talent strategy · career pathing

The career path explorer

Org charts can show you a career path. They can't make it mean anything. This interactive framework does, mapping how expectations evolve from entry level to executive leadership, so employees see not just where they can go, but what it actually takes to get there.

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explore the framework

See what growth looks like.

Move from entry level to executive leadership and explore how the same competencies evolve as responsibility, influence, and scope increase.

Behavior Competency Framework — Culinary Career Path

Behavior Competencies

Behaviors don't change with the role. Their scope does.

The Culinary career path, entry to executive. Click any level to see how all seven competencies are defined at that stage.

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Entry

Learns the fundamentals and builds core habits.

Developing

Works independently and starts improving how work gets done.

Experienced

Solves complex problems and coaches others.

Management

Owns a team's outcomes and cross-functional alignment.

Executive

Sets the standard and vision for the whole function.

Sample framework — Culinary career path 7 competencies × 5 levels

The approach

Keep the behaviors. Expand the scope.

Instead of reinventing expectations at every level, the framework carries the same core competencies through the entire career path. What changes is the scale at which they’re applied, from building individual habits to coaching others, leading teams, and ultimately shaping the direction of the function.

The challenge

A career ladder isn’t a career path.

Organizations can define levels and competencies, but employees still struggle to understand what actually changes from one level to the next. A title tells someone where they are. It doesn't show them what readiness for the next level looks like.

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Whether you’re building career paths, defining competencies, or rethinking how development happens, we’d love to hear what your team is working through.