RESOURCES

Blog posts on Career Management, Mentoring and Leadership

News, insights and ideas

Business man drawing colourful ideas onto the sky

How to Craft Compelling Career Stories

In my last blog post, I talked about the power of storytelling in mentoring and career conversations. So, today I thought I’d share some thoughts on how to craft compelling career stories. Some people are great natural storytellers. They mentally recall their experiences and have no trouble relaying them as interesting stories. For the rest

Read More »
Beautiful landscape image of Llyn Padarn at sunrise in Snowfonia National Park in pages of imaginary story book

The Power of Storytelling in Mentoring and Career Conversations

Do you want your employees to really engage with what you are saying? Do you want to grab their emotions rather than just their logical brain? The secret is to use stories. Storytelling is the oldest and most powerful way to engage, excite and educate people. When people are inspired, they take action. That’s not

Read More »
Office Career Champion Winner

Meet Our Office Careers Champion Winner

Earlier this year we ran the first of our Office Careers Champion Awards to find the heroes out there championing and developing careers. Our aim was to recognise and celebrate the unsung Office Career Champions who make a real difference to businesses and careers every day. Our very worthy winner was Patrick Gribben of Intouch

Read More »
Antoinette Oglethorpe wins Business Woman of the Year award at the SME MK Business Awards 2020

Winner of the Best Coach Award 2019

The Best Business Women Awards have announced their winners for 2019. I am thrilled to say I won Best Coach! The Best Business Women Awards seek to find the very best female business talent from across the UK. The business world is full of talented and dedicated female entrepreneurs. The Best Business Women Awards are

Read More »
Mindset Belief Discipline Experience Knowledge Concept

The Importance of Growth Mind-set for Career Development

Adaptability has always played a key role in workplace success. But it seems like now more than ever, our careers require us to be constantly evolving. The pace of change is accelerating.  To succeed in any industry, and to be ready to take part in the next evolution of it, professionals must grow and develop. 

Read More »
Fake Dictionary, Dictionary definition of the word Partnership.

Why Creating a Culture of Career Management is so Important

Over the past 9 months or so, I have had the pleasure of working with Pam Davis.  Until recently, Pam was the Senior HR Project Lead within the People and Culture at an organisation that works in the scientific research space. We’ve been working to create a cultural change within that organisation.  That change is

Read More »
Scroll to Top

New Book!

Empower your employees for career growth and retention. Download the first chapter free today.

confident career conversations book Cover by Author Antoinette Oglethorpe