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Cultivating Talent – Top Trend for 2016
The employment rate is at its highest ever level, the unemployment rate is down to its lowest since well before the crash at 5.2%, and youth unemployment continues to fall impressively. Therefore, with 2016 just around the corner and everyone in a reflective mood and...
It’s lonely at the top
Isolation can be a problem for many CEOs and senior staff. Here, Alan Denton discusses the importance of challenge and feedback. With the gloom of recession receding, it would be logical to assume that many CEOs and directors are enjoying a sense of relief - even...
Challenging the chicken…
I remember the client case we took on in 2010 when a new hire was four months into his tenure in a very high profile role where delivery was paramount. We’d been brought in as a last ditch attempt to prevent him being fired and the merry-go-round of re-recruitment...
Is the Honeymoon period over for you?
An internal study of 20,000 executive searches performed by global executive search company Heidrick & Struggles found that 40 per cent of executives hired at the senior level are pushed out, fail or leave within 18 months of their start date. This study and the...
Vision and direction or fire fighting?
We worked closely with a group of senior leaders in a global manufacturing business. Many of the leaders ran the operation because they knew the nuts and bolts from the ground up. This left a yawning gap in the vision and direction of the business, not to mention the...
The 8 Steps to Authentic Leadership
Trust is the key to any organization, brand, leader, product and relationship. The good news is that trust is not a scarce resource and because it has a plentiful supply we can all have more than we need. However, it is important to realise that trust is also one of...
Changing for the better…
Let’s be honest, we don’t always cope well with change. For many people, the bigger the change, the bigger problem. If you agree then making the transition of moving into a new role a different department or a brand new organisation can be a stressful experience....
6 Leadership tips that actually work
Jim Collins the successful American author of ‘Good to Great’ has helped a good many companies over the years. Although it can sometimes be difficult to follow leadership advice as it often exaggerates what can really be achieved, here are some useful points from Jim...