Self-directed employees are a formidable force.
His new style has become essential for managing the self-directed employees that information-age companies must have.
With the smart, self-directed employees on my team (the kind who are now in high demand), I realized less command-and-control leadership was needed and favored guidance and coaching instead.
This conversation shows Millennials all that they have already learned, encourages new learning, and helps them emerge into self-empowered and self-directed employees.
Google employees are allowed to spend 20percentt of their time on self-directed projects, and these employees used that time to pursue their passion for public transit, he said.
Brokerage windows — a self-directed option, in which employees can choose their own mutual fund investments — are also becoming somewhat more popular: they represent 3.8 percent of 401(k) assets in this year's list, up from 2.8 percent in 2010.
The company's corporate services provide self-directed brokerage services to employees of corporations, either directly in partnership with the employer or through joint marketing relationships with third-party administrators.
For example, there will be no requirement to report transaction fees for self-directed brokerage options, which allow employees to select investments not on the standard menu, warns Parker Payson, executive vice president at Employee Fiduciary, a low-cost retirement plan provider.
For this reason, many employers are outsourcing the advisory role for the self-directed retirement plans they offer employees.
Some viable options include promoting self-directed online learning platforms, setting employee-specific learning objectives, or even just asking remote workers how they learn best.
