Why Will They Care?
The legendary guru Peter Drucker said: “Culture eats strategy for lunch.” Drucker pointedly identified and articulated the keys to success in business. Culture is the embodied values, principles and…
Why Will They Care?
What they hear is …
Noise. A Facilities Manager was told that due to business restructure, she was no longer employed. The news came as a complete surprise to her. HR had all the…
‘Shoulding’ All Over Yourself
Nigel Marsh author of Fat Forty and Fired said: Often people work long hard hours at jobs they hate to earn money to buy things they don’t need, to impress…
What Sales and the Deaf Can Teach Us About Listening
How many times do we hear, but do not really listen? Recently, I practiced Perceptive Listening with a person going through outplacement/career transitioning. The results were rewarding on both sides.…
Three Things We Learn from the SAO Biscuit and the Humble Chair
Many of the more experienced Hiring Managers or Recruiters use competency based interviewing or behavioural interviewing to determine if the job seeker is right for the job. So it pays…
The Why, the Heart, and the Brain
I’ve spent a fair bit of time coaching people about their reason, their intention, their ‘Why’. For those of you familiar with my ‘rant’ on Why, it comes about because…
You Were Born to STAND OUT.
Want to be inspired by 2 videos that tell a great story? Before you see them, please read this. We help every Career Transition Participant craft a new distinctive LinkedIn…
Are Your Employees Quietly Desperate?
Thoreau famously said, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation”. Whereas he said this in 1854, 160 years later, the statement sadly still rings true for many people while…
There Will Always Be a War for Talent
Employers of Choice do everything to build and sustain a quality employer brand and reputation. By building a quality employer brand, they attract excellent employees – regardless of what…
The First Few Seconds: Impressions Count
As Malcolm Gladwell says, we humans are wired to classify anything into binary categories. It’s therefore critical that we make positive impressions in the first few seconds that we meet someone.…