S.M.A.R.T. Goal Setting
Managing by objectives is preferable to managing by task in almost all situations. If you tell someone where to step, you have to be with them for every step. If you tell them where and when you want them to…
A practitioners guide to supporting business through recruiting and developing essential talent.
BOOK TITLE: STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCES A PRACTITIONERS GUIDE TO SUPPORTING BUSINESS THROUGH RECRUITING AND DEVELOPING ESSENTIAL TALENT. CHAPTER ONE Business Strategy and People Strategy ‘Julie!! I got the job! They said to start on Monday as the HR partner with…
AI-backed Pre Employment Testing Drives Hiring Success
Artificial Intelligence has already changed the way recruiting is done today, automating and streamlining many aspects of talent acquisition. Pre employment testing in particular has become faster and more effective than ever before, and the associated reduction in cost makes…
Graduate Recruitment Case Study Business background Associated British Foods (ABF) is an international food, ingredients and retail group with 137,000 employees in 50 countries. They run a graduate recruitment scheme across various divisions. Katie Davill, Graduate Recruitment Officer for the…
How do you ‘future proof’ your organisation? Is it through hiring better Leaders?
Leaders are undoubtedly key players in any group, team or organisation – from the captain of a football team to the CEO of a global business. An excellent CEO can have a significant effect on the performance of an organisation. …
4 Steps to improving your HiPo Program
Is this a good time to re-evaluate your HiPo program? High-potentials are far more valuable than other high performing employees in driving business success and sustainable value. Working with high potentials in a HiPo program should be exciting and stimulating. …
Who is a team player?
In today’s fast paced corporate environment the ability to be a competent team player is an invaluable skill. Walk into almost any office and it will have an open plan design, a layout intended to facilitate communication, cooperation and teamwork….
Saving Time and your Sanity through ‘Insightful Analytics’
THE PROBLEM You liaised with three different recruitment companies; read 30 CVs, carried out 15 telephone interviews and 10 face to face interviews over a two week period; wrote reports and recommendations until you were sick of doing it and…
Selecting Leaders for a Turbulent Environment
In 1990 the first International Forum on Technology Management identified the demands that advancing technology and globalisation would make on the strategic leaders of business. We are now nearly 20 years on and how right they were! The pace of…
Differentiating High Potential from Performance
Differentiating High Potential from Performance How do you select people for promotion? Do your managers assess their potential based on past performance? If so your organization could be suffering from the Peter Principle - “In a hierarchy every employee tends...
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