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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

March 13, 2019

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

February 22, 2019

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,

February 2, 2019

Mentoring and Career Conversations – Our Most Popular Posts of 2018

It’s that time of the year when everyone reviews what’s happened this year and all the “best of” lists surface. For us, 2018 was a year focussed on mentoring and career conversations. And it seems it was the same for our readers. Here are our most viewed blog posts and resources in 2018. Some of

January 11, 2019

Competition Time – Win One of Ten Career Conversation Toolkits

In a time when the job market is uncertain, I am convinced organisations that invest in career conversations and career development for their employees will have a proven competitive advantage. Are you having regular career conversations with your employees? We all know the theory: employees are more engaged when they see a future for themselves

November 16, 2018

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How to Cultivate a Diverse Culture that Develops Female Talent

“How’s your organisation doing with regard to gender equality? Do you have many women at senior levels?” This line will be familiar to professionals in HR. It’s a focus for many who have recognised that gender inequality in the workplace costs companies. It impacts financial performance, idea innovation, market share, team collaboration and much more.

October 18, 2018

How to Have a Career Conversation: The Five Stage Structure

If you read this blog regularly you will know by now that it’s important to have career conversations with employees if you want to keep and develop your best people. You will know that the most valuable questions are well-crafted solution-focused ones that provoke insight and reflection. You may even have purchased your own Career

November 27, 2017

Career development. How to create a culture of growth

How to Create a Culture of Growth and Career Development

Employee engagement and organisation culture are so intertwined that it is difficult to mention one without the other. And career development is the glue that binds the two together. If an organisation wants to engage its employees, the culture needs to support their professional growth. Develop talent or risk losing it Employee engagement is an

November 6, 2017

How to Develop Confidence for Career Development Conversations

Career development conversations come under that category of conversations we describe as challenging. Why is that? Well, they’re personal, they’re important and they’re full of implied meaning and promise. For all those reasons, there is a risk that managers won’t have them in spite of their benefits. So how can you help managers develop the

October 30, 2017

Developing Employees: Good Career Development Questions to Ask

Career development discussions are just that – developmental. They are a way to build on progress so far and continue a person’s career growth. Even though they are positive conversations by nature, they are not without their challenges. So what are some good career development questions to ask? Good Career Development Questions for Challenging Situations

October 16, 2017

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