Tag Archives: people
More places to find our articles
Posted on29. Aug, 2011 by susan.
As well as writing this blog, did you know I also write for other websites, e-zines and blogs? You will find my writing on the Leading Minds Academy, Dot Com Women, Planner Lounge and HR Daily Community websites, with different and relevant articles. Here are links to recent articles on those sites: Are you an [...]
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How’s your balance?
Posted on18. Jul, 2011 by susan.
A recent conversation with Thea Foster of Added Value Corporation prompted this article. Thanks for the inspiration, Thea! We all know that to run a successful business, department or team requires consistent achievement across several disciplines. Typically we need to perform well across finance, marketing, sales, service delivery, planning, technology and people. And it’s quite [...]
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Critical skill shortage 5: Technical skills
Posted on04. Jul, 2011 by susan.
Welcome to the final article in this series based on data about skills shortages in the banking and finance sector, collected in the Kelly Skills at Work 2010 study. See our blog for previous articles on this topic. All the skills we looked at previously in this series – communication, problem solving and decision making, [...]
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‘Tis the season to be jolly…
Posted on30. Nov, 2010 by susan.
It’s the time of the year for the annual Christmas party ‘do and don’t’ list. You can find our checklist elsewhere on this blog. We have the kind permission of leadership expert, Stephen Bell of iHR Australia, to share the following article with our readers. While conceding that it is “tiresome” for HR to send out the [...]
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‘Performance + Rewards’ webinar recording
Posted on10. Nov, 2010 by susan.
Conducting performance appraisals and rewarding performance effectively can be two of the biggest challenges you face when managing staff. Are performance reviews something you – and your team – dread having to go through, even to the point of serious procrastination? Ever wondered how to select rewards that will really excite and motivate your staff? [...]
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Overcoming deception
Posted on31. Aug, 2010 by susan.
We are often asked by recruitment consultants and employers if it is easy to ‘cheat’ on the Harrison Assessment. The short answer is “no”! The following article, from Dr Dan Harrison’s ‘Best Practices in Talent Assessment’, explains why HA is different. One of the biggest challenges of any behavioural assessment is to determine how truthfully [...]
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Should you be asking THAT question?
Posted on17. Aug, 2010 by susan.
When interviewing job candidates, we all have favourite questions we always like to ask. The effectiveness of some of these questions is questionable, to say the least. As candidates, I’m sure we’ve all heard some screamers. I thought asking a person what car they drive was pretty poor, until someone told me they’d been asked “If you were [...]
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Banking on your reputation
Posted on10. Aug, 2010 by susan.
If your chances of being hired or promoted – or winning a new client - depended 20% on your qualifications and 80% on your reputation, would you need to change your behaviour? I’m sure for most readers, the answer is ‘no’ because you are already aware of how important your reputation is to your success. In [...]
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What do you want?
Posted on07. Jun, 2010 by susan.
Last week, our single question survey asked readers “What is the one people management issue that is causing you the most pain right now?” The response was fantastic! Thanks for all your contributions. Didn’t see it? It’s not too late to give us your answer and have it added to our list of topics for future webinars [...]
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Why I Dropped Kathy and Picked Up Dan*
Posted on01. Jun, 2010 by susan.
This article was prompted by questions from readers… Many people within financial services are familiar with the Kolbe system of measuring ‘Action Modes’. An individual’s Kolbe profile is a good tool for coaching and team development and I’ve used it in these ways, before I started using Harrison Assessments (HA). There are similarities between the [...]
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