Helping Line Managers become successful Talent Managers...

It can be hugely frustrating for team members who are ambitious and want to stay working for your company, but also want to try to progress their career when there are no or few opportunities to do so.

You might be tempted to aim to keep your team 100% focused on the task at hand – especially when the workload keeps growing.

Development plans are often a source of frustration. It’s hard work to give feedback and write a plan for your team member – but then nothing seems to happen. Only when it comes to appraisal time is any action taken, and even then it is often half hearted.

Stability in a team is a fantastic thing, but there have probably been times where you’ve wanted a little less stability!

Sometimes you may have a team member who wants to move on and asks for your help. The first question is, what do they mean by “move on” – do they want to move upwards, move sideways, take on a bigger challenge, or even move downwards?