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The Compass Journal: Navigating Careers & Leadership

Fresh thinking for forward-focused organisations

Explore practical insights, thought leadership, and real-world stories on career development, leadership, and the evolving world of work. Each article is designed to spark ideas and support you in creating a culture where people and performance thrive.

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Strategies to Encourage Employee Ownership to Engage in and Take Responsibility of Their Career Development

Continuing our series of blog posts responding to questions from our participants, this blog is designed to answer the question “What strategies have proven effective to encourage employee ownership to actively engage in and take responsibility of their career?” The other blog posts in the series are: Trends in career development and how organisations can

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Integration of Career Development into Organisational Culture: 10 Strategies for Success

This is the fourth blog post in our series to address some questions that a participant asked at our webinar on “Career Development in Organisations: What Role Does It Play?” One question that was asked was “How do you recommend organisations integrate career development into their existing culture without causing disruption?” So, that’s what I’ll

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Overcoming Common Obstacles in Implementing Effective Career Development Programmes

Over the years, we have run many webinars on different topics related to career management and mentoring. One webinar was on the subject of “Career Development in Organisations: What Role Does It Play?” One participant submitted some fantastic questions that warranted more attention than we could give. So, I promised I would write a series

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Top Career Development Trends – What HR Leaders Need to Know

“I’d love to support my team’s development… but I have no idea where to start.”That was the honest confession of a line manager during one of my recent masterclasses. And it stuck with me. Because in today’s fast-changing world of work, career development isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s a necessity. But many leaders, managers – and

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