Overcoming Career Conversation Challenges: Strategies and Ideas (FD14OCT25)

Joining Instructions

This is a virtual course, the joining instructions for the virtual meeting will be added to the documents section (above) before the course. Please ensure that you are able to access this before the course so that you are ready to join on the day.

Booking cancellation

Participants must make every effort to attend courses they have booked. If your availability changes after booking, please cancel your place through Maxcourse as soon as possible. This will release the place for colleagues on the waiting list.

If you need to cancel within 1 week of the course or the course has started and you are not able to attend, please email england.lsfdcourses.yh@nhs.net to give your apologies.

This course is only available to Educational Supervisors, Education Leads, Training Programme Directors and Senior Faculty within Yorkshire and the Humber.

Mandatory: Dentist, or Doctor, or Public Health Professional

This workshop equips experienced managers with the confidence, strategies, and practical tools to overcome real-world challenges in career conversations— enabling them to lead more effective, supportive, and impactful discussions that strengthen employee engagement, development, and retention.

This hands-on, half-day workshop is packed with practical activities and real-world application to help managers overcome the most common challenges they face in career conversations. Building on your prior experience with the Career Conversation Toolkit, you’ll refine your skills, gain fresh perspectives, and leave with actionable strategies.

Through a mix of individual reflection, peer learning, and guided practice, you will:

· Review and refresh your understanding of the Career Conversation Model and Toolkit, reinforcing the core principles and how to use them effectively.

· Work through prepared case studies and simulated scenarios to test out approaches and explore solutions to familiar career conversation challenges.

· Create and practice your own real-life case study, receiving tailored feedback to help you tackle similar situations back in the workplace.

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

· Identify and overcome common barriers that arise during career conversations, using practical strategies and peer insights.

· Apply the Career Conversation Toolkit with greater confidence and flexibility, adapting it to suit different individuals, situations, and challenges.

· Handle real-life career conversation scenarios effectively, using newly developed tools, techniques, and feedback from facilitated practice.

· These outcomes will help managers strengthen their ability to engage in meaningful, solution-focused career discussions that support employee development and organisational goals.