting Playbooks within the Culture Amp platform, as CAT courses and Skills Coach offer more comprehensive and updated content.

We've upgraded the development planning report to make it easier to track adoption. Admins now have a simple summary of the status of all employee’s development plans and can filter the various reporting pages based on the status of plans. Learn more.

We've made it easier to view and configure role expectations with these updates: improved page layout for better viewing on small screens, a new track filter to focus on relevant content, and a new view toggle for admins to switch between admin and employee views of the framework. Learn more.

We've implemented a new feature which automatically suggests an employee's line manager as their coach when creating a development plan. This improvement not only streamlines the process but also ensures better manager selection, ultimately enhancing the user experience. Note that employees still retain the option to manually change their development manager if needed.

Employees can now link their development plans to any available role in Career Paths. This allows them to browse through the linked competencies—helping them better understand their strengths and growth areas. They can also directly access relevant learning resources tied to the competencies they choose to focus on. Learn more.

We've introduced an in-platform prompt in the form of a banner to assist employees when editing their development plans. Now, if a development plan lacks a designated manager, the system prompts the employee to select one. Learn more.

Customers can now customize role level indicators in Career Paths to match their internal job codes. Aligning level indicators with internal job codes lets employees quickly and easily see where their roles fit into the broader organizational hierarchy. Learn more.

Previously, Development Resources was a great way to upload content such as articles and videos for users to access and help them on their development journeys.

In recent months, we’ve significantly improved our employee development products, including Develop and Skills Coach. These drive meaningful individual growth and, by integrating with the Culture Amp platform, make it easy for people leaders to track and drive development at scale. As a result, we have officially decommissioned the Development Resources feature.

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