Leadership is being severely challenged. The make-up of the workforce has changed dramatically. The majority of the workforce is not engaged. However, the focus of my attention today is the failure to retain talented employees. It is said “people leave their managers not their jobs”. They just can’t take it anymore. This has huge implications […]
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Setting the scene Your home renovation requires outside help. Your goal is to hire the skills that are most important to your project. If painting is your top priority then the guy who is most handy with the paint brush would get the nod – other things being equal. Similar thinking is applied to hiring
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Before we dive in, I am concerned about casting individuals as being “difficult”. Once we label someone as being “difficult”, it tends to colour our interaction with them. A better approach is to think in terms of “challenging behaviours”. When we focus attention on the behaviour we focus our discomfort on specifics. We identify issues
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Think back to school. What if you had to turn up without one homework. Would that be the homework of the loveable teacher that will express disappointment and ask you to bring it next class? Or would it be the feared teacher whose punishment will make you wish you had done the homework? Your choice? Another
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Regrettably people who get things done do not always come equipped with the most pleasing personalities. A CEO of a major corporation suggested that we address the issue in this series on behaviour modification. What can we do with the high performer who has no intention of competing for the “most popular award?” In this
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Why are recruiters failing to get what they thought they hired? One issue is that there are increasing numbers of Career Coaches whose job is to get their clients hired. Developing the skill to ace interviews is one of the promises of these coaches. What you see is not necessarily what you will get. In
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This is inspired by Matthew Syed’s Rebel Ideas (2019). Syed wraps thought-provoking discourse around the concept of homophily and its negative impact. The issue is especially relevant as you seek to grapple with a changed and rapidly changing environment. HOMOPHILY Homophily is the tendency for people to seek out or be attracted to those who are similar to themselves. There is
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TRUE STORY A faithful user of our candidate selection solutions decided to bypass the process. The candidate came with impeccable credentials and an enviable track record. However, it soon became clear that this was not a good fit. When the decision was taken to terminate the employment, the individual seemed close to a heart attack.
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“The prospect of an interaction with my former boss made me want to throw up, even years after. Yes, the stress of the relationship had impacted me physically as well.” “I could never do anything right. My every action was questioned, put down or corrected.” “I actually started losing my confidence and self-doubt began to
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Now more than ever there is constant pressure for organizations and the teams that make them up to be more productive. Talent Managers and other HR Professionals invest a great deal of time in search of some new tweak that could improve the performance of their teams. Most of us seemingly feel that we have
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