LEADING AND MANAGING PEOPLE
Career Development
The behaviours in the table below show how you can demonstrate the skill of Career Development at each of the competency levels in which it appears. Click on the plus sign to show the behaviours at that level.
Level 3
- Acts as a counsellor/mentor to help individuals and teams reach their career and performance potential.
Resources
Below you will find learning resources to help you develop the skill of Career Development. Click on the links to access the resources.
The performance management question covered in this PDF focuses on progression and explains the process for writing a good career plan. This can also be used for expansion of a current role or development within a role.
VIDEOS
Career Development
This video takes you through creating a career plan,
which will provide clarity on where you want to be and what is most important
to you in your job. This will help you highlight any skill development needs
and also differentiate between job options so that you choose the one that best
fits both your values and your criteria.
Process
If you are doing your own career plan or helping someone else read and/or watch 'How can I progress? - Creating an effective Career Plan'. Follow the advice; you may move several times through the steps as more information becomes available to you.
Encourage the sharing of job profiles around the organisation so that individuals can see what skills are required in other departments.
Action
Know the ambitions of your team members without forcing any of them to have a career plan. Assess the potential of each person and identify opportunities you have within and outside your department that can move the person towards their ambitions or potential. Help them create appropriate plans using the 'Career Decision Grid Template'.
Contacts
Develop your peer network to ensure an exchange of information between teams. Look for ways to collaborate and encourage your team to look outside their immediate environment.
Systems
Identify ‘typical’ career development moves within the organisation; introduce focused programmes that plan for the future; highlight potential candidates and support them through a programme of development towards the new role.