Helping Line Managers become successful Talent Managers...

No one is perfect, we all have foibles, mannerisms and preferences, that make us unique. Equally strengths we display at work and home like diligence, confidence, enthusiasm can at times become weaknesses if overused or not controlled.

How often do you consistently promote and talk up the talented individuals within your team to your boss? Is it something that your team would like you to do? And what are the consequences of NOT doing this?

Today’s article is based on one that we sent out recently to our Career Audience – but with a manager’s slant. Do you have hard facts or evidence that shows the quality of the results you’ve achieved in your current role? Many people don’t – you can see this from the quality of most applications and CVs. What’s the benefit for a manager of measuring the impact of the work that you do, and always having hard data at your fingertips? Read on!

While the aim of this blog is to focus on the support that you offer to your team, it’s important to step back from time to time and make sure that you’re keeping yourself sharp too. Focusing on your own development brings lots of benefits

These days it’s definitely tempered with a little sarcasm, but all the same I know I possess a naturally upbeat, glass-half-full optimism that can sometimes border on annoying – in a mad puppy kind of way!