1. The Career Lattice
Over is the New Up

2. Coming May 2012
from McGraw Professional

3. Career ladders only work for a few
And the view from below isn’t inspiring

4. Sideways isn’t progress, either

5. Diagonal career paths let workers go
over and up

6. Career lattices support growth

7. Career lattices cultivate collaboration,
networking and creativity

8. Career lattices support organizational
growth

9. What can a lattice do for you?
• Help you invest in the right training and
education so your career doesn’t dead-end
• Show how to make the most of lateral
assignments and jobs
• Help you network strategically – and help
others likewise
• Help you see new possibilities – and pursue
them

10. What can a lattice do for your team?
• Offer professional development even with few
resources
• Provide context for relationships
• Add value and opportunity when collaborating
with other teams

11. What can a lattice do for your
organization?
• Close your skills gap by growing your own
• Career pathing shows employees their future,
so they stay
• Provide context for training
• Increase ROI for training and education

12. What can a lattice do for economic
development?
• Train people to manage their own careers, not
just in technical skills, which become obsolete
• Provide context for collaboration among
employers, workplace training, and schools
• Synchronize workforce readiness with job
availability

13. Deliberately diagonal career paths
support journeys and destinations

14. Lattices are popping up all over
• About 40% of employers are expanding lateral
career paths
• About 33% of employers used lateral paths to
retain high-potentials during the 2007-2009
recession
Sources: Wilson-Taylor Associates Inc.; Catalyst

15. Learn more about lattices
• The Career Lattice will be published in spring
2012 by McGraw Business
• Contact author Joanne Cleaver, who speaks
about lattices based on research conducted
through her company, Wilson-Taylor
Associates Inc.
• Connect with workplace training consultancy
CAEL, a major source for The Career Lattice

16. Can’t wait?
• Contact Joanne Cleaver: jycleaver@wilson-
taylorassoc.com