Crafting the culture of a workplace is a key part of any successful operation, however there seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of what ‘culture fit’ means and how it should be assessed in prospective hires.
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‘Personal Branding’ is a term that has been popping up more and more in current discourse. Many people claim to know what it’s all about and yet many people don’t practise good personal branding.
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If you had an ear ache, would you go to a gynaecologist?
I hope not. That would be awkward.
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It is natural that every new hire will want to make a positive first impression, however the pressure to prove oneself can often be overwhelming, particularly at an executive level.
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What really happens to your CV when you apply for a job?
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In terms of formal education, it seems that candidates are damned if they do and damned if they don’t.
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There are pros and cons to small business but it can often be the best environment for innovation and creative problem solving, serving a valuable purpose in our society.
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I’m often astounded by the amount of successful people I meet who doubt themselves and their abilities, secretly feeling like con artists, paranoid that someone will uncover their fraudulent rise to success.
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Most companies already understand the importance of making a business attractive to prospective employees, however many don't often think about making their leaders more attractive prey.
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It’s alarming to hear that 89% of Australians think it’s solely up to their employer to ensure their skills meet the demands of their job, despite changing job requirements.
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I’d like to think that I’m a seasoned ‘grown up’ but there are still things in this world that I just don’t understand and look at with a child-like sense of incredulity. One of them is homophobia. I just don’t get it.
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Two years ago I wrote about the top skills required to succeed in marketing in 2012. Though the same skills remain imperative, there has been an emergence of other sought-after skills for marketing professionals to have in their arsenal for 2014.
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I’ve seen so many articles preaching about the death of the resume, the end of the formal selling document, how LinkedIn has rendered the CV redundant.
This is simply not true and hiring managers who think it is will be doing their company a disservice. Let me explain why…
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In a recent survey of our candidates, 95% said they would be happy to work for someone significantly younger than them.
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I told John Howard that Australia's got no talent. Find out why!
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Could your business benefit from a Red Team?
Businesses suffer in an environment of Yes Men. We look at how a business can flourish when analysis, critical thinking and voicing dissent is championed.
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We hear it everyday, organisations want to hire people who can drive innovation. But do they really have the appetite for it, and, is the fear of getting it wrong holding them back?
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“Some people are born leaders” – it’s a saying we’ve all heard before and it’s true. Some people have a natural flair for leadership. However even those natural leaders can still find themselves developing poor leadership habits.
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