25 Feb, 2019 | Culture, Process, Recruitment
Over the past 12 months or so, I’ve noticed a growing trend with candidates taking a more active role in the interview process. The interview as we know it is gone, with candidates no longer simply responding to behavioural questions and providing examples of previous...
29 Jan, 2019 | Culture, Recruitment, Strategy
You often hear talk of the CEO being an organisation’s number one salesman. As figurehead of the company, they are the most visible, influential, recognisable and most likely to articulately ‘sell the dream’ of their organisation and therefore attract external...
5 Dec, 2018 | Attributes, Culture
We’ve all heard the saying that people don’t leave companies, they leave managers. There is some truth to that statement – and some misdirection too (for more on that, read this piece from CultureAmp –...
8 Oct, 2018 | Attributes, Capability, Culture, Process, Recruitment
We were recruiting for an executive role and had already undertaken six reference checks on the candidate. Those referees confirmed that, yes, they believed the candidate could do the job. However, they neither confirmed he was superbly well suited to the role, nor...
4 Jul, 2018 | Culture, Strategy
Culture isn’t jeans Friday. And jeans Friday won’t generate better margins or more innovation or smarter programs. The heart of our business is culture-fit recruitment. What makes this critical to our clients’ competitive advantage is that it directly impacts an...
