Learning & Development Academy Brochure 2014 | Page 5
Exposure to broader/highER-Level work
GET A MENTOR
Sometimes rather than taking on
A mentor is someone, usually more
additional responsibilities, simply getting
experienced, who helps and guides your
exposure to different work or
development in a long-term relationship.
environments is helpful. This could be attending
Some mentoring relationships are relatively
client meetings (if this isn’t part of your
informal – people who will be a “sounding
day-to-day role), or shadowing your manager at
board”, or with whom you can
more senior managent meetings.
discuss what’s on your mind. While we don’t
have a structured mentoring programme, if
you’re interested in a more formal
mentoring relationship, please talk it over
Become a subject matter expert
If you’re a guru in a particular area and it would
with your manager and then with your HR
team.
be useful for your colleagues to know more
about it, why not put yourself forward to become
a subject matter
GET A COACH
Coaching is another way of developing a
expert. This can involve running briefing
particular skill or set of knowledge. It’s
sessions, helping to trouble-shoot quieries or
problems, or basically just being the go-to expert
in that subject.
basically about identifying someone who you
could learn from and asking them to teach/
guide/provide feedback for you in a particular
area.
Career conversations
This is a discussion between you and your line
manager about your career aspirations. It can
help you to think through what your long-term
goals are and create a plan for achieving them.
You’ll usually get the opportunity to have one
around performance review time.
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