What have we learned from working on careers and career development?
NICEC Seminar: Reflections on Careers, 19 May 2026
Finding the pegs and joining the dots: making career development happen in employing organisations
Career Counselling Services Annual Conference, Jun 2022
Finding the pegs and joining the dots: making career development happen in employing organisations
Career Counselling Services Annual Conference, Jun 2022
Integrating talent management and workforce planning in uncertain times
Integrating talent management and workforce planning in uncertain times, CIPD Talent Management and Workforce Planning Conference, The Brewery, London, April 2019
Continuity and change in career development across ages
Career Counselling Services alumni conference: Careers through the ages, Career Counselling Services, Windsor, June 2018
Trends in talent management: Building diverse talent pipelines
Advance HE Talent Management Symposium, Advance HE, London, June 2018
What's really happening in the labour market? Navigating between myths and reality
Map Middlesbrough Tees Valley CEIAG Conference, Map Middlesbrough, Sedgefield, March 2018
What's really happening in the labour market?
20th Annual National CEIAG in schools conference - Careers education and guidance that works for everyone, David Andrews, York, November 2017
How could performance discussions contribute more to improving performance?
Organisational performance improvement, Corporate Research Forum learning event, Corporate Research Forum, London, September 2017
Working with employers and employees
Keynote speech, International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy International Symposium 2017, International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy, Seoul, South Korea, June 2017
Practical succession planning
Royal Veterinary College extended top-team workshop, Royal Veterinary College, London, June 2017
Talent management: Implementing a 'best fit' approach
Local Government Authority Yorkshire and Humber OD Network workshop, Local Government Authority, Bradford, June 2017
The evolving role and focus of the HR function
Associated British Ports Seminar, Roffey Park, West Sussex, May 2017
Facilitator
Succession planning - strengthening your talent pipelines, Universities & Colleges Employers Association workshop, Universities & Colleges Employers Association, London, March 2017
Taking charge of your own skill and career development
Newnham College Cambridge Seminar, Newnham College Cambridge, Cambridge, November 2016
Effective succession and talent management
London HR Summit 2016, Forum Events, London, September 2016
Finding and using ideas in career development
Rethinking career development for a globalised world, National Institute for Career Education and Counselling conference, National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, Derby, September 2016
Changing employer practices in graduate recruitment
Effective graduate recruitment September 2016, Graduate Recruitment Bureau network event, Graduate Recruitment Bureau, London, September 2016
Supporting graduate employability: Employer and university perspectives
Churchill College Cambridge Seminar, Churchill College Cambridge, for Kazakh-British Technical University, Cambridge, July 2016
How careers work: observations of an applied researcher
Inaugural Professorial Lecture, University of Derby, University of Derby, Derby, June 2016
Performance management: Seeing the wood through the trees
UCEA Conference: The changing world of performance management: challenges and opportunities for HEIs, Universities & Colleges Employers Association, London, April 2016
Talent management in the HE context: Issues of focus and fit
Exploring workforce planning and talent management in the HE context, UCEA, London, January 2016
Taking charge of your own development
Newnham College Cambridge seminar, Cambridge University, Cambridge, November 2015
Talent and Succession Management: Where next?
Talent and Succession Management: Where next?, Oxenpark, London, November 2015
Stepping up to the plate: How HR can take a lead
HR Summer School, Eversheds, Ashridge, July 2015
The UK plc Remuneration Committee: its evolving purpose, effectiveness and challenges
The UK plc Remuneration Committee: its evolving purpose, effectiveness and challenges, PARC, London, June 2015
Career Development at Work: Making the problematic doable
Career development for employees: Why should employers bother and what can they usefully do? , National Institute for Career Education and Counselling (NICEC), London, March 2015
Talent Management: How to focus and de-clutter
'Bitesize' workshop, CIPD Sussex Branch, Lower Beeding, March 2015
Issues and Directions in People Management
UCEA Board Awayday, University and Colleges Employers Association, London, February 2015
The Regulatory Officer of the Future
Findings of IES study of the Regulatory Officers in Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing, Local Government Association, London, November 2014
How Grown Ups Make Career Decisions
At the Cutting Edge-Research into Practice, NICEC and CDI, University of Derby, July 2014
Expert contributor
Risky business: Managing talent in a changing world, HR Magazine, online, March 2014
Succession Planning: Trends in Practice
Strategic Dimensions Breakfast Seminar, London, January 2013
Planning for Succession in Changing Times
Crome Seminar, Brighton University, Brighton, November 2012
Talent Management: from Rhetoric to Reality
SAP Best Practice Workshop, Windsor, November 2012
Providing Career Support in Employing Organisations
Sink or Swim? What it takes to be an outstanding career professional in the 21st century, ACPi, London, October 2012
Talent Management – From Rhetoric to Relevance
HR Summer School, Growth with Fewer People, Eversheds, Henley, July 2012
Talent Management: Friend or foe?
CCS Alumni Conference 2012, Career Counselling Services, Windsor, June 2012
A conversation on performance management
Oxen Park, London, May 2012
Panel member
Lost Generation or Regeneration?, CIPD, London, May 2012
Performance Management: The implementation challenge
Oxen Park, London, October 2011
Succession Planning Podcasts
goodpractice.com, GoodPractice, August 2011
What do customers want from HR?
Boardroom perspectives: HR Summer school, Eversheds, Saïd Business School, Oxford, July 2011
How is resilience relevant for careers?
Panel debate, Birkbeck Careers Week, London, June 2011
Whither talent management in the civil service?
Senior Talent Forum, Cabinet Office, London, November 2010
Employer Engagement with High Education
Seminar for EEL (Employer Engagement Exchange Group), Birkbeck, October 2010
Keynote: Seeing our work from the outside: responding to how others see career issues and the need for career support
ACP International Annual Conference, Florida, October 2010
Advising working adults: what’s different?
Wendy Hirsh, NAEGA Annual Conference, Manchester, October 2010
Spreading good practice, rapporteur and summary session
Corporate Research Forum, London, July 2010
Conducting HR Based Research Projects
HR Society, Essentials Series, HR Society, London, May 2010
Seeing our work from the outside: responding to how others see career issues and the need for career support
CCS alumni conference, Great Missenden, January 2010
Talent management in practice
Towards World-Class HR in the North West, NHS North West, Blackpool, December 2009
Key concepts in workforce planning, Strategic People Planning
Corporate Research Forum, London, November 2009
Learning and development strategy: choices for the future
Training Journal Conference and Awards 2009, Training Journal, London, June 2009
Conducting HR Research Projects
HR Society Workshop, HR Society, London, May 2009
Effective Career Discussions at Work
Corporate members' workshop, Career Management Research Centre at the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Ghent, March 2009
What Customers Want from HR
London Councils HR Seminar, London Boroughs, London, January 2009
Career Development in Employing Organisations
Guidance in Finland 2008, Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Espoo, October 2008
Talent Management - Looking Ahead
WIG Learning Exchange on Talent Management, Whitehall and Industry Group, London, October 2008
Career Development: What is it and why should organisations bother?
CIPD Annual Recruitment and Retention Conference, CIPD, London, June 2008
Career development as a Retention Tool
CIPD Annual Recruitment and Retention Conference, CIPD, London, June 2008
Conducting HR-based research projects
Essentials seminar, HR Society, London, May 2008
Supporting career development
HRD 2008 Conference, CIPD, London, April 2008
Succession Planning: Preparing for the Future
Succession Planning Summit 2008, Improvement and Development Agency, CBI, London, February 2008
Talent Management - Focussing your efforts
Talent Management Conference, CIPD, Birmingham, November 2007
Talent Management - Focussing your talent management efforts
Talent Management Conference, CIPD, Birmingham, November 2007
Trends and challenges in career development
Trends and challenges in career management, Vlerick Leuven Management School, Brussels, October 2007
Succession planning: what it is, how it works and where it fits with talent management
CIPD Annual Nottingham Branch Conference, CIPD, Nottingham, October 2007
What is Talent Management? Cutting edge theories and practices
Talent Management Community of Practice event, IDeA, Birmingham, July 2007
Career development in employing organisations; practices and challenges from a UK perspective
Guidance for workforce development, CEDEFOP, Thessaloniki, June 2007
Effective Succession Planning
Annual Retention and Talent Management Conference, CIPD, Kensington, June 2007
The Significance of Workplace Learning for Individuals, Groups and Organisations
Seminar, SKOPE Oxford Department of Education, Oxford, May 2007
One More Time, How DO we classify people and work when we plan?
HR Society Think Tank, HR Society, London (RIBA), March 2007
Talent management and all that; are we really developing the potential of our employees?
CIPD Sussex Branch, CIPD Sussex Branch, Brighton, February 2007
Developing the talent pipeline: towards a more integrated approach
Leadership Development: Building a Sustainable Talent Pipeline, Personnel Directors' Forum, Said Business School, Oxford University, January 2007
Positive career development: Rationale and Delivery
Career Development Strategies: Refreshing your Approach, Roffey Park Institute, Horsham, November 2006
Keynote speaker: Positive career development at work: trends and issues from the UK perspective
AACC06 International Conference, Australian Association of Career Counsellors Inc., Sydney, Australia, April 2006
Succession planning: The Myths and the Reality
East of England Regional Assembly and the Employers Organisatiion for local government, East of England Regional Assembly and the Employers Organisatiion for local government, Robinson College, Cambridge, November 2005
Managers as Developers of Other People
Centre for Guidance Studies, Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby, November 2005
Attracting and Developing Talent
HR Society, Hard Edge Workshop, HR Society, London, November 2005
Career services for employees and the role of the ‘career coach’
NICEC seminar, National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling, London, November 2005
The Involvement of Managers in Career Management
Devonshire House Workshop, Devonshire House Workshop, London, November 2005
Managing careers
Profiting from Longer Lives: TAEN Annual Conference, TAEN, London, October 2005
Performance
Fit for Business, Employers Organisation for local government, London, October 2005
Effective Career Discussions
Counseling Arabia, 2005 Conference, Unity Through Diversity, United Arab Emirates University, Dubai, May 2005
Keynote speech: Positive career development at work
Counseling Arabia, 2005 Conference, Unity Through Diversity, United Arab Emirates University, Dubai, May 2005
Managers as developers of others
CIPD regional seminar, Salisbury, April 2005
Leading Edge Management Practice: How managers can develop others
Seminar for senior managers in MOD, Ministry of Defence, March 2005
Succession and Talent Management: Trends and Challenges
Inter-Departmental Talent Management Seminar, Cabinet Office, London, March 2005
Engaging with managers on people management issues
Building a strategic HR function, Public Sector Consortium, Employers' Organisation for Local Government with CIPD and CMPS, London, February 2005
Managing your own career
BMJ Careers Fair, London, November 2004
Talent management - challenges for the future
HBOS HR masterclass: Identifying, developing and retaining: tools and techniques for talent management, HBOS, Edinburgh, November 2004
Developing Learning Strategies
Skills Strategy Event, Cabinet Office, London, October 2004
CEML and after: the relationship between UK Business Schools and employing organisations
UK Forum for Employers and Business School Deans, CIHE/ABS, September 2004
Managers as developers
dblearning, Gloucester, May 2004
Getting careers in gear - input and session chair
HRD Week, CIPD, London, April 2004
Succession planning
Hard Edge Workshops, HR Society, March 2004
Developing Talent - Skill and Career Development to meet changing needs
Human Resources Issues in the Civil Service and Wider Public Sector, Westminster Explained, November 2003
Supporting career transitions - a practical framework
Raising our professional profile, Association of Career Professionals, UK conference, November 2003
Careers in Organisations: Time to get positive
Guidance Council, Annual Meeting, Guidance Council, October 2003
Managing employee careers: issues, trends and prospects
Counselling and Career Management forum, CIPD, London, June 2003
Developing Careers: Human Resource Issues in the Public Sector
Westminster Explained, London, March 2003
Future directions in management development
The Future of Management and Leadership Development, Personnel Directors’ Forum, Templeton College, Oxford, January 2003
Straight talking: effective career discussions
Skills for tomorrow’s technology business, CRAC, December 2002
Managing your own career and skill development in a changing organisation
Making the most of people potential, CRAC, London, November 2002
The value of business and management education
Annual Conference of Association of Business Schools, Association of Business Schools, Leeds, October 2002
Supporting the self-managed career
Hot Topics in HR, Kingston University Business School, September 2002
Straight Talking: The Nature of Effective Discussion at Work
American Academy of Management Conference, American Academy of Management Conference, Denver, USA, August 2002
Effective Careers Discussions at Work
CRAC Member Conference, CRAC, Cambridge, June 2002
HR’s Role in Supporting Career Development
Annual CIPD Conference, CIPD, London, June 2002
Developing Your High Potential People
Whitehall and Industry Group seminar, Whitehall and Industry Group, London, February 2002
Straight Talking: Effective Career Discussion at Work
CRAC/NICEC conference, CRAC/NICEC, London, June 2001
Careers or Just Careering?
British Psychological Society Centenary Annual Conference, British Psychological Society, Glasgow, March 2001
Career Development for Employment
Career Guidance Conference, Derbyshire Careers Service, March 2001
Trends and issues revealed by research
Succession Planning for your High Potential People, CRAC, London, October 2000
Employability
The Challenge of Career Development in Employment, Annual Training Conference of the National Association of Careers and Guidance Teachers, University of Warwick, July 2000
Planning for Succession
IPD seminar, IPD, June 2000
Tomorrow’s e-employees
Conference facilitator, Manpower Society Conference, Bournemouth, May 2000
At the Cutting Edge - Conference Rapporteur
NICEC/CRAC Conference, NICEC/CRAC, University of Leicester, April 2000
Who does what in career development?
Career Development in Flatter Structures, Roffey Park, March 2000
A policy for people
Ministry of Defence Personnel Director’s Conference, Sunningdale, November 1999
The Challenge of the Self-Managed Career
Kingston University Business School seminar, Kingston University Business School, November 1999
Ensuring Succession for the future: staying ahead
Henley Learning Partnership Development Forum, Henley Management College, July 1999
The seamless civil servant
Third Civil Service Human Resources Conference, Heathrow, June 1999
Overview- the People Perspective
From Merging to Integration, The Manpower Society, Bournemouth, May 1999
Employee development beyond the current job
HR Excellence Awards Conference, London, April 1999
Succession Management: ensuring the supply of future leaders
Management Center Turkey Conference, Management Center Turkey, Istanbul, February 1999
Employers’ needs for labour market, learning and skills information
DfEE Skills Task Force Seminar, London, January 1999
Supporting Individual Career Development
Inaugural lecture as Visiting Professor, Kingston University Business School, December 1998
Trends in Career Development
Police Career Development Conference, Sussex, October 1998
Career management implications of a diverse workforce
Managing Diversity, Hawksmere, London, May 1998
How to set priorities for employee development
HRD Week, IPD, London, April 1998
How useful are competencies?
Competencies for Competitiveness, Economist Conferences, London, January 1998
Career Development in the New Millenium
2nd Annual Conference, IPD Northern Ireland Branch, IPD Northern Ireland Branch, Belfast, June 1997
Career development in flatter structures
Women’s Management Network seminar, Women’s Management Network, Eastbourne, May 1997
Career development: beyond the gizmo
Career Management in the 21st Century, HRD Week, Wembley, March 1997
Making it to the top? Career development in the 90s
IPD, Thames Valley Branch, IPD, Reading, February 1997
Beyond the ‘self managed’ career
AMED conference, AMED, London, December 1996
Getting Individual Development to Happen
Management Development Network, Civil Service, London, October 1996
Making New Career Deals Work
Rolls-Royce, Derby, R-R Derby, September 1996
Learning Strategies
Strategic Personnel Programme, Sundridge Park, September 1996
Pros and Cons of Competences
Training Solutions Conference, Birmingham, July 1996
The Career Development Challenge
Civil Service Human Resource Conference, London, July 1996
(Chairperson)
Innovative Approach to Managing Careers, CRAC/IES conference, London, June 1996
The Career Development Challenge: What are the Implications of a Reduced Hierarchy?
Human Resource Development in the Horizontal Organisation, Richmond Events, London, May 1996
Succession Management - Evolution or Revolution?
Career Development for Individuals and Teams, IBC, Birmingham, May 1996
Approaches to Measuring the Personnel Function
Performance Measurement for Human Resources, International Quality and Productivity Centre, Swallow International Hotel, London, March 1996
The Changing Career Development Environment
Career Planning and Human Resource Development in the Horizontal Organisation, EuroForum, London, February 1996
Balancing Individual and Corporate Needs in Career Development
New Strategies for Career Management, TCC/GHN/Human Resources, London Kensington Hilton, December 1995
The Role of Competences in Career Development
Maintaining Two-way Loyalty, Careers Research Forum, London, November 1995
Measuring the Personnel Function
Greater London Employers Association seminar, Greater London Employers Association, November 1995
What's so Important about Encouraging Individuals to take Responsibility for Success?
Achieving Individual and Business Growth: Implications for Organisations, CRAC/NICEC, London, July 1995
How do We Plan for Goal Posts Moving Again? So: What of the Future?
Achieving Individual and Business Growth: Implications for Organisations, CRAC/NICEC, London, July 1995
How the concept of the career has changed and what are the organisational implications
ETPD, Education Training and Personnel Development, Birmingham, July 1995
Career Development in the Nineties
Education, Training and Personnel Development Conference, ETPD, Brintex, NEC, Birmingham, July 1995
From Career Planning to Career Development
25th Anniversary - Members' Forum, Manpower Society, London, June 1995
Messages for the UK?
Prospering in a World without Jobs, GHN, Royal Society of Arts, London, February 1995
Prospering in a world without jobs
Messages for the UK, GHN, London, February 1995
Essential Consideration in Self-development
Careers Research Forum conference, Careers Research Forum, London, December 1994
Career Development in Organisations: Similarities and Differences with Careers Education and Guidance within Education
NICEC in association with Department of Policy Studies, University of London Institute of Education, NICEC in association with Department of Policy Studies, University of London Institute of Education, London, November 1994
