
Career development
Explore ways to drive your own career
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Study and training – Internal and External
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Explore what in-house training opportunities are there at work.
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Explore what training and studying opportunity are there outside of work.
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Talk to your Manager on how the business can support your training goals.
Performance Development
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Set goals and targets with your Manager.
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What internal and external training and/or study compliments those goals and targets.
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Meet regularly with your Manager to review your performance to ensure you are on track.
Mentor – learn off the best around you!
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Some businesses have in-house mentoring programmes.
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If not, nothing is stopping you from identifying an experienced People Leader you respect and admire and asking them to be your mentor.
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Meet with them regularly to reflect on your work and decision making processes you have followed.
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Have them peer-review your work to give you pointers on how to improve.
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Put your learnings into practice!
Leadership programmes
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Large companies tend to have in-house leadership training programmes which are specific to their business.
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There are also several leadership training programmes available in the Cook Islands through the Cook Islands Tertiary Training Institute (CITTI).
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As part of your development discussion with your Manager, look into those opportunities as part of your development plan.
Secondments - drive your own development
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Put your hand up for involvement in team projects and assignments in areas you want to learn more about.
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Look for opportunities to be seconded across departments or externally to other like organisations.
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Taking part in secondments will broaden your experience, skill and knowledge and provides you with the opportunity to try out other roles you may have an interest in.
Management material?
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Want to be a manager? - talk to your Manager or supervisor about taking on a supervisory role.
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This could be in the form of mentoring junior employees or managing people on work experience.
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These experiences will put you in line to develop your career and become a manager.