In my last blog post, I talked about the power of storytelling in mentoring and career conversations. So, today I thought I’d share some thoughts on how to craft compelling career stories. Some people are great natural storytellers. They mentally recall their experiences and have no trouble relaying them as interesting stories. For the rest
Earlier this year we ran the first of our Office Careers Champion Awards to find the heroes out there championing and developing careers. Our aim was to recognise and celebrate the unsung Office Career Champions who make a real difference to businesses and careers every day. Our very worthy winner was Patrick Gribben of Intouch
Adaptability has always played a key role in workplace success. But it seems like now more than ever, our careers require us to be constantly evolving. The pace of change is accelerating. To succeed in any industry, and to be ready to take part in the next evolution of it, professionals must grow and develop.
Over the past 9 months or so, I have had the pleasure of working with Pam Davis. Until recently, Pam was the Senior HR Project Lead within the People and Culture at an organisation that works in the scientific research space. We’ve been working to create a cultural change within that organisation. That change is
At the start of the Summer we ran a competition to find the heroes at your work championing and developing careers. Our aim was to recognise and celebrate the unsung Office Career Champions who make a real difference to businesses and careers every day. We want to send a big thank you to everyone who
Academics have spent decades exploring the potential benefits of reflection. It is through reflecting about our concrete experiences that we learn and develop new ways of thinking. It is not a new idea. In fact, around 450 B.C. Confucius is reputed to have said: “Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may
In a recent blog post I talked about why career conversations are important. One question I received in response was “Antoinette – if career conversations are so important, why don’t managers have them?” It’s a good question. Often the reason is that managers lack the skills and confidence required to conduct career conversations. They fear
In my last blog post, I talked about the power of visualisation for career development and the benefits to employees. But visualisation is not only helpful at an employee level. It can also be helpful at an organisational level. In this blog post I’d like to share my experience of helping a client visualise a
You want your employees to be successful, don’t you? In fact, you and they have probably used that word. But do you know what success really means to them? Have they truly thought about it and discussed it with you? People talk about success all the time. But rarely do they define it in a
“Don’t ask what the world needs – ask what makes you come alive because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Howard Thurman It’s a competitive environment, and organisations need to gain advantage through their people more than ever. But there’s a challenge. While organisations want to maximise employees’ performance, employees want
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