Helping Line Managers become successful Talent Managers...

The concept of well-being in the workplace has become a common topic for discussion at all levels in recent years. But what can you as a Manager do to support everyone in your team to feel their best, and ultimately to give their best when at work?

Royal court jesters are widely believed to have been the only people who were allowed to speak the truth, however unpalatable, to the monarch. While we cannot be sure this was true, it raises the question of who ‘speaks the truth’ to you, and what happens if no one dares?

Mentoring others is a great way to give something back to the organisation, to help others develop their career, and to learn things ourselves by gaining different views and perspectives to those we might usually be exposed to. The contracting framework below will help you establish and conduct the mentoring relationship in a healthy, mutually respectful way.

An ideal way to develop talented team members is to invite them to accompany you to meetings you generally attend. This can be for educational purposes or to raise their profile. So, what should you do to ensure this is a positive experience for them?

It’s common as a manager to have people in your team who are completely clueless when it comes to thinking about their careers. And most career conversations fail because people want advice – but they don’t know where they are going.