Lead
Career Pathways
Clear expectations for how people grow, including paths besides management.
What is Career Pathways?
Clear expectations for how people grow, including paths besides management.
What you learn
Make the paths clear, and let people try the work they want.
When it helps
promotion expectations are unclear, or the only way up is to manage people.
Use it at work
- Write what each level looks like in real work.
- Offer more than one path, such as specialist and manager.
- Ask each person what work they want more of.
- Give them chances to show it, and review their progress.
Your output
Write down the paths open to each person on your team. Ask each one what work they want more of, and find one chance to show it this quarter.
Watch for
One ladder that leads only to management, with unclear expectations.
Related practices
Sources
- Product Designer: individual contributor roles
- Product Design Management
- Developing great managers at Google
Enable JavaScript to try the interactive activity.