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The key takeaways are that personal branding is about managing your reputation and career by aligning how others see you with who you really are. It is important because it helps you stand out, get better opportunities, and establish yourself as an authority in your field.

Personal branding is your reputation - what people say about you when you're not there. It is important because it helps you get better jobs and opportunities by influencing those you don't naturally interact with. It is about managing your career and reputation strategically.

The variables that build trust in relationships are credibility, reliability, intimacy and low self-orientation. Credibility is being seen as competent, reliability is being seen as consistent and dependable, and intimacy is focusing on understanding the other person and their needs.

Virtual Career Lab

How to Build and Promote Your


Personal Brand

Delivered by Antoinette Oglethorpe for UNDP

Introduction
All of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own
companies: Me Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head
marketer for the brand called You. – Tom Peters

Companies have brands. Products have brands. And, over the past few years, the
concept of ‘personal branding’ has gained momentum. It's become somewhat of a
buzzword for modern professionals.

But for whatever reason, many of us aren’t comfortable with developing our personal
brand. Some people don’t like the term personal brand, as it can sound "salesy" and
even a little disingenuous.

Maybe it feels forced. Or you don’t want to put yourself out there. Or you feel like
you're selling your soul.

What is personal branding?


But "personal branding" isn't as intense as it sounds. Jeff Bezos, the CEO of
Amazon, describes a personal brand as "Personal Brand is how people describe
you when you are not in the room.” When you think about it like that, you can
see why a personal brand is important to someone who wants to manage and
develop their career. Everybody wants to have a good reputation in their
organisation and industry. And indeed, your personal brand is exactly, that. Your
reputation.

Why personal branding is important


So, if personal brand is your reputation - what people say about you when you're not
in the room - you already have a personal brand.

The traditional definition of "personal branding" goes a little like this. It's the act of
marketing yourself and your career as a brand, as if you were a business. Research
on the internet generates advice on designing business cards, building websites and
even creating products. These are all marketing best practices that suit job seekers
and entrepreneurs. But what about those who simply want to develop their career
and navigate their organisation?

If, as we have discussed, your personal brand is your reputation, personal branding
is so much more than just marketing yourself.

I see personal branding as aligning how others see you with the real you.

But why do I have to manage that, I hear you cry. Why can't I let my work speak for
itself and let others judge me based on that? Well, you can. But the challenge you
will often face is that the people whose judgements matter don't necessarily see or





hear of the good work you do and are capable of. If you want new and exciting
career opportunities you often need to influence people who you don't naturally come
into contact with. And that takes strategy and effort.

Developing your personal brand is the proactive way of managing your career and
your reputation at work. It helps you stand out in the field of competition. When
decision makers understand your true expertise, they are more likely to approach

A strong personal brand will increase your ability to get the right jobs, promotions,
and opportunities. When done right, you can be authentic, establish yourself as an
authority, and attract opportunities through transparency and expertise.

Webinar Objectives
By the end of this webinar, you will be able to:

• Define your personal brand

• Outline strategies for managing the reputation you wish to create.

• Identify ways you can develop trustworthy relationships at work

What We're Going to Cover


• Your personal brand

• Your reputation.

• Your trustworthiness

Your Personal Brand


Now a personal brand may be personal but it’s NOT all about you.

Unique Promise of Value


William Arruda describes your personal brand as your unique promise of value.

1. Unique. Its unique because it separates you from your peers. So, you need to
be clear on who your key stakeholders are and what separates you from others

2. Promise. It’s a promise because you commit to delivering it with everything that
you do. So, you need to be yourself. Be the real you because everyone else is
taken and replicas aren't worth as much. It's easy to copy what other people are
doing, but it won’t get you very far. Stay true to who you are, your values and your
unique personality.

3. Value. And it adds value to the people you work with. The best way to become
successful is to help others. So, think about what would be helpful to your key
stakeholders. Answer questions, share your insights, promote valuable resources.
That’s how you build a brand

Defining your personal brand is about defining the promise you make to others of
what it is like to work with you and the value they’ll get from that.

A strong personal brand satisfies 3 criteria:


1. Clear – your unique promise of value

You need to be clear about who you are, what you do and how that adds value to
others in a way that distinguishes you from others.

Strong brands are clear about who they are and who they are not. They understand
their unique promise of value. And this promise of value sets them apart from their
competitors. It distinguishes them and allows them to attract and build loyalty among
the groups of people who can help them achieve their goals.

Richard Branson, for example, is clear about being a risk taker. He is not your typical
CEO in a blue suit and white shirt. He is a dare devil who was dressed a wedding
gown when he launched Virgin Bridal, and was not dressed at all when he launched
his book, Virginity. Among his first big risky ventures was signing the Sex Pistols
onto his record label when no one else would even consider them. Since then, he
has taken on both British Airways with Virgin Airlines and Coke, the strongest brand
in the world, with Virgin Cola. Even outside of the professional arena, Richard
Branson is clear about being a risk-taker. While many CEOs travel the world
comfortably in their plush corporate jets, Richard Branson decided he was going to
circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon.





2. Consistent – content and style of communication

You should know what it means when you say you will do something or when you
are involved in something. Crucially, when you put your name to something, others
should be clear about what that means. And that should be the same every time
they work with you. It shouldn’t change with each project or day of the week.

Madonna is an excellent example of brand consistency. She is the chameleon brand


of entertainment. She reinvents herself with each CD that she produces. Now that
might seem inconsistent. But in fact, Madonna changes with incredible consistency.
She didn’t change for her fist five CDs and then stay the same for the next two. She
consistently changed, each time starting a trend. We know for sure that her
upcoming CD will be nothing like any of the others she has done before. Madonna
has her public waiting on the edge of theirs seats, wondering what will emerge next.
Her ability to change consistently throughout her career separates her from other
entertainers, strengthening her brand.

3. Constant – communicate frequently

They’re always there ready to fulfil their promise.

Oprah never goes into hiding. With her weekly television show, her book club, her
magazine and her many appearances in the media, Oprah is a constant in our lives
and an incredibly strong brand. Oprah is the human brand of show biz. She cares for
people and is willing to share of herself to help people advance. This clarity about
what makes her unique is consistent among all her endeavours. And it is constantly
visible to her target audience through her many ways of interacting with the public.

Steps to define your personal brand


Step 1. Define what you stand for

What do you want people to think when they hear your name? Intelligent, motivated,
trustworthy, stylish, funny, an expert in a particular field? What are your passions?
What are your strengths? What makes you, you? Take time to consider these
questions.

The first step to building your personal brand is deciding exactly how you wish to be
perceived by the people who matter.

Your Strengths

Think about the characteristics and strengths you’ve built in your career. If you are
stuck think about that “one thing” that everyone says you're great at. If you're still
stuck, ask others. Identify your specialty. What do you do and what do people want
you to do for them? What roles have you excelled in? What would be your ideal job
title?





Your Values and Passions

Values are the things that you believe are important in the way you live and work.
They are at the core of who you are as a person and determine your priorities. Some
examples of values include honesty, community, ambition, etc.

Passions are the ways you enjoy spending your time. Generally, these are different
from your values, though they may sometimes overlap. To build your personal brand,
you must first identify your passions. What is it that you love to do, and what
attributes and qualities express your passion? Maybe you have a passion for
technology and process design and that is expressed in your ability to design ways
to automate standard work tasks. What do you like doing at work? Do you like
managing people? Or do you like working with tools and data? What kinds of
projects get you excited? How would you describe what you do and what value you
bring?

Your Key Traits

What helps you stand out from the crowd? These elements are your unique traits,
and they help shape your personal identity. Which three words would you like
people to use when they describe you?

Step 2. Craft Your Personal Brand Statement

Once you've taken a long, hard look at yourself and your history, think about how
you can package it into a handful of lines. What is your unique promise of value and
to who?

Your personal brand statement consists of 3 key elements:

• Your target audience: The specific people that you serve.

• The value you offer: How you help those people.

• What makes you different to others?

Here's a personal brand statement template you can adapt for your own purposes:

I'm a [INTRODUCE YOURSELF]. I help [SPECIFIC PEOPLE] to [VALUE


OFFERED].

Of course, as always, you should adapt this template to make it your own. Inject your
personality, your style, and what you stand for into your personal brand statement.

My personal brand is "I run a professional training and coaching company. I


specialise in unlocking the leadership potential in ambitious individuals and
companies."





Or I might say "I am a leadership development consultant, coach, speaker, and
author. I believe organisations can’t develop leaders. They can only help them
develop themselves in a way that will support the organisation. So, learning through
experience, coaching, mentoring and career conversations should be an integral part
of any development strategy."

Step 3. Be Yourself

Find your own style. You don’t have to do what everyone else is doing and just follow
the crowd. Use your style and uniqueness to attract the opportunities that you desire.

It's important to be authentic. Your personal brand shouldn’t be fun or exciting by


design — it should be real. It should just be you, in your normal setting, talking about
what’s important to you and your development. Of course, you should present it in a
friendly and approachable way, but you should never deviate from being authentic.
Otherwise, you risk looking fake and "salesy". At the end of the day, your personal
brand is the most important thing you own. If you are not comfortable with it, you’ll
never be sincere. And sincerity is still a key factor in every relationship, both
personal and professional.

Summary
If you want to develop a strong reputation it is well worth starting by defining your
personal brand. Defining your personal brand helps you look at success through the
eyes of your stakeholders. It helps you decide what promise you want to make to
others of what it’s like to work with you so you can shape how you behave to meet
that promise.

So, what do you want to be known for? What do you want people to think of when
they hear your name?

Further Resources
Dan Schawbel - www.personalbrandingblog.com

William Arruda - www.thepersonalbrandingblog.com

Activity - Developing Your Personal Brand


Reflect on and respond to the following questions

1. What would you like to call your job title?

2. How would you describe what you do?

3. Which 3 words would you like people to use when they describe you?

Your Reputation
A good reputation is hard to earn and easy to lose. And sadly, they are not always
based on reality. Your reputation is the sum of those things that people say about
you or associate with you. They will take the form of comments made about you by
people who may never have met you. After all, have you met Richard Branson?

They might include passing remarks about you. And they will be made by people
about you without your knowledge or involvement. Broadly, they will be unsolicited.
But these words and phrases will have an impact on how you are perceived by
people who may never have met you at all.

Your reputation will often appear before you do. If you have a strong reputation, it will
not only affect how people see you. It will also have an impact on the way that
people respond to you.

There are several reasons you may have a particular reputation.


It could be because of:

• A single powerful defining act - something you have done or you have been
involved in which sticks in the imagination

• A particular way you have of behaving

• Particular things you do or have done

• A conspicuous way you have of dressing, acting, speaking

• Particular qualities you may have

• Accoutrements and other things that are associated with you

• Your presence and charisma

Of course, it may be there is no association between yourself and anything in


particular. While people may know who you are, they may have no strong feelings
about you either way.

In other words, you may have no reputation at all.

It may also be that you have not one but many reputations. For example, you may
have one reputation at work and another among your friends and family.

Each will be a product of the way you are seen to behave and the things you do in
each. Your work colleagues may be different from your friends and family who see
you outside work for example.





And while your clients may judge you for the way you behave in meetings (for
example, always sticking to a clear agenda and running business efficiently), your
family may do so because you're never home on time.

In other words, people’s judgements of you are going to be influenced by what's


important to them. What they value.

What reputation do you have among people whose opinion matters to


you?
One way of finding out is to do an informal survey. You can either do it yourself or
you can find someone you trust to carry it out for you. Essentially you want to find
out the answers to the following questions:

• Do people know who you are?

• Do people know what you do?

• What do they associate with you?

• What words would they use to describe you?

• Why do they see you as they do?

• When they think of you or hear your name, what things/ideas/ thoughts jump
into their minds?

Once you know how you are seen by others, you can find out whether the promise
you make (i.e. your personal brand) is what people experience (i.e. your reputation).
If not, you can decide ways to close the gap.

How to Manage Your Reputation - Three Principles to Follow


Today, it’s not only important to be good at what you do, but also to become visible
to the right people in the right way. That doesn’t mean sucking up to your
boss, though. The key is to position yourself as an expert. That way, you will get
connected to all the important events and activities in your organisation. Your
opinion will be sought after by the top people in your company. It’s about being
relevant, creating value for your company and proactively communicating to others in
your organisation.

1. Do Things. Tell People.

Among all the noise, no one is going to notice the awesome things you're doing—the
things you care about—unless you share them.

If you keep a low profile and let your work speak for itself, you may indeed develop a
good reputation among the people you work closely with. But that’s a limited number
of people. Individuals in other departments or leaders many levels above you may





not be aware of your contributions. And any staffing changes might disrupt the hard-
fought reputational capital you’ve built. Your new boss or colleagues, lacking
personal experience with you, may have no idea whether you’re any good.

Many people may feel uncomfortable talking about their accomplishments and
promoting themselves. But there are other ways to show your areas of expertise
when building a brand.

2. Be helpful, not boastful

It’s not enough to be an expert or specialist in your field, you need to help others by
sharing your knowledge. Do this through videos, social media, and writing both
online and offline. This is where you prove you know your stuff and gain exposure
from doing so.

For instance, you could volunteer to host a lunch-and-learn about a topic you’ve
been researching. You could start writing for the company newsletter, or offer advice
or respond to queries on the corporate intranet. Many professionals ignore these
opportunities, assuming they’re distractions that take them away from their “real
work”. Even if these opportunities are not popular among your colleagues, senior
people are almost always paying attention. They view these channels as important
vehicles for transferring knowledge and sharing best practices.

Focus on things that add value: teaching, entertaining, engaging and inspiring. Your
reputation will grow from there.

3. Manage the impression you make, don't mask it.

We can become self-conscious about what we share of ourselves, where we share


it, and with whom we share it with.

There’s a reason many of us post different things on LinkedIn than we do on


Facebook. There’s a reason many people wear a different face to work than they do
in other parts of their life.

A study by Deloitte even reported that 61% of participants admitted to leaving a big
chunk of who they are at the door before they walk into work. That's a clear sign of
how protective we can be of our personal brands.

Impression management is what you do to control and filter how others perceive
your brand. It’s easy and understandable to default to privacy when it comes to your
online presence. But this isn’t managing the impression you make; it’s masking it.

Instead, I encourage you to share your experiences in authentic ways to whatever


extent you are comfortable with.





Four key approaches for developing and managing your reputation:
1. Personal contact: What can you do to align your reputation with your
personal brand?

Connect with the business leaders who are relevant to your field of interest and can
help you grow professionally. For example, if you want to become a marketing
thought leader, you need to reach out to the VP of marketing, or the CMO. It won’t
be productive if you network with the CTO or IT head of your company instead.

Ask them if you can get 15-30 minutes on their calendar to meet them and learn
more about their work. In these meetings, talk about your background, achievements
and ambitions. Also, offer to help them with any of their projects.

Senior leaders are always working on new initiatives, so they’re often looking for
ambitious people who are eager to contribute. Just be sure to give your boss a
heads-up about these conversations, so he/she doesn’t feel blindsided.

Cultivate a broad network, so you widen your influence and options.

Network both inside and outside your organisation. Too many professionals have
many connections who are like them (working in the same company or the same
industry) and not enough who are dissimilar. When only a select group knows about
your talents and abilities, you narrow your field of influence. You have fewer people
who can speak about your contributions or provide opportunities.

Network offline at key industry conferences and events. Networking is the main
reason a lot of people attend conferences. Connecting with one key influencer within
your industry can lead to massive exposure for your personal brand. Identify who
you wish to meet in advance and try to pre-schedule times to meet, either in-
between sessions or at evening events. A mention in a blog post, shout out on social
media or a plug in an email newsletter of an industry influencer can do wonders for
your personal brand.

Network online through social media, groups and forums. Engage on posts of other
accounts with likes and comments. Ask questions that reflect you are an out-of-the-
box thinker who pays attention to what is happening. Comment on stories that
interest you. Share useful content. Be mindful that your actions should ultimately
aim to contribute value to others. People will recognize and even revile baseless
self-promotion. Before you post anything, ask yourself if you're undermining the
integrity of the group or its rules.

2. Publish: What can you write to raise your profile? Book? Blog? Posts on
the intranet? Articles in a business magazine or trade journal?

Publishing content is a good way to share your ideas and build a positive reputation
at scale. In almost any organisation, there are ways that you can you demonstrate





your knowledge and help others. Tell stories, teach what you've learned or share
your struggles to give people something interesting, educational or human.

A blog is an excellent way to build your image because you can write on your chosen
topics to establish your expertise. However, a neglected blog does not create a
good impression, so don’t start one unless you are committed to regularly updating
it.

Instead, try writing some thought leadership pieces for LinkedIn’s Pulse publishing
platform. By turning comments into conversations, you engage with your audience
and establish yourself as an authority.

Or publish on someone else's platform to reach a wider audience - company intranet,


business magazine, trade journal?

3. Present: What public speaking opportunities are there? Meetings? Talks?


Training seminars? Conferences in your area of expertise?

Increasing your visibility doesn't always need to involve writing. Put yourself forward
as a speaker at events. Even better, hold your own events. Organising a talk,
demonstration or workshop is an excellent way to get noticed, get known and spread
your message.

The online version of presenting is video. Video content is arguably the best
medium for conveying your messaging around building your career. It's also a great
way to let your personality and passion shine. You can start a vlog on YouTube or
deliver a webinar.

4. Publicise: Are there any media opportunities you can take advantage of?
Radio? TV? Social Media?

If there are any radio or TV opportunities, take them and create them.

The one media everyone has access to is Social Media. Create profiles that reflect
your passions on social networking platforms. Maximising your LinkedIn profile to
reflect your interests, skills and ambitions is essential. If you are active on Facebook
and Twitter, make sure your profile and the information you share on those platforms
is consistent with the overarching tone and message of your personal brand.

Post Content Consistently and regularly but only when it aligns with your personality
and company. Consistency is a must, as it helps ensure you're top-of-mind for
everybody in your niche.

Activity - Developing and Managing Your


Reputation
Four key approaches for developing and managing your reputation:

Personal contact: What can you do to align your reputation with your personal
brand?

Publish: What can you write to raise your profile? Book? Blog? Posts on the
intranet? Articles in a business magazine or trade journal?

Present: What public speaking opportunities are there? Meetings? Talks? Training
seminars? Conferences in your area of expertise?

Publicise: Are there any media opportunities you can take advantage of? Radio?
TV? Social Media?

Personal Publish Present Publicise


contact

Which of the above appeals most to


you?

Which would be the most helpful for


raising your visibility and developing
your reputation?

Which approaches would you like to


develop further?

How will you take this forward?

Your Trustworthiness
At the core of any good Personal Brand is Trust. And trust doesn’t develop by
accident. Managing your Personal Brand and Reputations relies on you building
trust in everything you say and do.

Aristotle said, “Excellence is but a habit,” the repeated doing of the excellent thing.
Similarly, I’d suggest that reputation is the repeated personal experience of trust—or
of its absence. We trust the people with whom we interact. Or we do not.

Trust encompasses many things. We use the word “trust” to:

• Interpret what people say

• Describe behaviours

• Decide if we feel comfortable sharing information

• Signal whether we feel other people have our interests at heart

Charles H. Green has co-authored two books: The Trusted Advisor and Trust-Based
Selling. In both books, he describes a model called The Trust Equation which he has
built and evolved over many years.

The Trust Equation


Trust is a two-sided relationship: one person trusts, and the other person is trusted.
While trusting and being trustworthy are related, they’re not the same thing.

The Trust Equation is about trustworthiness. It’s an analytical model for the person
or team who wants to earn and deserve trust...

The four components of the Trust Equation are:

Credibility – the words we say, the skills and credentials we bring, and the way in
which people experience us makes people trust us

Reliability – the actions we take, our predictability, and the ways in which people
find us makes people trust us

Intimacy – the extent to which people feel they can confide in us, and perceive us as
discreet and empathetic makes people trust us

Self-Orientation – the more people feel we are focused on ourselves, rather than
them, the less they trust us

To put it simply, when you increase credibility, reliability, and intimacy (the
factors above the line), your trustworthiness increases. The flipside is that when
you increase your self-orientation (the factor below the line), you decrease your
trustworthiness

To be exceptionally trustworthy requires high scores on all three factors above


the line and a low score on self-orientation.

Credibility
Credibility generally has to do with your words.

It is derived from what you know as well as how you communicate. Credibility
includes your honesty and your presence.

Someone might say, “I can trust what she says about employment law. She is
very credible on the subject.”

Obvious Ways to Increase Your Credibility

• Develop deep expertise in your specialism

• Stay current with trends and news about your team, function, company
and industry

• Offer your point of view when you have one

Unexpected Ways to Increase Your Credibility

• Be willing to say “I don’t know” when “I don’t know” is the honest answer

• Express passion for your subject

• Communicate with self-assurance: a firm handshake, direct eye contact


(when culturally appropriate), and a confident (not arrogant air)





Reliability
Reliability typically has to do with actions.

A colleague might say, “If he says he’ll deliver the product tomorrow, I trust him,
because he’s someone who does what he says he will.”

Reliability is rooted in consistency, predictability, and a feeling of familiarity.

Reliability brings with it a certainty that people know they won’t be surprised by you –
they get what they expect from you.

Ways to Boost Your Reliability

• State expectations up front and report on them regularly

• Make lots of small promises and consistently follow through on them

• Be on time (as culturally appropriate)

• Communicate if you fall behind and take responsibility for it

• Use others’ language, templates, dress code, and so on, respecting their
norms and environment

Intimacy
Although it is not a word we use often in a business context, Intimacy is a key
part of the Trust Equation.

It refers to the safety you feel when entrusting someone with something.

A colleague might say "I can trust her with that information – she’s never violated
my confidentiality before, and she would never embarrass me.”

Ways to Promote Intimacy in a Relationship

• Listening beyond another’s words by tuning in to tone, emotion, and


mood, and then acknowledge those elements out loud

• Telling someone what you really appreciate about them, rather than
keeping it to yourself

• Using a person’s name

• Sharing something personal about yourself – it makes you human and far
more interesting





Self-Orientation
The variable most people identify as a significant opportunity for improvement in
the Trust Equation is Self-Orientation.

Self-orientation is about who you focus on – yourself or others.

If the person you work with can say “I trust that she cares about me and how this
project will impact my career”, then you display a low-level of self-orientation and
that’s good.

Alternatively, if the person you work with says, “He cares about his reputation,”
“He cares about getting the budget,” or “He is focused on getting ahead,” then
you have a high level of self-orientation. And that’s not good.

Most people don’t obviously display high levels of self-orientation. But self-
orientation can sneak into interactions in more subtle, insidious ways.

For example:

• Rushing to a solution

• Hoarding information, resources, and ideas

• Talking a lot

• Subtly competing for attention and recognition

Strategies to lower your Self-Orientation

• Take the time to find the best solution

• Share time, resources, and ideas

• Ask lots of questions from a place of curiosity to figure out what success
for the other person really looks like

• Negotiate for a true win-win

• Listen even when it is uncomfortable to be silent

• Speak hard truths even when it feels awkward to do so

• Give the other person the credit

Think about each of these variables. And think of all the channels through which you
interact online and offline. How can you behave in such a way to build credibility,
reliability and intimacy? How can you reduce your self-orientation so you focus more
on others and less on yourself?

Activity - The Trust Equation - Self Assessment


Think about your relationships with others

• How credible does the other person perceive you to be?

• How reliable?

• Intimate?

• Focused on them and their needs?

Score yourself on each variable.

Note: For Credibility, Reliability and Intimacy, 5 is your highest score and 1 is the
lowest. For Self-orientation, 1 is your highest score and 5 is the lowest.

For each variable – no matter what the score – reflect and record:

“What puts me here on the scale and not lower? What am I doing that helps create
and build trust? What more can I do?”

Personal Action Plan


Action Date

About Antoinette Oglethorpe


Antoinette Oglethorpe is a leadership
development consultant, coach, speaker, and
author. She runs a professional training and
coaching company which specialises in
developing leaders and leadership teams for
fast-growth companies.

Antoinette has over 25 years’ experience of


developing leaders for companies like P&G
and Accenture. Her passion lies with fast-
growing, high-tech companies.

A defining moment of Antoinette's career was when she helped start up Avanade, a
joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft. As International Learning Director,
she played a key role in developing the people needed to grow the organisation.
And they did just that. Avanade grew to 1200 employees globally in its first year -
and by forty percent a year after that.

That experience helped Antoinette understand how important effective leadership is


in a fast-growing company. it was the inspiration behind her first book, “Grow Your
Geeks - A Handbook for Developing Leaders in High-Tech Organisations,”

Antoinette qualified as a coach in 1999. She believes developing leadership talent in


organisations relies on connecting employees’ career ambitions with the goals of the
organisation. She is the creator of the Career Conversation Toolkit a set of practical
card-based tools, for managers, mentors and in-house coaches.

Antoinette has written for CIPD Management Toolclicks, Coaching at Work


magazine and HR Gazette. Her articles have also been featured in SmartBrief and
HRZone.

Antoinette speaks all over the world at leading conferences. She is a Chartered
Fellow of CIPD, an Associate Member of the Association for Coaching and a
member of the Professional Speakers Association.

Contact Antoinette at:

Website: www.antoinetteoglethorpe.com

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