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Bad Leadership: Nobody Wanted to Work With Me Because I was Terrible Leader

Not many people know that I was an Instructor during my National Service days. For the uninitiated, all able-bodied males in Singapore have to serve in the armed forces (The Army, Navy or the Police) for

How to Hire Successfully in the 21st Century

by FutureTHINK! / Blogs / Interviewing / Organisation Culture / Performance / Personality / No Comments / August 18, 2015

In an HBR article titled The Big Idea: 21st-Century Talent Spotting, Claudio Fernandez-Araoz, senior advisor at global executives search firm Egon Zehnder and the author of “It’s Not the How or the What but the

How to be a Better Manager – 4 Things You Can Do Today

by FutureTHINK! / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Leadership & Management / Personality / Team Building / No Comments / June 16, 2015

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Why is Personality an important consideration when making hiring decisions?

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Interviewing / Personality / No Comments / April 7, 2015

Some have asked me why personality is important when hiring. Some have even questioned if personality is an important consideration when hiring. I always answer with this question: “What type of persons do you like to work with?” And

Why Character References Don’t Work and What You Should Do Instead

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Interviewing / Personality / Strategy / No Comments / March 10, 2015

Do you perform Character Reference checks on your job candidates? Not too long ago, an ex-colleague of mine asked me to be his character referee for a job he was applying for. I agreed as I

The Case for Personality Assessments for Board Members (HBR)

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Personality / No Comments / February 17, 2015

I recently came across an interesting article from Harvard Business Review (HBR) in which the author proposes personality assessments for Board Members. The author of the article writes: “the President of the New York Federal Reserve

Are You a Narcissist?

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Personality / No Comments / February 10, 2015

Are you a Narcissist? Perhaps not. But I’m sure many of us have worked with or encountered narcissists sometime during our working life. Perhaps you may be working with one today. It doesn’t matter if that

10 Things You Can Do to Maximise Employee Engagement & Minimise Attrition

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Interviewing / Personality / 2 Comments / January 27, 2015

Have you heard of Stay Interviews? A Stay Interview is the exact opposite of an Exit Interview. A Stay Interview is defined as a regular conversation with your employees so as to maximise the “stay rate” of

The Day I Declared the Old Adage “Hire for Attitude” – Officially Dead!

by FutureTHINK! / Blogs / Organisation Culture / Personality / No Comments / December 27, 2014

On 6th November 2014, I declared the old adage “Hire for Attitude but not aptitude” OFFICIALLY DEAD! I told a packed room of senior leadership and HR professionals that this old adage was no longer valid! And

Why You Should Hire for Personality

by FutureTHINK! / Blogs / Interviewing / Organisation Culture / Personality / No Comments / November 4, 2014

So far we have covered Culture, Attitude and Aptitude in our previous articles. The final piece of the CAAP® Foundation is PERSONALITY. If you missed the previous articles, read them here: Culture, Attitude, Aptitude So what is

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