Author: Antoinette

developing leaders

Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today

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

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How to get the best from a mentor

How to Get the Best From a Mentor [Slideshare]

A good mentoring relationship relies on both the mentor and the mentee.  To support the mentoring relationship from the mentee’s point of view, I’ve collected my 10 top tips on how to get the best from a mentor. The relationship between a mentor and a mentee is a vital one, for both parties. But, as

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Leadership Development Insights

Leadership Development Insights from HR Vision, Amsterdam

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

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Partnership working in progress

How to Develop a Practical Approach to Partnership Working

One of our clients is a large nature conservation charity.  A manager at the charity contacted us to ask for help with developing more partnership working between his team and others.   He was hoping for an external facilitator to design and run a workshop he had planned for his team.He described the problem he

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Thinking Digital Hero image of the SAGE

5 Lessons for Leaders from Thinking Digital

I spent yesterday at the iconic Sage Centre in Gateshead attending a conference called Thinking Digital. What is Thinking Digital? Thinking Digital is for those who are curious about how technology is shaping our future.  It is the brainchild of Herb Kim who launched the first Thinking Digital conference in 2008.  This was the 4th annual

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career conversation guide

Enabling Mentors to Have Quality Career Conversations [Slideshare]

There is something wonderfully inspiring about meeting strangers and feeling like you’ve known them forever within hours.  That’s what happened to me a couple of weeks ago when I had the pleasure of presenting at the International Mentoring Association Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. I guess that’s the power of bringing together 120 people who are

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good executive coaching

How to Get the Most from Executive Coaching

Let’s face it good executive coaching is not cheap. But it can be invaluable. Investing a few hours and a few thousand pounds can deliver significant increases in productivity and returns of hundreds of thousands of pounds.  As long as the leader in question takes full advantage of the opportunity and makes the most of their

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