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Antoinette Oglethorpe delivering the excellence exchange to certified facilitators online

Everything you need to know about our Excellence Exchange Community

You may have noticed we recently launched a Certified Career Conversations Facilitator Open Programme. It’s designed to equip you with the skills and confidence to become a career mentor and champion, with the additional capability to empower others within the organisation(s) you support so you can foster a culture where career growth and fulfilment are

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Fit-For-Purpose Leadership

Fit-For-Purpose Leadership. What can you learn?

They say that writing books is addictive. Well, I haven’t written another book (yet!) But I have written a chapter for a new leadership book, Fit-For-Purpose Leadership.  It’s the result of a collaborative project and profits will go to The Prince’s Trust. It launches today and we need your help. Fit-For-Purpose Leadership Fit-for-Purpose Leadership is the

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accelerated leadership development

Accelerated Leadership Development for Fast-Growing Organisations

Accelerated growth requires accelerated leadership development and that means accelerated behaviour change.  Business results, business change and business success all stem from the behaviour of individuals. If your leaders are going to develop their leadership skills, they need to experiment with small changes in behaviours. Even after very basic training sessions, adults typically retain just

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leadership skills for rapid growth

2 quick ways to identify the leadership skills you need for rapid growth

The starting point for accelerating leadership development is to focus on leadership skills for rapid growth.  In other words, the key leadership skills and behaviours that will really make a difference to performance and help you realise your vision. I emphasise behaviours because you need to focus on observable actions that will deliver business results.

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Creating a Sustainable Leadership Culture

Creating a Sustainable Leadership Culture – A Twitter Q&A

Last Friday I was delighted to take part in a Twitter Q&A hosted by Sage on the subject of Creating a Sustainable Leadership Culture. I know that Twitter can sometimes be hard to follow – especially if you’re trying to catch up after the event.  So, I have created a “story” of the tweets for

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retain valued employees

Do you know the best way to retain valued employees?

When you’re growing a company, your priority is having the technical skills to deliver for the client.  So that’s what companies focus on.  They don’t think about leadership skills.  But that’s a mistake.  To grow a successful company, you need to retain valued employees.  And that means you need leadership throughout the organisation.  Even if

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strong leadership

Six Painful Mistakes that Stop You Developing Strong Leadership

There’s something reassuring about knowing you’re not alone in dealing with the challenge of developing strong leadership – especially if others’ experiences help you find solutions to your own problems. That’s why we’re so fascinated by what’s going on in other companies.  And it’s why we turn to magazines, conferences and mentors to learn from

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