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Line managers are essential to driving change in organisations - successful transformation can’t happen without them. They have daily conversations with employees and their impact on behaviours is vital. The uncomfortable truth, though, is that line managers are often time poor, working though disruption, and with little training or experience in career conversations.

Many organisations are facing an existential problem - the imperative to retain people and deploy skills effectively. And this is even true of those who have a powerful EVP for their people. What is going wrong – and what can be done to improve matters?

Careers have always mattered to individuals. And now more organisations are recognising the importance of a career strategy for business outcomes. Why? The headline reason is that with tight labour markets, companies can no longer rely on recruitment from outside to meet their current and future talent needs.

Has the focus shifted from front line leader training? In his guest blog, David North explores the risks of providing insufficient support.

The Career Innovation Company was featured in a recent article published by CNBC, which discussed setting annual work goals and how to stick to them.

Our Charity partner this year is Opportunity International UK, who serve hardworking, inspiring people in over 20 of the world’s poorest countries. There’s a lot to learn from their 5 approaches that change lives and careers.

Does life happen to us or do we drive our own future? Nathan Iverson, PhD shows how to build personal agency for career growth and job satisfaction.

Recent research has identified a relationship between proactive career management skills and satisfaction with your job and career.