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Recognised Thought Leader in Career Development and Leadership.

Antoinette Oglethorpe, As Seen in Forbes, HBR and More.

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Antoinette Oglethorpe’s expertise in career development and leadership has been featured by some of the world’s most respected media.

With media coverage from Forbes to Harvard Business Review, her insights help organisations and individuals navigate change, inspire growth, and build thriving workplaces.

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Media Coverage

Guides & Book Contributions

Harvard Business Review – Work Smart Series

Harvard Business Review – Work Smart Series
“Experience, Opportunity and Developing Your Career”

Featured alongside other experts, Antoinette offers guidance on how to take charge of your development by seeking out experiences that build skills, confidence, and momentum.

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Harvard Business Review – Work Smart Series

Harvard Business Review – Work Smart Series
“Bosses, Coworkers, and Building Great Work Relationships”

Antoinette contributes to this practical guide on navigating relationships at work, offering tips for better communication, stronger collaboration, and career success.

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InformationWeek

InformationWeek
“5 Characteristics of Highly Effective Career Conversations”

In this downloadable guide, Antoinette outlines the key traits of impactful career conversations—and how leaders can use them to drive employee growth and retention.

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Press Features

Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review
“How to Talk to Your Boss About Your Career Development”

In this popular piece, Antoinette shares practical strategies to help employees take ownership of their growth and confidently initiate career conversations with their managers.

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Forbes

Forbes
“How to Stop Your Staff Quitting Their Jobs”

Antoinette shares why career conversations are a powerful—yet often overlooked—strategy for improving retention, boosting engagement, and helping employees feel valued.

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Fast Company

Fast Company
“This Is How Managers Can Have Effective Conversations with Their Gen Z Employees”

Antoinette offers advice on how managers can build trust, communicate with empathy, and support the career aspirations of younger generations in today’s hybrid workplaces.

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People Management

People Management
“Seven Empowering Questions to Ignite Employee Engagement”

Antoinette shares practical coaching-style questions that help leaders spark meaningful conversations, boost motivation, and support employee growth.

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Stylist

Stylist
“Is Your Workplace Secretly Blocking Your Career Development?”

Antoinette reveals the subtle ways organisations can unintentionally hold people back—and what individuals can do to take back control of their growth.

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The HR Director

The HR Director
“Why Performance Reviews Are Not the Place for Career Conversations”

Antoinette challenges conventional HR practices, explaining why meaningful career development requires a separate, ongoing dialogue—and how organisations can make it happen.

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LinkedIn News

LinkedIn News
“How to Talk to Your Boss About Your Career”

Featured by LinkedIn News, Antoinette offers practical advice to help professionals start career conversations with confidence and clarity—without it feeling uncomfortable.

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HRZone

HRZone
“Eight Ways to Hold Empowering Career Conversations with Employees”

Antoinette outlines key techniques to help managers lead confident, constructive career conversations that support performance, retention, and development.

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Stylist

Stylist
“8 steps to having a confident career conversation with your manager”

Antoinette shares practical tips to help professionals prepare for honest, productive conversations with their managers about growth and future goals.

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Personnel Today

Personnel Today
“How career conversations help prevent boredom at work”

Antoinette highlights why career conversations matter now more than ever, and how HR can empower managers to support employee development in a meaningful way.

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Forbes

Forbes
“A Blessing and a Curse: How Can Leaders Manage Their Egos?”

Antoinette contributes insights on how self-awareness and humility help leaders build trust, strengthen relationships, and create space for others to grow.

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Training Journal

Training Journal
“How to Develop Happy Employees”

Antoinette explores how meaningful career conversations contribute to employee wellbeing, engagement, and long-term organisational success.

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WeAreTechWomen

WeAreTechWomen
“How to Help Gen Z Develop Their Career”

Antoinette shares insights on what Gen Z employees need from their managers and how organisations can support their career growth in a rapidly evolving workplace.

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Her World

Her World
“Are You Earning Enough to Combat Inflation?”

Antoinette shares advice on how women can navigate pay conversations, assess their value, and take ownership of their career progression in uncertain economic times.

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Irish Tech News

Irish Tech News
“Confident Career Conversations: 10 Tools to Support Employee Growth”

Based on her bestselling book, Antoinette shares ten practical tools to help leaders and managers hold career conversations that drive engagement and development.

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Elite Business Magazine

Elite Business Magazine
“Let’s Talk: Why Career Conversations Are Key for Retention”

Antoinette explains how regular, empowering career conversations help businesses retain top talent by aligning employee aspirations with organisational goals.

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SME Web

SME Web
“Why You Need to Have Confident Career Conversations”

Antoinette explains how career conversations can drive performance, reduce turnover, and create a culture of growth - especially in small and medium-sized businesses.

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Make A Difference Media

Make A Difference Media
“Managing Your Ego for Collaboration”

Antoinette explores how ego—when left unchecked—can damage workplace relationships, and how self-awareness and empathy are key to building collaborative, high-trust teams.

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Engage Employee

Engage Employee
“Six Powerful Questions to Engage and Empower Employees”

Antoinette shares six coaching-style questions that help managers create meaningful dialogue, increase motivation, and support individual growth.

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Maddyness

Maddyness
“3 Essential Career Conversations to Have with Your New Graduate Recruits”

Antoinette outlines the key conversations managers should have early on to engage graduate hires, set expectations, and lay the foundation for long-term development.

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Podcasts & Radio

Newstalk – Down to Business

Newstalk – Down to Business
“Confident Career Conversations with Antoinette Oglethorpe”

In this radio interview with Bobby Kerr, Antoinette discusses why career conversations matter, how they impact retention, and what organisations can do to support employee growth.

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People Focus Consulting Podcast

People Focus Consulting Podcast
“How to Empower Career Conversations at Work”

Antoinette joins host Yuka Shimada to explore the mindset, tools, and strategies that help leaders support employee growth through meaningful career conversations.

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Awards

Antoinette’s bestselling book Confident Career Conversations was a runner-up for Leadership Book of the Year at the prestigious Leadership Awards 2023 —recognising its practical value for leaders across industries.

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How to Build a Career Development Culture That Retains and Grows Your Talent

Over the years, I’ve worked with dozens of organisations that want to support career development but don’t quite know how. The answer lies in culture, not checklists.

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Career Conversations That Work: How Managers Can Boost Growth, Loyalty, and Performance

When I think back to my early days as a manager, I wish someone had told me how powerful career conversations could be.

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Are You Creating a Culture of Career Clarity?

November is National Career Development Month – a timely reminder for individuals to reflect on their paths and for organisations to ask: Are we doing enough to support meaningful growth?

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