Create a growth conversation

Use the Conversations module to create a one-time or recurring conversation with an employee. Discuss the employee's growth and development as a professional within your organization.

Before you begin

You must install the Career Conversations (Career Conversations) application to use the Conversations module.

You must provide employees of your organization with an Talent license to enable access to the Conversations module. For more information about employee licensing, refer to License Talent Development users.

Role required: employee [sn_egd_act.employee] or manager [sn_egd_act.manager]

About this task

The functionality described in this task is applicable to organizations using the Career Conversations application without the Microsoft® Outlook® integration.

Procedure

1. Navigate to All > Self-Service > Employee Center.
2. Use the navigation path that corresponds to your role within your organization to access the Conversations module.

   Role	Path
   Employee	Your career > Conversations
   Manager	Your team > Conversations

3. Select the Create a conversation button.
   The Create a conversation panel appears.
4. In the panel, set the following fields.

   Table 1. Create a conversation panel

   Field	Description
   Have this conversation with	The employee or manager with whom you want to converse. For employees, this field is automatically set to the name of the manager to whom they report. Alternately, managers can choose a specific employee that reports to them.
   Conversation title	Name of the conversation. Depending on your role within your organization, this field is automatically set to one of the following options: Conversation with <employee first name> Conversation with <manager first name> You can change the value.
   Date	Date of the conversation. The format is <YYYY-MM-DD>
   Reoccurs	The frequency at which the conversation occurs.

5. Select Create conversation.

Result

A notification is sent via email to the employee or manager with whom you created a conversation.

What to do next

Update the agenda for your upcoming conversation by using an option that corresponds to your role within your organization:

Employees

Use the Your conversations widget to access the conversation you created.

Managers

• Use the Your team's conversations widget to access the conversation you created.
• Use the Coming up soon widget to access the conversation that you created if it transpires within one week of the system date.