Is there anything more frustrating … you‘ve found the ideal candidate, invested multiple stakeholder’s time in meeting with, conferring and agreeing on a candidate, defined and presented your offer, only to have the candidate accept and join another organisation.
The absolute key to mitigating this risk is to turn your hiring processes from good to great.
You need to be aggressive, be bold, set your standards higher than ever before and don’t take anything less than great. Your business deserves it and your prospective candidates will respond accordingly – your hiring processes can’t be anything less than great. So in today’s competitive employment market, what does ‘great’ look like and how do you achieve it?
The GFC may be behind us but the so called ‘two speed economy” has left some with lingering troublesome impacts and others, lucky enough to be unaffected by it, asking, “what GFC?”
Some will act hastily on their new year resolution and hit the job market but often without a well thought-out and written plan, which may be to their detriment…
Where downsizing did hit hard, individuals said good bye to colleagues and found themselves feeling relieved that it wasn’t them but also guilty for surviving the cull. Some have had workloads increase significantly to pick up the slack of lost colleagues with work life balance feeling like an unattainable aspiration. While for others career satisfaction proves stubbornly elusive for which there may be many reasons. This blog explores several proven and sure fire ways of getting on the path towards career satisfaction and highlights that it’s not as hard as you may think…
The power of your brand – a full time commitment and don’t blow it by burning bridges! With the rise of social media as a platform to build one’s personal brand, sometimes it can be forgotten that the process of developing a personal brand is a much bigger responsibility than a social media presence. Personal […]
Today executive coaching has matured and for many has become an essential accessory to the executive’s suite of development options. Many organisations have formalised their executive coaching offerings and protocols, some with formalised coaching panels. A coach often conjures up an image of someone observing a top athlete with stop watch in hand; for others it may represent a reward or sign of value in the organisation or a retention tool and yet others may view it as a pathway to further success and upward mobility. You may ask, “who wouldn’t benefit from having someone alongside them who sits outside the company politic who’s only agenda is to help you succeed?” The answer is very few but coaching isn’t for everyone and motivation is a key determinant.
Research clearly points to great sales people being good for business. McKinsey’s updated War For Talent study highlighted higher performing sales people generate 67% more revenue annually than average performers. This takes on even more significance when you factor in that only 2.6 percent of prospects actually become clients – so for every 3 clients you get, 97 are slipping away! It may be not realistic to capture the entire other 97 percent; but consider this – what might your bottom line look like if you could improve your prospect/client conversion rate to just 5 percent or even 6 percent?
Performance reviews are a fundamental leadership activity and a powerful instrument in the leader’s toolbox if used appropriately. Performance reviews provide leaders exceptional opportunities to connect with employees. However, as Goleman points out in his book ‘The New Leaders’ trust is a critical element that must exist to foster learning and resonance. Performance reviews provide […]
Knowing when your time is up is not so easy when you are in the engine room, working flat out.
With overall average tenure rates now at 2 years, and senior management tenure not much more than that, your internal networks can literally change or even evaporate overnight! We are encouraged to ‘have no useless acquaintances’ and your networks are your career gold pass and need to be nourished and nurtured.
deliberatepractice was established to provide practical and fit for purpose, value adding specialised HR services for our clients seeking to improve, grow and develop their business. Our services extend across the entire career life cycle spectrum from the inception of people strategy and processes through to the identification and assessment of people risk, potential and […]
Employee engagement has been one of those HR buzzwords that have bounced around now for a number of years. However the research consistently shows many organisations continue to enjoy only poor to average results in survey after survey. As a result, the search for the holy grail of employee satisfaction and engagement continues but the […]