Growing Team Talent

Connect learning to your work

A practical place
to begin.

Turn a development interest into useful practice

A development goal needs somewhere to happen. This Skill Lab focuses on matching a person's interest with a real responsibility that provides an appropriate stretch. Consider the work to be done, the capability to practice and the support required, so the opportunity becomes more than an additional task on an already full list.

Imagine a colleague who wants to become more confident explaining technical information to another team. In this illustrative situation, a short process walkthrough may be a better first opportunity than ownership of a major presentation. Prepare the brief, identify who can review the explanation and discuss how the new responsibility fits existing commitments.

Review the learning, not just completion

Prepare questions about the decisions the person made, the response they noticed and the part that needed more preparation. Distinguish finishing the assignment from developing the intended skill. Use the discussion to choose a next step of appropriate difficulty. Bring a fictionalized development situation or a general team need to the learning request. The exercise is about creating a considered opportunity with feedback, not assigning a permanent label to someone's potential or assuming everybody wants the same career path.

Topics to explore

Your learning focus.

Start where you are

Who it’s for.

Managers planning development opportunities for team members

Bring a workplace situation you want to approach differently. We can discuss your experience, priorities and the support that would be useful before agreeing on delivery.

Learning that fits your context

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Ask about live online, self-paced or blended online learning. The available approach, content scope and schedule are agreed for your request.

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