1 Jul, 2020 | Capability, Culture, Process, Recruitment, Strategy
COVID-19 has undoubtedly presented most businesses with challenges and in some instances, opportunities. From discussions we have had with a range of clients and stakeholders, it seems all organisations and staff have been impacted in some way. I know this may be... 
30 Jul, 2019 | Attributes, Capability, Strategy
The most successful people in business have the ability to visualise and deliver their desired strategic goal without distraction. They do this by using tools known as mental models. By taking the time to properly picture what success looks like, they make the right... 
27 Jun, 2019 | Attributes, Capability, Recruitment, Strategy
My discussions with senior leaders and executives often gravitate towards the best way to determine if someone is going to be successful. People in senior roles, and those in just mid-level performance roles are often assessed by their managers on a range of issues.... 
30 May, 2019 | Attributes, Capability, Recruitment, Strategy
Good candidates are hard to find, in times of low unemployment and high unemployment. Often when recruiting, clients want to ‘squeeze the lemon’. This is an expression regularly used by one of my clients, meaning they want to get as much as they can out of their... 
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... 
16 Aug, 2018 | Recruitment, Strategy
Recruitment is too often, and too easily, seen as simply a role-filling exercise. Someone’s left or you’ve grown to a point where you need a particular role, and away you go to recruit that person. Behind the scenes of that important but tactical exercise is a much... 