Unlocking Potential Through Career Conversations
Prepare well, uncover career aspirations, build a development plan, and handle tough topics so people keep growing
Virtual or in-person
About this workshop
In this workshop, participants learn the best way to structure a career conversation and what questions to ask to make that conversation meaningful, productive, and dynamic. They leave with a clear process, from preparation through follow-up, plus approaches for the tough topics that come up along the way.
What we cover
- Preparation, including reviewing documentation and past conversations
- A discovery deep dive to help uncover career aspirations naturally
- Creating a development plan that supports each person's progress
- Tough topics that may come up in the conversation and how to handle them
- Following up after the conversation to encourage follow-through
Participant impact and skill development
- Conduct discovery-based career conversations using structured questioning techniques
- Create actionable development plans using the Goal Board framework and 3Es model
- Navigate difficult career conversation scenarios with empathy and solution-orientation
Keep the learning alive
Short videos from Elevate's Learning Library reinforce this workshop after the session. Managers can rewatch them anytime or use them with their own teams.
How to Have a Career Conversation
with Lindsey Nehls
How to Set Development Goals
with Lucy Georgiades
How to Be a Better Listener
with Lucy Georgiades
Super helpful, succinct feedback and strategy on planning not just a "career conversation" but also approach to apply to career overall. Really useful session and happy to have had the opportunity to participate.
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