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Career Conversations That Don’t Suck: The Antidote to Attrition | Antoinette Oglethorpe | #TGV634

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Summary

In this episode, Antoinette Oglethorpe, a leadership development expert, discusses the importance of career conversations in organizations. She highlights the common pitfalls in how companies handle career development and emphasizes the need for meaningful dialogues between managers and employees. Antoinette shares practical tools and models to facilitate these conversations, especially in the post-pandemic hybrid work environment. The discussion also touches on the significance of discovering purpose within roles and building a mentoring culture in organizations.


Takeaways

Career conversations are essential for employee engagement and retention.

Many organizations treat career development as a tick-box exercise.

Post-pandemic, there's a greater need for empathetic career conversations.

Effective career conversations involve reflecting on the past and dreaming about the future.

Managers should ask powerful questions to facilitate career discussions.

Purpose in work can be discovered through reflection on past achievements.

Mentoring doesn't have to be time-consuming; it can be integrated into daily interactions.

Employees often feel stuck in roles they have outgrown; empathy is key to helping them.

Career aspirations should focus on experiences rather than job titles.

Antoinette's journey into career conversations was inspired by her own career transition.


Sound Bites

"Career conversations that don't suck."

"People are our greatest assets."

"Treat people like human beings."

"Success isn't following someone else's map."

"Your next best step might not be a step up."

"Mentoring can be everyday moments."


Guest LI profile link:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinetteoglethorpe/


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Naveen Samala: http://surl.li/tmksm


If you'd like to contribute to our mission, please donate through PayPal

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If you wish to become a productivity monk, enroll in this course:

http://surl.li/tmksi


TGV Inspiring Lives Volume 1 & 2 are on Amazon:


Vol 2:

Notion Press:

http://surl.li/tmkry

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CQ2J7BM8


Vol 1: Kindle:

https://amzn.eu/d/cKTKtyC


Paperback:

https://amzn.eu/d/4Y1HAXj


#TGV is available in Hindi & Telugu:

https://youtube.com/@tgvhindi

https://youtube.com/@tgvtelugu


Audio:

http://surl.li/tmksp(#tgvhindi)

http://surl.li/tmksx (#tgvtelugu)


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Summary

In this episode, Antoinette Oglethorpe, a leadership development expert, discusses the importance of career conversations in organizations. She highlights the common pitfalls in how companies handle career development and emphasizes the need for meaningful dialogues between managers and employees. Antoinette shares practical tools and models to facilitate these conversations, especially in the post-pandemic hybrid work environment. The discussion also touches on the significance of discovering purpose within roles and building a mentoring culture in organizations.


Takeaways

Career conversations are essential for employee engagement and retention.

Many organizations treat career development as a tick-box exercise.

Post-pandemic, there's a greater need for empathetic career conversations.

Effective career conversations involve reflecting on the past and dreaming about the future.

Managers should ask powerful questions to facilitate career discussions.

Purpose in work can be discovered through reflection on past achievements.

Mentoring doesn't have to be time-consuming; it can be integrated into daily interactions.

Employees often feel stuck in roles they have outgrown; empathy is key to helping them.

Career aspirations should focus on experiences rather than job titles.

Antoinette's journey into career conversations was inspired by her own career transition.


Sound Bites

"Career conversations that don't suck."

"People are our greatest assets."

"Treat people like human beings."

"Success isn't following someone else's map."

"Your next best step might not be a step up."

"Mentoring can be everyday moments."


Guest LI profile link:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinetteoglethorpe/


CONNECT WITH THE HOST ON LINKEDIN:

Naveen Samala: http://surl.li/tmksm


If you'd like to contribute to our mission, please donate through PayPal

https://paypal.me/NaveenSamla


If you wish to become a productivity monk, enroll in this course:

http://surl.li/tmksi


TGV Inspiring Lives Volume 1 & 2 are on Amazon:


Vol 2:

Notion Press:

http://surl.li/tmkry

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CQ2J7BM8


Vol 1: Kindle:

https://amzn.eu/d/cKTKtyC


Paperback:

https://amzn.eu/d/4Y1HAXj


#TGV is available in Hindi & Telugu:

https://youtube.com/@tgvhindi

https://youtube.com/@tgvtelugu


Audio:

http://surl.li/tmksp(#tgvhindi)

http://surl.li/tmksx (#tgvtelugu)


FOLLOW ON X:

@guidingvoice

@naveensamala



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  continue reading

638 episodes

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