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1 | Did you know there’s a new version of the Skill Tree? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Junior | Mid Level | Experienced Mid Level | Senior | Lead | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Knowledge & Impact | Displays a strong learning orientation and identifies own areas for professional development | Displays emotional intelligence | Has a deep knowledge in their area of expertise, and may begin to contribute to the development of others | Understands the studio's distinctiveness and speaks convincingly to various people about our values and work | Is a mentor and contributes to the development of others across the studio and beyond | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Exhibits self-awareness, recognizes strengths and areas for development with a strong desire to further develop | Continues to develop confidence and strong skills in area of expertise | Has built own knowledge skill base and contributes to team productivity | Applies knowledge to improve team functioning | Has broad range of knowledge and/or is a subject matter expert | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Represents the studio professionally and with integrity | Identifies limitations of own knowledge and consciously pushes those boundaries | Models values-aligned behavior for others | Uses professional concepts to resolve complex issues in creative, scalable and effective ways | Understands and has direct impact on priorities | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Articulates values, culture, and distinctiveness | Committed to sharing responsibility for one’s own professional development | Makes substantive, open-minded contributions to efforts that shape the studio's culture | Has a wide range of knowledge in their area of expertise | Utilizes knowledge expertise to influence studio operations | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Learns and applies fundamental skills to job | Applies company procedures and industry/technical practices to resolve a variety of issues | Has developed an area of expertise | Contributes to the development of the entire studio and creates opportunities to strengthen overall knowledge and skills | Contributes to the development of objectives and high level goals | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Values multiple perspectives and is open to unexpected chances to learn | Has turned specific improvement areas into areas of strength | Strategically grows own professional network and manages it | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Lives the values even when doing so is difficult or involves making explicit trade-offs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Problem Solving | Asks thoughtful questions, researches and proposes solutions prior to implementation | Uses own experience (pattern recognition) and the collective experience of the team to solve increasingly complex problems | Is sought out as a resource and creative problem-solver by others | Is proactive in finding and solving unbounded problems | Mentors individuals and builds others’ skills and confidence in problem solving | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Uses available data to inform problem solving | Is mindful of other teams’ goals, priorities and work styles when proposing action plans | Respects and supports the ideas of others and understands when it’s necessary to let go of own ideas | Looks for opportunities to apply, enhance, and refine our methodologies and processes | Creatively engages in issue identification and is responsible for driving large-scale solution development beyond team and individual levels | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Displays good intuition regarding barriers to success and proactively seeks help addressing them | Looks at all components and missing links to find a holistic and sustainable solution | Demonstrates comfort with ambiguity while adapting to last-minute pressures | Coaches others in understanding the complexity of problems and tactics for thoughtful and creative problem solving; demonstrates values-driven behaviors in doing so | Encourages the team to sharpen problem-solving capabilities by making intuitive leaps, taking innovative approaches, or navigating the uncharted path | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Clearly articulates issues that need to be addressed | Helps document and communicate learnings from internal processes and projects | Anticipates potential roadblocks and addresses and shares learnings | Is a valued problem-solving partner by peers & leads | Has a vision and drives process change | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Is solution-oriented and takes ownership of outcomes | Constructively shares experience on past roadblocks to help others be more successful | Constructively shares experience on past roadblocks to help others be more successful | Uses influence to resolve competing priorities or negotiate points of view | Substantively contributes to improving major processes or has had clear impact driving forward a significant effort to do so | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Displays creativity in seeking out new perspectives and approaches | Is able to resolve a wide range of issues in creative ways | Contributes to problem resolution beyond own team | Resolves complex issues where analysis of situations may require an evaluation of intangible factors | ||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Uses values to make decisions, weighing pros and cons before taking action | Promotes innovation and thoughtful risk taking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires complex evaluation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Communications | Considers how written and verbal tone impact the listener’s receptivity | Considers the audience and situation and adjusts written and verbal communication accordingly | Synthesizes complex information and diverse points of view into clear and compelling communications; writes persuasive prose | Develops communication skills in others through example and guidance | Develops effective communication strategies for initiatives and projects | ||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Creates clear, concise and logical communications | Keeps others informed of progress on projects without overburdening them with too much information | Communicates confidently and effectively | Is attentive and responsive to diverse communication styles, including non-verbal cues | Communicates with clarity and influences others while balancing the ability to show humility and approachability | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Edits and proofreads written work thoroughly to ensure factual accuracy, eliminate grammatical errors and have the appropriate tone | Actively listens and makes others feel heard | Is constructively open, honest, and real about what we’re not doing right | Gracefully reacts to rapidly changing situations without losing focus or composure | Uses own influence to inspire other ICs & Leads | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Knows when to ask for guidance in crafting effective communication | Conveys a sense of presence and maturity | Cultivates a variety of communication styles that can be applied to an array of situations | Successfully communicates difficult messages | Navigates difficult communications with gravitas and fosters company-wide support | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Contributes meaningfully in team and 1:1 discussions | Understands and applies the principles of active listening | Explains the “why” behind decisions, processes or changes | Sets a productive tone for interactions in meetings, and effectively facilitates them to keep things on track | Designs projects and project team communications to prioritize Push based communication, builds and maintains effective documents that streamline the project for clients and internal team alike (such as a Project Wiki). | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Communicates progress on tasks in a timely way and to the appropriate individuals | Knows when to use different communication channels (e.g. in-person versus email) | Delivers effective and engaging presentations | Is thoughtfully candid about tough decisions | ||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Understands and prefers Push over Pull based communication styles, and always clearly communicates immediate concerns (like changes in availability, needing help to understand how to complete a task, etc) | Is aware of own contribution to problem areas | Never fails to Push proactive updates to the team regarding upcoming deadlines or blockers, and takes initiative to build new documents on the project or team level for internal use and clients alike. | Pre-empts potential concerns, questions or future blockers for the team, and takes the time to clearly document solutions in a public place, before they are needed immediately. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Is proactive in Pushing communications to the team about upcoming blockers in their own project. When recieving information that may or may not be immediately needed by peers, strives to share it in a public place. | Gives proactive updates about long running, secondary tasks that may not be an immediate priority (to set expectations and help others plan). | Takes a proactive role in personally gathering important information about their project. Gives proactive updates on changes to project goals, client relationships, and other information relevant to whole Garden3D business. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Work Management | Works independently and in team settings toward defined goals/objectives | Juggles multiple tasks without sacrificing quality or deadlines | Prioritizes tasks and dependencies in real time as situations change | Contributes beyond immediate role and responsibilities for the greater good of the team and for the company | Sets context for team members, coaching them on how to balance immediate focus with long-term strategy | ||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Completes assigned portion of shared responsibilities timely or proactively communicates barriers and roadblocks | Knows how to use time effectively | Builds reliable and realistic plans for executing work | Balances immediate focus on deliverables with longer-term view of business opportunity and overall impact | Effectively communicates the activities and strategy of the team with impact | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Works to prioritize deliverables and workload | Proactively anticipates and acts upon requests | Owns complex projects with increasing scope, level, and expertise | Understands when “pushing back” is necessary and acts accordingly | Helps set and communicate the vision for the team and can rally the team behind it | |||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Demonstrates understanding of scope, dependencies, and logistics of work | Demonstrates a thoughtful, reasonable sense of urgency | Openly discusses work style, preferences and challenges and provides actionable feedback and suggestions | Actively manages team deliverables in addition to own work | Structures work appropriately, balancing both individual development and team needs | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Works to set expectations and deadlines | Successfully owns and manages projects through completion | Addresses roadblocks as they arise | Incorporates long-term strategy in their project plans | Evolves the way garden3d delivers client work through their own project's learnings | |||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Asks clarifying questions and for help when necessary | Helps set objectives to meet goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Teamwork | Understands that administrative work is often required at every level; does not cherry pick assignments and projects solely based on personal interests | Proactively thinks beyond individual role to provide support and uncover opportunities for increased efficiencies | Provides timely and constructive feedback in ways that builds teams’ skills and identifies blind spots | Leads by example and acts as a mentor and role model to other team members and others outside team | Communicates a vision and generates genuine enthusiasm | ||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Actively seeks ways to contribute to team projects or lend a helping hand | Understands overall team goals and deliverables, and contributes within a defined area of ownership | Contributes to discussions in ways that advance team thinking, bringing constructive challenges to the table | Builds and shapes the team’s work, agenda, deliverables and strategy | Ensures team’s understanding of overall strategy and aligns team’s goals and deliverables accordingly | |||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Stays positive and focused despite times of ambiguity or unfavorable changes | Contributes to the team in a productive and positive manner | Takes a recognized leadership role or participates in a range of different initiatives | Demonstrates success in a project leadership role with increasing scope and complexity | Proven success in leading projects and teams with multiple stakeholders, and across geographic and functional boundaries | |||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Demonstrates genuine care for the well-being of others | Takes on project leadership roles | Proactively contributes to team’s goals and deliverables, and leverages own expertise | Finds ways to push the team’s thinking and build collective skills | Consistently solicits input from people outside the team and provides feedback to the team | |||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Assumes good intent and treats others respectfully | Participates in company-wide initiatives and finds ways to make leadership contributions | Understands other teams’ goals, priorities and work-style | Models behavior around celebrating success and learning from failure | Is consistently mindful of all members of the team | |||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Understands how individual work contributes to both the company's priorities and to overarching team goals | Demonstrates success in a project leadership role | Takes a leadership role and participates in initiatives; paves a path and supports team members to become involved | Takes a significant leadership role | ||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Lends support to or gets directly involved in initiatives | Widens own and group’s knowledge by working with teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Demonstrates a spirit of generosity | Supports team and colleagues in living our values | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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