“Antoinette wins key person of influence award.” My word! That’s not a statement I expected to read or hear. Let me explain a bit more. Over the last 9 months, I have been “walking the talk” and investing in my own professional development. In March 2016 I embarked on the Key Person of Influence Programme, hosted
There was glorious weather in the North-East yesterday to herald the start of the 35th Great North Run. Reports say that around 41,000 runners tackled the 13.1-mile course between Newcastle and South Shields in what is the world’s largest half-marathon. I was very happy to finish in 1:59:23 and to raise money for The PSP Association,
If like me, you have family members at University, you’ll be aware the academic year is over for the summer. Young men and women are returning home relieved that exams are over and making plans for the freedom of the weeks ahead. The end of the academic year marks an ending for me too. For the
Another week. Another Conference. Last week I was at HR Vision 2015 in Amsterdam and there I found a number of key leadership development insights What is HR Vision? HR Vision is a series of conferences for senior level HR executives. It’s held twice a year – In Amsterdam and London. And it’s designed to
Successful leadership development relies on combining a number of development experiences and connecting them back to the workplace. No matter how good the content of a workshop may be, classroom training alone is not the most effective way to accelerate the development of leaders in an organisation. Many HR & Training Directors think that the answer
Antoinette Oglethorpe talks to Michelle Blieberg of Time Warner about creating talent development programmes that are designed for the needs of the business.
Last week I had the honour of working with 8 World-Class Talent Development Professionals. I was the Chair of the Leadership Development Track at HR Vision in London and the speakers included: Shannon Banks, HR Director Talent Management, Western Europe Microsoft Pip Clark, Principal Consultant and Director, Assessment & Development Consultants Ltd Louise Brownhill, Chief
Are we divided by a common language? I’ve been reviewing 360-degree feedback with senior leaders this week as a starting point to their coaching programmes. And it made me realise that, while behavioural frameworks are valuable tools, they’re not enough to set performance expectations. And then this made me think about what can go wrong when
Earlier this year I presented at the Association for Coaching Conference. The theme of the conference was “Time to Develop” and my session was about the role of coaching and mentoring in talent management strategy. After a preamble looking at the talent management challenges faced by organisations and why talent management is important, I went
Developing a leadership pipeline is a challenge for most organisations. You need to think through how to develop your high-potential employees. Perhaps this post can help. An insight from my own experience Let me start by sharing some of my own experience. You may be surprised to hear that I consider myself fortunate that I
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