Explore ways to drive your own career

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Study and training – Internal and External

 

• Explore what in-house training opportunities are there at work.

• Explore what training and studying opportunity are there outside of work.

• Talk to your Manager on how the business can support your training goals.

 

Performance Development

 

• Set goals and targets with your Manager.

• What internal and external training and/or study compliments those goals and targets.

• Meet regularly with your Manager to review your performance to ensure you are on track.

 

Mentor – learn off the best around you!

 

• Some businesses have in-house mentoring programmes.

• If not, nothing is stopping you from identifying an experienced People Leader you respect and admire and asking them to be your mentor.

• Meet with them regularly to reflect on your work and decision making processes you have followed.

• Have them peer-review your work to give you pointers on how to improve.

• Put your learnings into practice!

 

Leadership programmes

 

• Large companies tend to have in-house leadership training programmes which are specific to their business.

• There are also several leadership training programmes available in the Cook Islands through the Cook Islands Tertiary Training Institute (CITTI).

• As part of your development discussion with your Manager, look into those opportunities as part of your development plan.

 

Secondments - drive your own development

 

• Put your hand up for involvement in team projects and assignments in areas you want to learn more about.

• Look for opportunities to be seconded across departments or externally to other like organisations.

• 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?

 

• Want to be a manager? - talk to your Manager or supervisor about taking on a supervisory role. 

• This could be in the form of mentoring junior employees or managing people on work experience. 

• These experiences will put you in line to develop your career and become a manager.