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04 · Roadmaps

Frameworks for personal and team growth.

Elizabeth built these frameworks around the Nine Core Skills that define successful insights professionals. Teams and managers have used them to evaluate talent, guide development, and build stronger functions.

How teams have used them
  • Nine framework documents, one per Core Skill, that managers used to assess and develop their teams against a shared standard.
  • A hiring rubric with interview questions tied to each Core Skill. Hiring managers used it to screen for the capabilities that actually predict on-the-job impact.
  • An IDP planning template that plugged into existing performance and development cycles without replacing them.
  • [Placeholder: a specific outcome from a team that used the frameworks. Did retention improve? Did development conversations change? Ask Elizabeth for a concrete example.]
Why it matters

Career growth in insights is hard to map. Corporate development resources rarely speak the language of the work.

These frameworks filled that gap for the teams that used them. A clear vocabulary for what good looks like, what to develop next, and how to have honest conversations about growth.

Who benefits

The people who got the most out of these frameworks fell into three groups.

Managers of teams

Build the skillsets of your team

Managers who finally had a shared rubric for performance conversations, growth plans, and stretch assignments.

Hiring managers

Recruit against a shared standard

Hiring managers who could screen candidates against the skills that actually predict impact. Not just polished resumes.

Individual contributors

Self-drive your own growth

ICs who wanted to own their own growth. The frameworks gave them a clear ladder for what to develop next, with or without strong manager support.

More Than Just Interesting
The source material

The frameworks come from this book.

The Nine Core Skills, the briefs that drive action, the Consumer Centricity Center of Excellence. All of it, in long form.

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