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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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leadership in business

Leadership in business: Where are you on the journey?

Growth is a good thing. Right? After all, if a business doesn’t grow, it is likely to disappear in the end. All businesses start work each day with the goal of growing toward a better, and more profitable, tomorrow. But, there are tons of challenges that come with growth, and leaders have to be ready

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winning leadership

Winning Leadership. It’s a matter of trust.

Winning leadership is what today should be all about.  Today is polling day here in the U.K. At 10 pm tonight the leadership contest will be over and counting will start. Votes will determine who will be Prime Minister. In the run up to In the run up to today, we’ve heard lots about what

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Antoinette Oglethorpe Ltd.

New brand and website for Antoinette Oglethorpe Ltd.

I started Antoinette Oglethorpe Ltd. five years ago with a mission to help companies realise the leadership potential of their people.  Although our clients come from a range of industries and sectors, we specialise in developing leaders and leadership teams for high-tech organisations. I have recently launched my book Grow Your Geeks – A Handbook for

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How to develop leaders

How to Develop Leaders: Lessons from a Fast-growth, High-tech Start-up

It was a great time for high-tech businesses. It was the year 2000 at the height of the dot-com boom. Tech companies were springing up everywhere – it was the birth of Silicon Valley. Twenty-year-old geeks who couldn’t get a date in school were starting companies in their bedrooms, becoming millionaires overnight. And I was

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Grow Your Geeks – It’s Real and It’s Here!

Grow Your Geeks Friday It’s not just Good Friday, it’s a great Grow Your Geeks Friday. I can’t believe it but my book is now officially in print and it’s here!  You can see me get my first look at it in this video. [vc_video link=’https://youtu.be/QMdlEz6nbHM’] Countdown to Amazon Launch We’re now counting down to

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