Turn your career goal into a practical plan you can work on every month. Five short steps: your direction, your development gaps, a monthly roadmap, how to build visibility, and a plan you can print and bring to your manager.
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1. My Direction
What you're working toward, and why. You don't need a perfect answer, just a starting point.
2. My Development Gaps
For each item, mark where you stand today. Then mark up to three as your top priorities to focus on first. A short list works better than a long one.
Top development priorities
Choose up to three. These feed directly into your roadmap.
3. My Career Roadmap
One primary focus per month. This is not a promise of a promotion by a certain date, it's what you can control: learning, practice, responsibility, relationships, and results.
4. Practice and Build Visibility
For each priority: a realistic way to practice it in your current job, who could help you learn it, and how you'll make the result visible without turning it into self promotion.
Protect your current performance. Keep doing your current job well, that is what builds trust and gives you room to take on more. Start with small pieces of the next role, learn from the experience, and expand your responsibilities as you demonstrate that you can handle them.
Accomplishments log
Add entries any time, not only when you finish a monthly goal. These carry into your final plan.
Career Direction
Development Priorities
Monthly Roadmap
Manager Conversation Guide
Accomplishment Log
Review Cadence
A short personal review every one to two weeks, and a manager conversation roughly every 30 to 60 days. At each review, ask yourself:
- What did I accomplish?
- What did I learn?
- Where did I apply the skill?
- What evidence do I have of progress?
- What is getting in the way?
- What should I focus on next?