How do you build a career strategy that lasts?

As organisations transform, career development can easily become reactive: a workshop here, a resource there, or a quick response to a new business focus. But what does it take to build a career strategy that lasts, and continues to guide decisions as priorities shift?

For this roundtable, we’re delighted to welcome Geneviève Adam-Smith from Charles River, to share how their career strategy has provided a consistent foundation through change. Geneviève will explore how early strategic work on culture, employee and business need has acted as a North Star. It’s enabled them to prioritise effort, align activity with organisational values, and develop new interventions without ‘starting from scratch’ – keeping career development strategic, visible and relevant year on year.

Geneviève will share:

• How Charles River built a career strategy that could flex as the business transformed
• How early work to understand employee needs, career experiences, and business priorities created a foundation for future activity
• How a clear strategic foundation helped prioritise and evolve career development efforts over time
• How career development has remained aligned with organisational values and priorities
• Why the career strategy has become increasingly relevant as the focus shifts to skills insights, opportunity visibility, and mobility
• Lessons learned on fostering career ownership and personal agency, while providing the tools and support employees need to navigate their careers with confidence

This roundtable is ideal for HR and Talent leaders exploring how to build a career strategy that can endure through transformation and support better, more informed workforce decisions.