Employee Guide:

GROW Discussion
Questions

WILL

OPTIONS

REALITY

GOAL
Employee Guide:

GROW Discussion Questions

Use the GROW worksheet provided by your manager to set career goals for
yourself, and be prepared to share them with your manager in your career
conversation. Use the discussion questions below to aid you in this
conversation, and come up with ideas for action.

The GROW model stands for:

G
What are your
OAL career goals?

R
What is your current reality in
EALITY relation to your goals?

O
What are your career options
PTIONS based on your goals and reality?

W
What are speci󹀼c actions you can
ILL commit to to move forward?

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 Say: My goal for this conversation is to…

G OALS • Share my career interests and goals

• Brainstorm options
• Build a plan to progress my career

Say and ask:

R EALITY • Here are my strengths that I’d like to use more
• Here is what I’d like to develop more
• What do you see as my strengths
• What are my opportunities for growth?
• These are the new skills I would like to build
• This is what motivates me

3
 Say and ask:

O PTIONS • These are options I’ve been thinking about

• These are experiences I’m interested in
• These are options for new responsibilities/roles/
projects that I’ve been considering
• What do you think? Do other options come to mind
for me?

Say and ask:

W
• These are actions I can take in the next 3 months to
ILL gain the new skills I’d like to learn
• These are actions I can take to gain new experiences to
prepare me for what’s next
• These are obstacles I may face
• This is the support I need
• This is how I’d like to measure my progress and check
in with you