Career Development Planning

There are different types of career development planning, from highly structured to informal and ad hoc. But no matter how career development advice and guidance is parcelled out it is a roadmap that helps the individual chart a path toward success in their chosen field. Career development planning charts a course from where the individual is now, to where they want to be long-term and what they can do to ensure a positive outcome.

TESTIMONIALS

Antonia Listrat, Clifford Chance

It's rare that I feel so inspired after attending a personal development talk- most of the time it feels like I've heard it all before. That was not the case with Bianca, who is truly exceptional at what she does. I had the opportunity to listen to her speak at one of the events organised by Clifford Chance. The talk felt so fresh, authentic, and full of valuable information all the way through. If you are looking to improve your personal brand (which you definitely should), I cannot recommend Bianca enough!

Vanessa Abrahams – John , Adidas

John Juchau, BNP Paribas

Mehdi Saadian, GIA

Bianca delivered a fantastic talk at the GIA Career Fair event last week. Her talk was a true masterpiece of motivation and empowerment. From the moment she took the stage, her genuine passion and enthusiasm were palpable, capturing the attention and hearts of everyone present. Her ability to connect with the audience on a personal level was truly remarkable. The stories she shared were relatable, enlightening, and filled with wisdom. We're delighted to have her as the keynote speaker of the event.

Tarej Fadhel, Intuit

We booked Bianca to be our opening keynote speaker for our recent Festival of Learning event. We were looking for an energising and motivational start to the day, and Bianca was the absolute perfect fit. She brought really high energy to kick the day off with a bang, she got everyone at the session involved and the feedback has been superb. Everyone felt it was the perfect way to kick our event off, they found her keynote on “Building your brand” really motivating and she set the tone for the rest of the day perfectly. Fantastic keynote speaker and the perfect choice to get everyone energised and inspired.

Wendy Ramshaw, Squire Patton Boggs LLP

Toni Thorne, JP Morgan

Sana Butt

EY Race and Ethnicity Network Leadership Team | Championing D&I in Recruitment | Student Recruitment Events Advisor at EY

I have worked with Bianca for a second time now, and I know this will not be the last. In our most recent interaction, Bianca delivered a couple of workshops for undergraduates. Her professionalism, energy and creativity that she brings to the table is exactly what I admire about her. She listens to the client ask and then feeds into that with relevant and valuable inputs - what more do you want! Her delivery of the skills workshops are always energetic, refreshing and leave you self-reflecting on how to better yourself as an individual. Thank you, Bianca!

Taravat Taher-Zadeh (Brass)

Natwest Accelerator Programme

Business Growth & Transformation Portfolio Professional

Dearest Bianca, I’m breathless with excitement (still!), a sheer joy hearing your wonderful marathon of a presentation at the NatWest International Women’s Day event. Many congratulations, wishing you even greater heights of success & look forward to hearing you again. Keep well & keep inspiring, my NBF! :-

Caroline Gundu

Senior Business Consultant at CGI | Chair of Women's Network CGI UK

I reached out to Bianca to speak at the CGI Women's Network International Women's Day event and asked her to deliver an inspirational key note speech. From start to finish my interaction with Bianca did not disappoint. Bianca provided fast responses and all the information required in a timely manner. On the day, Bianca delivered a key note speech on her journey as an entrepreneur and shared her experiences and lessons learned. This speech was well received in CGI with lots of great feedback from the attendees. I particularly liked her "Top 3 Tips for Taking Ownership of Your Career Success" which I will certainly be applying for my own career! I thoroughly enjoyed working with Bianca and look forward to future engagements

Conor Donnellan MAPM

Senior Project Management Consultant at CGI

It was a great pleasure to hear about Bianca’s inspiring journey as a young woman in the business world as part of CGI’s international women’s day celebrations. I particularly enjoyed learning about building a personal brand, which has given me great insights on how I can improve my own personal brand and to mentor and coach others. On the theme of international women’s day, Bianca’s journey is one of facing challenge and overcoming obstacles. Bianca’s talk has definitely made me want to be more vigilant in recognising areas needing change and how personally I can make certain changes and challenge equalities to ensure the IT industry becomes more equal for women and everyone in general. Thank you again Bianca for your inspiring talk

Stacey Van Bergen

Senior Consultant at CGI | Co-Chair of the Women's Network

As part of International Women's Day, Bianca joined us (CGI) and delivered an inspiration talk on her career history, as well as giving tips on how to take ownership of your own career success, how to embrace challenges and be an intrapreneur in light of this years theme "Choose to Challenge". Bianca delivered in such an engaging and motivational way, I know I speak for all when I say I took away some really key messages that I can easily apply to my job, and personal life. Thank you Bianca, I look forward to working with you in future

Mandy Tinker

Executive Assistant to President

I participated in the International Women's Day event lead by NatWest on the topic "Inspiring Confidence - Championing change". Bianca was one of the amazing speakers whom I had the opportunity to listen to. I couldn't stop smiling and loved your enthusiasm and the way you articulate your journey. Thank you for sharing your journey and experiences with u

Sophie Gowling

CEO, Natwest Accelerator Programme ,

Incredible energy with a motivating and positive speech. Great to hear Bianca’s story- so engaging. Good to see a woman In business achieving great things. I can’t wait to read the book

Kimberley Johnston

Inclusion & Diversity Senior Manager - Commercial Banking - Lloyds Banking Group

You were INSPRATIONAL at the CMS IWD Career Ready event today Bianca Miller - Cole - if those girls don’t now know they can take on the world and succeed then they were not listening. I certainly felt fired up

Alisha Young

Legal Secondee at Lloyds Banking Group

Bianca was a key note speaker for the CMS Masterclass 2021 for International Women’s Day and helped deliver the session. She spoke with over 60 students and we led a breakout room together to interact with a smaller group of students. She is very inspirational, motivated and it is brilliant to see her passion for helping the younger generation grow and develop

Thierry Pradier

Business Development Manager Biorationals EMEA chez Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe

I attended a talk on Intrapreneurship from Bianca recently. It was refreshing and inspiring. Bianca is great at making you look at things from a different angle, thinking about yourself as your own brand, and overall making you believe that there is not such a long way from a dream to become a reality. Thanks again Bianc

Ashleigh Jones

Global Strategic Accounts at Preqin

Bianca was a host during a Black History Month panel discussion to my company. She was extremely engaging and professional throughout the session, and gave really informative and inspiring advice on how to navigate the workplace and build one's personal brand. She has received great feedback from a number of my colleagues, and I would certainly recommend her to others. Thank you Bianca

Mia Meade

Assistant Associate Deloitte

I attended a Zoom conference led by Bianca on building your personal brand - I loved it! I was able to utilise the tips and tricks that she provided for my LinkedIn page and overall internet presence. Her warm personality and inclusive nature made attending the conference an overall wonderful experience

Zarif Karimli

Tax Analyst at Deloitte

Very systematic, simple, yet effective presentation on personal branding. I thoroughly enjoyed it and found Bianca very helpful and insightful

Harry Wilkinson

Analyst at Deloitte (Banking Analytics & Quantitative Modelling)

Bianca gave an enthusiastic interactive online webinar to myself and other graduates joining Deloitte. She enlightened us on how important it is to begin to build our personal brand, develop our social media accounts, and just how valuable any life experiences we have are! Bianca gave excellent feedback to us on giving “elevator pitches”, their importance, and how to present yourself in a concise and attractive manner

Jessica Okonkwo

Solutions Engineer Apprentice, UKI Financial Services Team at Salesforce

Bianca is an excellent speaker. During my personal branding session with her, I gained invaluable knowledge which I now utilise in my everyday life. She has such a bubbly yet professional character which I admire. She is self motivated and always encourages those around her. I really enjoyed my session, thanks Bianca

Alice Mansergh

Director at Google, UK & Ireland

Bianca came and gave a talk to my team, and was an inspiration! I loved how Bianca shared her own personal story, then gave practical ideas and steps to help others realise their career dreams. Bianca combined inspiration and entrepreneurialism with practical advice, and was a delight to listen to

Azeez Soetan

Growth @ Google

Bianca is great at communicating her journey giving people an insight into the experiences that have shaped the person she is today. Learning about her experiences and the lessons she picked up along the way was amazing and definitely impactful for myself and everyone else that was listening in

Katja Morris

Associate Account Strategist at Google

I attended Bianca's workshops as an undergrad as part of an insight week for Women in Tech a couple of years back and have been fortunate enough to attend one again recently! You're workshops on personal branding really stuck with me, so much so I spoke about them in interviews and to colleagues and friends

Mohammad M Lone

Digital Strategist at Google | One Young World Ambassador

Bianca is an incredibly inspirational individual. Having been fortunate enough to witness her public speaking, she has given me and my colleagues so much to think about when it comes to owning my career success

Jade O’Donoghue

Senior Content Manager at Retail Week

Bianca gave an online talk to our 2000-strong audience of retailers. It was brilliant, thought provoking and full of actionable insight. She was very personable while also being a total professional, both in front of the audience and behind the scenes. The feedback for her session was brilliant. I hope to be able to work with her again

Bradley Fox

Corporate Engagement Officer at Melton Borough Council

Bianca was very professional but also had a great human nature. She was a brilliant addition to my event & those that attended noted how inspiring her presentation was. She kept to the brief and added snippets of humour during the keynote whilst talking about her own lived experiences. I would certainly book her again and would recommend her work to anyon

Hortense Thorpe

Award-Winning Strategic Sourcing Expert -Centrica

What an inspiring speaker you are, and you really kept your cool in spite of the slide issues... Qdos to you. Everyone in Centrica found your teachings very useful, so thank you for joining our International Women's Day event and celebrating diversity with us. I'm Centrica's Fertility Ambassador so if you ever need ideas or support in that space, please think of me 🙏 I'd be more than happy happy to collaborate. Best wishe

Olayne Nalithi

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Bianca delivered an excellent interactive talk on personal branding and networking. She had presented great points as to how to make a great first impression. The session was extremely engaging and I would say it’s perfect for any field. Even in this current climate I now know what steps to take to add value for myself and others

Rohit Viram

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Inspirational and very practical, Bianca’s talk on Personal Branding and Networking was delivered in a professional and well thought out manner. She really taught me the techniques on how best to convey to someone that you are a person of value, in a quick and concise manner with her detailed elevator pitch. Furthermore she explained the dynamics of networking in a very easy and digestible way. Great speaker, and a clear expert in her field. Highly recommend her

Jig Goodhead

Software Engineer Travellers

Bianca is an excellent speaker who is very knowledgeable in her field. She is truly an example and inspiration to all women

Ilana Weisbein

AWS re/Start Graduate at Generation UK & Ireland

A highly enjoyable and interactive session to identify my unique personal qualities and skills to increase my success with networking for a job, even with the limitations currently in place. Bianca was inspirational to keep aiming towards personal career goals, breaking them down into a list of achievable objectives

Kathryn Massey

HR Shared Service Coordinator Nottingham Trent University

Bianca was the keynote speaker for our International Women’s Day conference at Nottingham Trent University. It was inspirational to hear about her journey before, during and after The Apprentice. She was an extremely engaging and powerful speaker for the event and a great role model for students, she really showed us what hard work and a positive attitude can do

HUANG XIAO QIN (LUNA)

Social Media Intern at MRZ Business Services LTD

Bianca is such an inspirational and successful female role model for me. I was inspired by her "dreams to reality" speech and would follow the "7 steps to making your dreams a reality" to pursue my dreams! (Thank you very much and very honored to meet you, Bianca!!

Stacey Macha

Global HR Partner, Centrica Bianca has a great story...She is engaging, energetic and has a natural way of connecting with her audience

Amber Shrimpton

Transformation Specialist at Centrica

Bianca is an engaging and professional speaker, who is great to work with

Robin VanMeter, MBA

Sr. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Partner, Centrica

Bianca Miller is a great speaker and has an incredible story to tell. She encourages individuals to be all they can be and how to successfully focus on self branding

Shereen Morgan

Diversity & Inclusion, Centrica

Thank you Bianca Miller - Cole for your amazing keynote at Centrica today! A fresh take on intrapreneurship and personal brand. Today was my light bulb moment and I’m sure many others experienced the same! It has been a pleasure and I look forward to working with you again

Steve Keith- EY

Personal Branding Workshops

She made all of the parents and children feel at ease from the start; our talent partner Maggie has commented on how inspirational Bianca was. We had such fantastic feedback from our first event that we’ve invited her back for our regional workshops in Marc

Simone White- Blackrock EEPA

Keynote Speaker

Professional, knowledgeable and with the great ability to hold an audience, Bianca has a great way of bringing her presentations to life. It was a delight to host her alongside EPAA for the Career Masterclass and I look forward to being able to work with her again on future events

Jasmin Jalloh- Accenture UK

It was a truly inspirational keynote. Thanks for re-igniting my passion and determination to making sure that the fruits life has to offer are well and truly absorbed

Taj Singh- Bucks New University Student

Personal Branding Workshops and Motivational Talks

Bianca visited Bucks New University she was an amazing inspiration. She is a woman of great wisdom and wise word

Bianca Mcdonald – Founder of Kids Zone Adventures

Mentoring

Being mentored by Bianca was an absolute pleasure! Her extensive knowledge on business start ups and business in general has really helped me to excel, with a stagnant business of 10 years. She helped me look at my business from a new perspective. Bianca has supported me with rebranding and during the time of working with her I have gone from 3 services to 7 different childcare services. Bianca’s support has been second to none I fully recommend anyone who is serious about pushing their business further to liaise with her or attend the mastermind session

Lauren Pak – Accenture Technology Analyst

Really engages the audience in an inclusive way. Had so much fun at Bianca's workshop on critical thinking and public speaking

Emma Bortnik- Knowledge Transfer Network

Keynote Speaker

Bianca delivered a fantastic talk at our 'Women in Innovation: Building Success' event. It was highly engaging, inspirational, funny and left delegates feeling motivated and inspire

Jo Bromilow- Publicasity

Keynote Speaker

Her passion and enthusiasm as well as her inspirational ethos and attitude came through in person and on the final film. It would be a pleasure to cross paths with her again on one of her courses or in front of the camera again

James Wilson -Attendee of the Business Travel Conference

Keynote Speaker

She was incredibly natural on stage, always with asmile on her face; and was inspiring, humorous and eloquent

Self Made Mentee

"Could not wait to give this recommendation! Thank you Bianca for what was an energetic, productive and gem filled morning. Not only are you down to Earth and caring but infinitely knowledgeable about business. Your easy going to appropriately challenging style was just right. You steered the conversation appropriately, whilst letting it organically flow. Questions were answered with a rare authenticity and always got to the point of the matter. During our 1-2-1 session you were able to get to the heart of the matter quickly, with clarity and a directional ability like a dart hitting a bulls eye. By the end of the session I had several key action points that I could go away and start actioning straight away. In fact, I invested this morning in doing some of the things you advised. What can I say, value, value, value. What price can you put on clear, honest direction that you are able to implement straight away!!?? I’d encourage anyone who is thinking about it to work with Bianca (and Byron) Thanks again!" Dayna Byfield- Self Made Mente

Accenture

Personal Branding Workshops

"Bianca delivered excellent workshops on Personal Branding and Presentation Skills during my Induction Week at Accenture. Sessions were interactive and challenging; everybody had a great time while developing their skills. We didn’t even realise how time went by. Fantastic experience!" Razvan Solomon- Accentur

Helping You Find the Path

Bianca Miller has helped scores of talented people chart a course to their ultimate goal. Drawing from her own experience she conducts workshops on being a more effective communicator, creating an affective personal brand online, cultivating effective leadership skills, the promise and dangers of social media and many other salient topics. Her unique style of coaching and mentoring enables her clients or delegates to ask the right questions, find the best solutions and enhance their career trajectory.

Bianca believes that most people already know the answers to many of the questions they ask. What they lack is the confidence necessary to believe in those answers. So building confidence that enables the strong, decisive person within to shine forth is a crucial part of her career development approach. Certainly, she is also a font of practical knowledge, much of it born of personal experience, that she is able to impart to her mentees to help them fill the gaps in their approach to career development.

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More Than One Path

Some will want to chart a course through the corporate world in order to ultimately attain a position of prominence and authority. But this is not the only type of career trajectory. Aspiring entrepreneurs also need guidance and practical, real-world advice. They need to know how to stay within themselves while making sure the next step in their journey is one that will ultimately help them reach their objective.

Bianca’s own entrepreneurial journey is an outstanding source of actionable advice. From making it to the final of TV’s The Apprentice, to being named Elle UK Female Entrepreneur Under 30, Forbes 30 under 30 and advising clients that include Google, HSBC, Accenture, AMEX, BT and more, Bianca knows of what she speaks when she speaks to the entrepreneur’s struggle. Those intent on carving out a niche for themselves in the business world will find what she has to say and the experiences she has to relate to be invaluable aids in their own career development.

Contact Bianca Miller About Career Development Planning

Whether your goal is to successfully navigate the lion’s den of the corporate office or you seek to create a personal brand that will help bring your innovative product or service to the fore in the public consciousness, Bianca Miller can help. Her lengthy list of awards and accolades are testimony to her drive, her business savvy, her ability to impress and her ability to take a dream and turn it into a brilliant reality. If you are serious about career development planning contact Bianca today by calling 02086679519, or write to, bookings@biancamiller.uk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why create a career development plan?

By taking the time and making the effort to devise a career development plan you force yourself to define who you are and what you want. Only when you have a firm grasp on those concepts will you be able to create a truly effective, bespoke plan tailored to highlight your strengths and minimise your weaknesses. Bianca will be an invaluable sounding board and mentor ensuring your career development plan is grounded in the real world and optimises your chance of success.

What are the different elements of a career development plan?

The exact components of your career development plan are likely to be different than someone else’s. That said, as a general rule the career development plan includes establishing short and long-term goals, listing areas of personal development you want to focus on and establishing both a timeframe and the mechanisms for measuring success.

Is there a right time to create a career development plan?

It mostly depends on your assessment of where you are and whether or not your current efforts are yielding, or likely to yield, the kind of results you want. If you are just making your first foray into the job market a career development plan can provide a roadmap that helps you secure the right position from which to launch your career. If you feel your career has stalled then taking the time to create a career development plan to get things moving again is always a good idea. And if you are about to launch an entrepreneurial effort, career training with Bianca can instil the confidence you’ll need to see your plans through to fruition.

Is career development the same as professional development?

While there are likely to be areas where the two endeavours overlap, the truth is there are subtle yet important differences between career development and professional development. Professional development tends to refer to a more broad-based process that includes career development as well as aspects of personal development. By contrast, career development is tightly focused on formulating steps to ensure your career is progressing as you would like it to.

Is career development the same as career growth?

This is another instance where two similar terms are often used interchangeably, but they shouldn’t be. Like professional development, career growth steps back and takes a wider view of a person’s current position and how that aligns with their desired endgame. While career development is more tightly focused on making sure you take the next right step.

Why is Bianca Miller-Cole the right person to help?

Like all successful people, Bianca sought the help of more experienced business people as she navigated her way to the top. She understands the immense value of getting timely, actionable advice from someone who’s been there. Her personal journey has provided her with priceless real-world experience which, when combined with those lessons she learned at the beginning, enable her to create a career development plan for you that will help you reach your own personal mountaintop.

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