SOLUTION:

Me and My Shadow 

PURPOSE: Offer to let someone shadow you during an activity or sit with them and teach them what you know so they can learn the ropes and expand their horizons.

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SOLUTION:

Me and My Shadow 

PURPOSE: Offer to let someone shadow you during an activity or sit with them and teach them what you know so they can learn the ropes and expand their horizons.

Time: 1 Hour

STEP 1: Seek out others who may be interested in learning more about your specialty or trade so you can help them grow and develop additional skills.

STEP 2: Consider offering a mentorship to someone who you know could benefit from learning more about what you do.

STEP 3: Suggest that the individual shadow you while you are doing something related to the topic, while you are in a meeting, or during the workday to learn about your job or specialty area.

STEP 4: Have the one shadowing you do the following:

  1. Take notes
  2. Ask questions when appropriate
  3. Follow-up after the shadowing event to share how they have applied what he or she has learned

STEP 5: Suggest to the one who shadowed you to look for additional actions they can take to build off the knowledge or skills they learned from the expert.

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