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One To One Career Conversation Guide

This document provides templates for career conversations between managers and employees. The manager template includes 17 questions to guide the discussion about the employee's career goals, strengths, development areas, aspirations for future roles, and plans for skills development. The employee template includes 13 questions for the employee to prepare for the discussion and document their career goals, development plans, and action items. The overall purpose is to help employees identify the right career roles and develop skills to achieve their long-term career aspirations.

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One To One Career Conversation Guide

This document provides templates for career conversations between managers and employees. The manager template includes 17 questions to guide the discussion about the employee's career goals, strengths, development areas, aspirations for future roles, and plans for skills development. The employee template includes 13 questions for the employee to prepare for the discussion and document their career goals, development plans, and action items. The overall purpose is to help employees identify the right career roles and develop skills to achieve their long-term career aspirations.

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Practice

Practice 1-1 Career


1-1 Career Conversations
Conversations
Celebrating and Developing Fit For Future Talent

Career Conversation Template for Managers:

Manager
Name

Employee
Name

Date

1 Warm up (Make the employee comfortable and agree the


time you have at hand)

2 What would you like to achieve in this meeting?


(Encourage the employee to speak up)

3 What is the definition of a successful career for you?

4 What do you like in your current role? What would you


like to look back on and say you were most proud of in
your career?

5 What are your strengths and development areas today?

6 What is the least favorite part of your role? (Build trust for
employee so he/she opens up)

7 What kind of experiences/ challenges would you like your


future role to offer you?

8 Where do you see yourself 3 years from now? Do you


have a specific career goal in mind? And What are the
tentative timelines?

9 Clarify the reason behind choosing a particular career


role and see if it matches individual’s
aspirations/strengths?

If not, direct the conversation to help the employee


identify the right role based on his/her strengths.

10 Clarify further what it would involve – ask related


questions like “What are some of the things you would
like to explore? What are some things that you feel you
cannot do?”

11 What broad range of knowledge, skills and attitudes do


you need to practice succeeding in that new role?

12 Clarify doubts – suggest what other dev areas may need


to be sharpened to get there

13 Then discuss opportunities to develop those skills. Agree


on a 70-20-10 time-bound plan and roles of
responsibilities to make it happen.

14 Suggest how one can start looking for roles through IRS

15 Check what other help the individual needs. Share some


new opportunities and roles the employee could take on

This document is for internal reference, to be used within Aditya Birla Group only
Practice 1-1 Career Conversations
Practice 1-1 Career Conversations
Celebrating and Developing Fit For Future Talent

as short-term intermediate/ bridge role that will help


him/her achieve long term goals.

16 Summarize & agree actions and timelines to review


progress.

Ask employee to update MDP with development plans


and document agreement over email

17 Check What support the employee needs from you or the


organization? (please note not to commit any role)

18 Inform the employee, while the entire organization is


there to help one achieve his/her aspirations – The
employee himself/herself is the MD of his/her own Career
and Development. We all can help the employee prepare
for next role, but as and when the role is available - it will
be given to the meritorious candidate who has developed
his/her own potential and built readiness for the role.

19 Check how the employee is feeling towards the end of the


conversation – Closure

Career Conversation Template for Employees:


Manager
Name

Employee
Name

Date

1 What I enjoy in my current role?

2 What I don’t enjoy as much in my


current role?
What excites me and what terrifies
me?

3 What are my strengths and


development areas?

4 What kind of experiences/


challenges would I like in my future
role? What are some of the things I
would like to explore?

5 Where do you I see myself 3 years


from now?

6 What are my long-term career


goals in mind and tentative
timelines?

7 Skills needed for future role.

8 Plan to develop those skills needed


with timelines.

This document is for internal reference, to be used within Aditya Birla Group only
Practice 1-1 Career Conversations
Practice 1-1 Career Conversations
Celebrating and Developing Fit For Future Talent

9 Development Plan 70 of learning 20 of learning 10 of learning

Competency 1

Timeline

Competency 1

Timeline

Competency 1

Timeline

10 Roles and responsibilities –


(Document in MDP and seek
support from HR and manager
wherever needed)

11 Action plans to review IRS

12 Action plans on next steps on MDP


and Career discussion. Fix up a
meeting with your manager for the
same.

13 Seek guidance to prepare


yourselves for next roles.

This document is for internal reference, to be used within Aditya Birla Group only

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