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29. UX Mentorship (feat. Tim Neusesser, UX Specialist at NN/g, and Travis Grawey, Director of Product Design at OfficeSpace)

2023/6/2
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Therese Fessenden: 本期节目探讨了导师制在职业发展中的重要性,以及如何建立有效的导师-学员关系。经验丰富的专业人士普遍认为,实践、韧性、培训和来自他人的反馈对职业发展至关重要。导师可以帮助人们从新的角度看待问题,提出重要的问题,并促进职业发展。 Tim Neusesser: 分享了自身在职业发展中获得导师帮助的经历,强调了导师在帮助他克服职业瓶颈、提升技能和职业规划方面所起到的关键作用。他特别提到导师提供的同理心和建议,帮助他度过了职业低谷,并最终获得了现在的工作。 Travis Grawey: 作为一名经验丰富的导师,他分享了自身从内部关注转向外部关注,并最终致力于帮助他人成功的转变过程。他认为导师的目标不是复制自己,而是帮助他人发现和发挥自身潜能。他详细阐述了如何通过倾听、提问和引导,帮助学员找到自身优势,并促进其成长。他还分享了在远程环境下进行导师指导的经验,以及如何克服在导师过程中遇到的挑战,例如难以衡量效果和学员期望值差异等。他强调了在导师过程中,倾听和陪伴同样重要,即使没有直接的答案。 Travis Grawey: 他还分享了在招聘过程中发现很多UX设计求职者作品雷同,缺乏个性化的问题,并分析了其原因,指出很多求职者来自同质化培训,作品缺乏真实世界情境,招聘经理更关注设计作品的结果和解决的问题,而非详细的过程。他建议求职者在案例研究中更注重结果和解决的问题,而非详细的过程。他强调了作为导师,不应该试图复制自己,而应根据被指导者的个性和需求进行调整。他分享了如何通过倾听被指导者的故事,发现他们的兴趣所在和潜在的成长方向。他还分享了担任导师也能提升自身能力,例如同理心和跨团队沟通能力。他认为每个人都应该尝试担任导师,这既能帮助他人,也能促进自身成长。他建议寻找导师可以通过LinkedIn或ADP List等平台。

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Travis discusses his journey from focusing internally on his career to shifting externally to help his team succeed, which naturally led him to mentorship.

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The importance of mentorship for personal and professional development is an often-discussed topic, yet it can be challenging to find a mentor or become a mentor yourself. In this episode, we feature a conversation between a mentee, NN/g’s Tim Neusesser, and his mentor, Travis Grawey. In this episode they discuss how mentorship has impacted both of their careers.

Learn more about Tim Neusesser)

Learn more about Travis Grawey) (who mentors along with many others at [ADPList](Find mentors at ADPList)))

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