Author: Antoinette

Antoinette Oglethorpe explaining how to engage employees through career conversations

How to Engage Employees Through Career Conversations

At the beginning of 2015, a large financial services organisation contacted me to ask for help with how to engage employees through career conversations.  They wanted to upskill their in-house coaches with the skills to talk to employees about their careers.  They had a pool of about 40 managers who make up their internal coaching

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International Mentoring Association Conference 2015

International Mentoring Association Conference 2015

Are you interested in introducing Mentoring as part of your Talent Development Strategy?  Would you like to learn the best practices in mentoring and discover the tools and strategies that can make it a success? If the answer is yes, you may like to join me at the 2015 International Mentoring Association Conference in Phoenix,

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cartoon professional woman with sledge hammer destroying the word FEAR

How to Remove Fear from Career Conversations With Employees

It’s no wonder managers can find it hard to have career conversations with employees. Time pressures, office politics and egos can all get in the way. We all know it’s good to talk. But, let’s face it.  Opening up a conversation about a sensitive issue like career progression can weigh heavily on even the most

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action learning

The 4 Laws for Action Learning

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

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