Having Career Conversations with Your Team
59mIntermediate2019-12-03
Authors
Jenny Blake
Career Strategist, Speaker, Author
Course details
Learn about a coaching framework that you can apply to help your team members quickly identify ideal outcomes and map growth for the year ahead. Explore how these conversations are different from performance evaluations, and how to integrate the four-stage Pivot Method into your regular one-on-one meetings. Instructor Jenny Blake also offers practical tips on how to create a strong development culture, and provides strategies to quickly generate aha moments and close career conversations with actionable insights.
Learning objectives
Explain the importance of using the Pivot Method for career conversations.
Distinguish the different strengths identified in the Plant stage of the Pivot Method.
Interpret what defines the flow state in an employee as part of the Scan stage of the Pivot Method.
Apply best practices when coaching an employee through the Pilot stage of the Pivot Method.
Determine the core question that drives the steps of the Launch stage of the Pivot Method.
Apply career coaching tips to use during career conversations with employees at any stage.
Distinguish the actions used between the four stages of the Pivot Method.
Learning objectives
Explain the importance of using the Pivot Method for career conversations.
Distinguish the different strengths identified in the Plant stage of the Pivot Method.
Interpret what defines the flow state in an employee as part of the Scan stage of the Pivot Method.
Apply best practices when coaching an employee through the Pilot stage of the Pivot Method.
Determine the core question that drives the steps of the Launch stage of the Pivot Method.
Apply career coaching tips to use during career conversations with employees at any stage.
Distinguish the actions used between the four stages of the Pivot Method.
Skills covered
Coaching and MentoringLeadership and ManagementDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Applying the Pivot Method to help employees map their career growth
- 02 - Why career conversations matter
- 03 - How career conversations differ from performance reviews
1. Plant - What's Working and What Does Success Look Like
- 04 - Identifying ideal outcomes in a career conversation
- 05 - Avoid problem solving in career conversations
2. Scan - What's out There
- 06 - Bridging the gap in career conversations between what's working and how employees are most excited to grow
- 07 - Help your team find their flow state with stretch projects at work
3. Pilot - What Can We Try
- 08 - Coaching employees toward pilots and small experiments for their next career moves
- 09 - How career pilots fit within a pivot portfolio, even if not full-time
4. Launch Pivot Cycle
- 10 - Practical tips to close career conversations with clear ahas, actionable insights, and small next steps
- 11 - Build the Pivot coaching process into your regular one-on-ones
5. Additional Pointers and Next Steps
- 12 - How to launch career conversations with your team
- 13 - Manager dos and don'ts during one-on-one career conversations
- 14 - Tips for managers, mentors, and coaches on preparing for career conversations without overdoing it
6. Coaching Tips to Accelerate Aha Moments
- 15 - Career coaching tip - Find resonance through body language brightness
- 16 - Career coaching tip - Draw from all three intelligence centers head, heart, and gut
- 17 - Career coaching tip - The two most powerful follow-up questions
7. Bonus - Pivot Coaching in Action
- 18 - Coaching conversation - Plant stage
- 19 - Coaching conversation - Scan stage
- 20 - Coaching conversation - Launch stage