career-development

To prepare for an engineering career conversation, diagnose the direct report's current impact across Personal, Team, Group, and Company circles to identify their next growth edge. Gather context via optional engineering manager and per-person report files to generate a manager-ready plan with tailored discussion questions.

Promotion readiness indicates an engineer's capability to deliver impact at the next level, while promotion timing depends on separate organizational opportunities. This career planning approach strictly enforces separating capability evidence from structural timing to prevent stalled growth conversations.

Assess IC versus manager-track intent by mapping the engineer's current impact across the Circles of Influence model. This diagnostic identifies whether the next growth edge requires deeper technical specialization or expanding organizational influence to guide the career planning decision.

The Tarzan Method for engineering career planning breaks the straight-line ladder mindset by focusing on the next available growth opportunity, or next vine. It helps managers identify immediate actionable steps for a direct report rather than following a rigid, long-term promotion sequence.

Diagnose stalled career growth by mapping the engineer's current impact across the Circles of Influence model to see if they are just deepening skills in the same circle. The next growth edge should focus on expanding influence to the next circle rather than repeating the same tasks.

Yes, you can generate career development plans for multiple direct reports by providing optional EM and per-person report files as context. The Skill processes this manager context to produce individualized, manager-ready plans with conversation questions and opportunity creation guidance.