Career Progression and the Path to Leadership
summary
The 2019 Design Career Index claims the largest independent global survey on design careers and reports concrete numbers not platitudes including 47% left for poor leadership and 35% left for lack of career path it shows companies with documented career ladders get about 50% higher engagement and up to 250% longer retention replacement costs estimate entry to mid at ~40% of salary senior at 125–150% and execs ~213% the recommended fixes are competency matrices separate IC and manager tracks rubrics and coached development plans
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Career progression intro
- 3:38Why career progression matters
- 8:01Top reasons employees leave
- 12:18Supporting Millennials & Gen Z
- 14:27Effective career ladders
- 19:24Path to leadership
- 23:00Resources & closing
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