Mastering Career Conversations: Essential Tools and Techniques (FD23SEP25)

AvailabilityPlaces available (course only available for users whose main occupation is dental trainer/faculty or gp trainer/faculty or medical trainer/faculty or public health trainer/faculty)  Add to basket
SubjectFaculty Development
DescriptionThis is a practical half-day workshop for managers who want to engage, retain, and develop their teams. Using our proven Career Conversation Toolkit, you'll learn how to hold impactful, 20-minute conversations that align employee aspirations with business needs—boosting motivation, development, and organisational performance.
Additional information

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.

VenueVirtual (Zoom), - Virtual  View details
Date & timeTuesday 23 September 2025, 09:30 to 13:00
LecturerAntoinette Oglethorpe Ltd.  View details
Target audience

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

Course styleWorkshop
CateringNo catering
CPD points0.000
CostNo charge
Aims

This workshop empowers people managers with the confidence, tools, and techniques to hold meaningful career conversations that align individual aspirations with organisational goals—boosting engagement, driving development, and building a high-performing, motivated workforce.

Objectives

Through a blend of expert guidance, practical tools, and hands-on activities, this interactive workshop provides managers with the skills and confidence to lead career conversations that truly make a difference. You will:

· Explore the key characteristics of effective career conversations and why they matter.

· Learn and practice powerful, open-ended questions that engage employees and unlock potential.

· Apply the Career Conversation Model and Toolkit to real-world scenarios, building confidence to use it immediately in the workplace.

Learning outcomes

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

· Confidently lead effective career conversations that align individual aspirations with organisational goals, using a clear, structured approach.

· Use powerful, open-ended questions to engage employees, spark motivation, and encourage ownership of their career development.

· Apply the Career Conversation Toolkit in everyday scenarios to support employee growth, enhance performance, and reduce reliance on formal processes.