Tell me about someone whose growth you deliberately invested in. What can they do now that they couldn't before?

"I develop my people" is a value statement; a name, a plan, and a before-and-after is evidence. The closing clause forces the measurable — coaching either moved someone's capability or it didn't — and what the investment cost the candidate shows whether developing others was a priority or a byproduct.

• What did you do beyond encouragement — assignments, coaching, protection?
• How did you pick the stretch for that particular person?
• What did it cost you — time, delegated work, risk?

A specific person and a deliberate plan — stretch assignments with a safety net, coaching in the moment, visibility passed on — a before-and-after an outsider could verify, and a real cost to the candidate accepted along the way.

Development that amounts to approving a course, credit claimed for someone who grew on their own, growth described only in confidence gained rather than capability, or no specific person coming to mind.