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Empower Your People. Elevate Your Culture. One Conversation at a Time.

“Essential reading for anyone who wants to develop others through dialogue.” - Professor David Clutterbuck, author and global authority on mentoring

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Confident Career Conversations

Career conversations shouldn’t be hard. But too often, they’re avoided.
Confident Career Conversations is the practical guidebook that transforms how managers, leaders and HR professionals approach career development in today’s fast-changing world of work.

Written by award-winning coach and keynote speaker, Antoinette Oglethorpe, this book offers a proven framework and actionable tools to make career conversations a catalyst for growth, retention and engagement across generations and geographies.

Event bookers love it as a high-impact takeaway – an ideal companion resource to Antoinette’s keynote or masterclass, giving each attendee something tangible to apply and share back at work.

Perfect for conference delegates or workshop participants – bulk copies available. Contact us.

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Readers will learn

  • Why traditional career development approaches no longer work
  • How to have meaningful, future-focused conversations that drive ownership
  • A simple, powerful model to structure every career conversation
  • Practical strategies to engage employees of all ages, backgrounds and aspirations
  • How to build a culture where people grow – and stay

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The perfect companion for your event.

Event organisers love Confident Career Conversations as a powerful takeaway for attendees — a tangible resource that extends the impact of Antoinette’s keynote or masterclass long after the event. Give your audience something to take away, apply, and share:

  • Perfect for conference delegates or workshop participants
  • Bulk copies available for corporate events and team programmes
  • Branded inserts or signed copies available on request
Contact us about bulk orders
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About the Author

Antoinette Oglethorpe is an award-winning leadership coach, professional speaker and best-selling author with over 25 years’ global experience. She works with organisations like the UN, WHO, NHS and Worldpay to develop leadership capability and create cultures of ownership, engagement and growth.

Her down-to-earth style and practical, people-first philosophy have helped thousands of HR professionals and managers have more confident career conversations that truly make a difference.