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Why Performance Reviews Are Not the Place for Career Conversations

Think your organisation is nailing career conversations because they’re part of the performance review? You’re not alone. I hear this all the time. A well-meaning question like “What are your career goals?” is often squeezed in at the end of a performance review meeting, tucked between a salary discussion and next quarter’s targets. But here’s

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Associate Trainer – Leadership Development and Career Management

Update 22/03/19: This is now closed We are growing and so are looking for two exceptional Facilitators/Trainers to support our leadership development and career management programmes on a freelance, part-time basis. Antoinette Oglethorpe Ltd. is a globally operating, world-leading training provider.  Through leadership development and career management we unlock leadership potential so that empowered individuals and ambitious organisations can

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The Editing Podcast Author Chat

Author Chat Podcast

In this episode of The Editing Podcast, Denise and Louise interview Antoinette. They discuss working with a hybrid publisher for the publication of her book Grow Your Geeks.

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Three Trends Changing the Face of Career Development in Organisations

Leadership development and career management aren’t working. Well that’s the conclusion of the Corporate Executive Board (CB) anyway.  In their paper, “The New Path Forward”, they highlight the improvements needed for both organisations or employees.  They describe a chasm between what employees are looking for from their careers and the support they are getting from

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UK Career Development Awards 2019 - Shortlisted

We’ve been shortlisted for an award!

Well, what an exciting start to 2019!  Yesterday we learnt that our Career Conversations Programmes have been shortlisted for a Career Development Award in the category of Innovative and Impactful Employer Engagement Activity.  We’re delighted! The Award is sponsored by the Careers and Enterprise Company.  The winner of the Award will be announced at the UKCDA ceremony,

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Entrepreneurial Leadership Part 3

Entrepreneurial Leadership Part 3: How to Develop Entrepreneurial Leadership

This is the third post in our series about entrepreneurial leadership.  In my last post, you discovered the 11 Characteristics of Entrepreneurial Leaders.  In this post, you’ll discover how to develop them and specifically, the role that mentoring can play. Learning Through Doing The reality is that anyone can develop the skills and behaviours needed

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