- Career pathing initiatives frequently stall due to their resource-intensive nature and the challenge of securing sustained leadership support. This leads to difficulty in demonstrating a return on the investment of career pathing.
- Organizations struggle with developing career paths that are clearly defined, relevant, and integrated across functions and job families.
- Ensuring career paths remain flexible and adaptable is challenging as organizations continuously evolve. Roles transform, new roles emerge, and role mobility criteria shift rapidly.
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Critical Insight
- A clear and transparent career pathing framework empowers employees to seek growth opportunities within their own organizations. When prioritizing internal development, organizations enable employees to achieve their career aspirations while maintaining a competitive advantage.
Impact and Result
- Prioritizing a career pathing framework supports managers with conducting development conversations and matching employees with available career opportunities. This reduces turnover, increases retention, and enables internal mobility and critical role succession.
- A transparent career pathing framework provides employees with insight into opportunities available at the organization to support their career growth and development, leading to a more engaged and motivated workforce.
Career Path

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How to complete this course:
Use these videos, along with the Project Blueprint deck above, to gain an understanding of the subject. Start with the Introduction, then move through each of the Course Modules. At the end of each Module, you will be required to complete a short test to demonstrate your understanding. You will complete this course when you have completed all of the course tests.
- Number of Course Modules: 5
- Estimated Completion Time: 1.5 hours
Learning Outcome
Define the following steps in career pathing: determine goals of a career path program, identify types of career moves to highlight and how to feature them, and set a plan to launch and maintain the program.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Determine the career path landscape in their organization.
- Understand the five types of career movements.
- Explore collateral, tools, and programs that support career moves.
- Develop a plan to launch and measure the career path program.
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Course Modules

Career Path - Introduction: Learn how to future-proof your workforce by enabling employees to drive their own careers

Career Path - Module 1: Determine the career path landscape

Career Path - Module 2: Understand the five types of career movements

Career Path - Module 3: Career path program options

Career Path - Module 4: Launch, measure, and maintain your career path program