The workshop will begin with a case study from University of Salford, focused on how we are developing and embedding a career culture within our Library. It will be followed by ‘cafe conversations’ with delegates, where they will be able practice the co-creation techniques we have been using at Salford, to explore how career pathways might be developed within their own teams / organisations. The Library has always invested significantly in the development of its people, but feedback from Best Companies Survey and other forums indicated a need to more clearly signpost career pathways and ways to learn and grow. We wanted to establish a career framework which would incorporate and build on existing Library learning and development opportunities, rather than ‘lifting and shifting’ a model from elsewhere. There are three prongs to the approach we used:- The 70/20/10 model was used to identify and structure learning interventions and to develop a Learning and Development Toolkit Career conversations with Managers enabled colleagues to identify career pathways, options and outcomes A career guide will be available to help colleagues navigate their options We used a co-creative approach to build the framework, which brought together a cross section of people from the library to share their experience and resources. Co-creation was not a natural approach for some of our colleagues, so it was a great learning experience. The framework is sustainable and real. It has been created, owned and delivered by our colleagues. The outcomes are innovative and Library colleagues practised a core skill which underpins the University’s single strategy – Industry Collaboration Zones, which are driven by co-creation. Our journey was facilitated by a member of our Organisational Development team.

1. Co-creating our Careers
Lynne Leader & Robert Ritchie
AUA Conference Workshop, April 2017

2. Outline – Co-creating our
Careers
1. Case Study – The Library, University of
Salford
2. Café conversations
i. Using co-creation in your own workplace
ii. Developing career pathways and toolkits
iii. Sharing information and ideas about techniques
and approaches

3. Our Theme
Take Ten

4. Case Study - The Context
Simon Sinek - Start with Why. https://www.startwithwhy.com/

5. Co-creating our Careers
Why?
- Formal and informal feedback
- Impact of previous development interventions
- Recognition that pathways are individual and
will be different for everyone
- Emerging cultures

6. Co-creating our Careers -
How?
Models and approaches -
•Career development group
• Across-team and across-grades
• Managers group
•Co-creation
•Industry Collaboration Zones
•70/20/10 model
•The 4 E’s

7. Co-creation

8. Industry Collaboration Zones
http://www.salford.ac.uk/icz

9. 70/20/10 Model
https://www.702010forum.com/about-702010-framework

10. 4 E’s Model
http://www.bersin.com/lexicon/

11. Co-creating our careers -
What?
•Confident career conversations
•Career toolkit
•Career guide – Sharepoint
•Collaboration - Workplace

12. Workplace

13. Career pathways – joining
things up
•Skills academy
•Shadowing skills
•Take 10
•Without walls
•Volunteering – Salford Square Mile

14. Take 10

15. Without Walls

16. Lessons Learnt
•Say – do gap
•Landing and owning career development
•Curate what you have

17. Café Conversation
Take Ten…
Your Turn…

18. Contact Details
Lynne Leader – Head of Collections, Content and Digital
Development l.leader@salford.ac.uk
Robert Ritchie – Learning Specialist r.ritchie@salford.ac.uk