Helen Tupper: Take charge of your own career development

Recently, I was advising someone who was frustrated about the lack of investment her company was making in her development. She was unhappy at the limited training they offered and the lack of support they had given her in finding a mentor. Although I could empathise with her frustration about the feeling that her development had stalled, I could not support the assumption that it was her company that was responsible for providing her with the solution.
However, this is a pretty common perspecti