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From the mentoring library / Free resource
You don’t need a longer list of ambitions. Pick one capability, find a place to practise it, and make the progress visible.
A plan you can discuss
The worksheet takes you from a baseline to three monthly milestones and an evidence log. The text version contains the same prompts, ready to paste into your notes or a shared document.
Start with an expectation in your current role. Name a behaviour you can practise and an observable result you can work towards.
Take the plan to your manager. Discuss the assignment, time, support and feedback you need before treating it as an agreement.
Use the first month to practise, the second to apply, and the third to demonstrate. Give each stage a check-in date and a way to see progress.
Capture examples and feedback as they happen. At the end of the quarter, decide what to continue, change or stop.
An example
Turn that intention into something you can work on: lead one review, bring two viable options, explain their tradeoffs, and ask a reviewer whether the decision was clear.
In month one, observe and prepare an outline. In month two, lead a small review with support. In month three, lead one independently and record what the feedback tells you.
Growth and promotion are related, but they are different conversations. Use your company’s expectations and agree the plan with your manager. Completing a worksheet is not a promise of a title change.
Keep reading
Growth, promotion, 1:1s, and the move into management. Start with the situation you are in.
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