Passion for learning: plain text
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From: Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
- Published on: 2 April 2025
- Last updated on: 14 May 2025
Demonstrating curiosity and making the most of opportunities to learn, improve and innovate
The wider people profession
Level 1: At this level you’ll understand:
Remain inquisitive about issues and developments in the people profession and the wider world of work
Level 2: At this level you’ll understand:
Keep up-to-date with external trends and developments and consider how they will impact on your work
Level 3:At this level you’ll understand:
Connect with internal and external peers regularly to benchmark, share good practice and anticipate future trends to inform future priorities and practice
Level 4: At this level you’ll understand:
Connect with a network of leaders to share leading practice, understand external influences and anticipate future trends to shape the people agenda
New approaches
Level 1: At this level you’ll understand:
Be open to trying new ideas or approaches to improve and learn
Level 2: At this level you’ll understand:
Seek opportunities to test new ways of doing things to make improvements
Level 3: At this level you’ll understand:
Pursue opportunities to test insight, develop new approaches and innovate
Level 4: At this level you’ll understand:
Foster a culture that encourages learning through the development and testing of new and innovative approaches
CPD
Level 1: At this level you’ll understand:
Demonstrate and role-model a proactive approach to developing your professional knowledge, skills and experience
Level 2: At this level you’ll understand:
Demonstrate and role-model a proactive approach to developing your professional knowledge, skills and experience
Level 3: At this level you’ll understand:
Demonstrate and role-model commitment to continuous professional development and enable others' development using a range of methods
Level 4: At this level you’ll understand:
Demonstrate and visibly role-model a strong commitment to the development of people professionals and the wider people profession
Learning from feedback
Level 1: At this level you’ll understand:
Seek feedback and use it to learn and develop
Level 2: At this level you’ll understand:
Regularly ask for and act on feedback to learn and develop
Level 3: At this level you’ll understand:
Reflect on experience, seek feedback and apply your learning
Level 4: At this level you’ll understand:
Create a learning culture and environment through seeking and acting on feedback
Self-awareness
Level 1: At this level you’ll understand:
Seek to understand your strengths and development areas
Level 2: At this level you’ll understand:
Demonstrate awareness of your own strengths and development areas
Level 3: At this level you’ll understand:
Seek to have a deep understanding of yourself and your impact on others
Level 4: At this level you’ll understand:
Support others to have a deep understanding of themselves and their impact on others and develop their emotional intelligence