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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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Seven Award Winning Business Books to Read

Are you wondering what business books to read this year?  Wonder no more. Last Friday night I had the pleasure and privilege of attending the inaugural Business Book Awards at The Grange City Hotel, London. The Awards are the brainchild of Lucy McCarraher, the Managing Editor of my publisher, Rethink Press and were organised wonderfully

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How to Identify Your Critical Leadership Roles

In my last blog post I talked about the need to align your leadership development strategy with your business strategy.  And that means identifying the leadership roles that will be critical to success.  That’s what this blog post is about. While every role in your company is important, not every role is critical or strategic. Critical

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How to Align Your Leadership Development Strategy with Your Business Strategy

Did you know that only a quarter of organisations say their leadership development programmes are effective at improving performance? Research by McKinsey shows that one of the biggest mistakes companies make is they don’t align their leadership development strategy with their business strategy. So, let’s fix that.  This blog post looks at how you can

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How to Get Buy-In for a Leadership Development Initiative

Leadership development is something that every organisation knows it should do. But why? What will it help you achieve? What problems will it help you avoid or address? What would be the benefits of investing the time and money in a leadership development initiative? If you don’t have the answers, it will be hard to

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Five Powerful Beliefs to Guide Successful Leadership Development

Successful leadership development is a goal many of us strive for. When you’re responsible for developing leaders in a fast-growing company, you have many questions to answer. How can you develop the confident and skilful leaders your company needs for its continued growth and success? How can you do it in a way that is dynamic

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