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CAREER-PATHING5 MIN READ

Turn A Ladder Gap Into A Growth Plan

Translate a competency gap into a concrete growth-plan experiment.

A growth plan should create evidence, not just intention. The practical unit is a work experiment: one behavior, one setting, one support path, one proof point. Start With A Ladder Phrase Do not start with a course catalog. Start with the competency ladder. Circle a phrase that marks the next level: "influences outside the team," "handles ambiguous scope," or "coaches others into independence." Pick A Real Work Rep The activity should happen inside meaningful work. Training can help, but the plan needs a situation where the behavior is practiced under normal pressure. Define Evidence Up Front Evidence can be a…

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