Who We Are

Hi. I’m Antoinette Oglethorpe.  I’m a consultant, coach, speaker and author. And I run a training and coaching company specialising in leadership development and career management.

Over the past 25 years’ I have developed leaders for some of the most successful organisations in the world, companies like P&G and Accenture. A defining moment of my career was when I helped start up Avanade, a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft. That was the inspiration behind my first book, Grow Your Geeks – A Handbook for Developing Leaders in High-Tech Organisations.

I believe there is incredible power at the intersection of leadership development and career management. A growth culture relies on connecting individuals’ career ambitions with the goals of the organisation.  That way, you build a chain reaction.  You have empowered, productive people.  They are motivated to deliver results.  And they create a better future for themselves, their colleagues, their clients and their communities.

Our Values

We have 5 important company values that underpin all our business relationships:

Be helpful.

We put clients’ needs first – always; we go out of our way to help other AO colleagues; we freely share our ideas, experience and insights; we are open, honest and trustworthy.

Have fun.

We create a brilliantly enjoyable experience. We are enthusiastic and energetic; we are passionate about our work. We do everything we can to ensure business IS pleasure.

Make a positive difference.

We are pragmatic in our approach; we focus on action and results not rhetoric and theories; we do whatever it takes in every situation.

Deliver excellence.

We are credible and reliable; we do everything with quality, professionalism and expertise.

Keep learning.

We are forward thinking and solution focused; we are continually looking to improve and develop.

Our Working Style

We believe our working style sets us apart.  We aim to keep everything SIMPLE.

Awards and Associations

Our award-winning programmes are recognised by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM)

Recent awards include:

• Best Business Women Awards (winner)
• Conscious Awards 2019 Consultant of the Year (winner)
• Career Development Institute Award 2019 for Innovative and Engaging Employer Activity (finalist)
• The Vonage Business Enabler of the Year Award 2019 for Lloyds Bank National Business Awards programme (finalist).
• UK Career Development Awards 2019 Finalist Innovative and Impactful Employer Engagement Activity.

We are proud to be associated with the CIPD, Association for Coaching and Career Development Institute.

Supporting the UN Global Goals

As part of the UN Global Compact Initiative we have made a commitment to take steps to support the UN goals.  We are particularly aligned to Goal 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth.  The goal promotes sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth.  It also promotes full and productive employment and decent work for all.

Find out more about why this is important