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Survey Insights: Bridging the Career Management Gap in Organisations

A recent survey conducted by Right Management highlights a critical disconnect between leaders and employees regarding career growth and support within organisations. As companies strive to foster environments where employees can thrive, the findings indicate that many workers feel lost and stranded in their careers, suggesting a need for urgent reassessment of career management strategies,

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Talent Development Tips? Here are my Top 15 Blog Posts of 2015

It’s that time of the year when all the “best of” lists surface. Here’s mine. My 15 from 15. In other words, my most popular Talent Development blog posts from 2015.  I hope you find them interesting and useful. Talent Development Tips – The Most Popular Posts on my Talent Development Blog – 2015 1. Six

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How to Design a Development Programme Managers Will Love

A Year in the Life of a Manager Development Programme | Part Three In The Surprising Truth About New Managers and Development, I mentioned the Development Programme would launch with a Co-Design Workshop. The aim was to agree the desired outcomes and content of the Programme.  We held that workshop on 5 November so I thought

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The Surprising Truth about New Managers and Development

A Year in the Life of a Manager Development Programme | Part Two In my blog post “A Year in the Life of a Manager Development Programme” I explained I was designing a Programme for new managers.  And I mentioned I was going to start by calling each manager to start the conversation about what

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A Year in the Life of a Manager Development Programme

A Year in the Life of a Manager Development Programme | Part One I’ve just started a new project designing and delivering a 12-month Manager Development Programme for a client in the technology sector. And I’m hoping you’ll join me on the Programme Design and Development Journey. I’m planning to share the experience by blogging about it.

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Career development strategies. Are yours up to date?

CCS (or Career Counselling Services to give them their full title) is the organisation I did my career coach training with many, many, years ago.  Twice a year alumni who have trained with CCS come together to exchange knowledge, ideas and experiences as part of our continuous professional development. We were also lucky enough to

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5 Creative Ways to Build Trust in a Team

Building trust in teams is a skill that can require careful management. But it’s well worth doing.  According to a survey by management consulting company Willis Towers Watson, any organisation that has ‘high trust’, “outperforms low-trust organisations by 286%.” That’s an impressive statistic. But what are the secrets to building trust? And how do you effectively

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