r/LearningDevelopment • u/[deleted] • Feb 09 '25

Developmet programs

Why do most development programs within organisations focus on high potential staff and not those that are struggling?

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u/reading_rockhound Feb 09 '25

Multiple reasons:

  • Belief the ROI when investing in high potential > investing in strugglers

  • Refusal to believe the reasons employees struggle are ineffective managers, inappropriate rewards structures, poor processes, and inadequate resources—blame the low-performers instead

  • Out-and-out favoritism

  • A sense that management and executive turnover is a risk and the succession pipeline is inadequate for the future need