Career Conversations Made Easy

Facilitator

Kathryn Jackson

Description

Conversations about career aspirations can often get lost in performance reviews, appraisals or feedback discussions … and yet they have the potential to significantly influence the engagement of your team.

In this highly practical and interactive workshop, Kathryn Jackson will outline approaches and strategies to have better career related conversations at work, and support you in personalising your approach to your business.

It’s a conversation that often strikes dread in the heart of leaders; how do I encourage and support my team when I cannot guarantee their career success? What if they want to leave? How do I manage their hopes and aspirations with the needs of the business too? 

It’s also a conversation that has been proven by engagement research to have one of the biggest influences on whether an employee really wants to work with you. Put simply, if a member of your team doesn’t feel like you are supporting their development, they will quickly look elsewhere for somebody who does. 

Explore some of the latest research about how to become an irresistible leader; one who easily has career enhancing conversations with their team and who effortlessly supports their development. Practise real conversations that you will have at work, and develop your skills at creating questions.

Overall, you will learn how to have conversations that turn career progression from a waiting game ("when somebody leaves I can move into the job of my dreams") into something entirely more action focussed.