Why do most teams and organisations under-perform? Even if you hired all the right people into your team, your team might still under-perform because of one reason. When I say “under-perform" I mean the teams or organisations fail to perform their best beyond what they are already doing today. So what is the primary reason that [...]
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 your employees. In other words, it is to miminise employee attrition rates. So instead of waiting to talk to [...]
In this crazy, fast-paced world we live in today, we want things done fast, cheap and good. It is no different in the recruiting and hiring world. Most HR Professionals and Hiring Managers I have encountered have asked me this question: “How can I determine if the candidate is the right person for me when I [...]
In almost every investment brochure, you will see a disclaimer that says: “Past performance is no guarantee of future results???. However most investors (or so they call themselves) completely ignore this disclaimer. Similarly in the world of hiring and recruiting, most hiring managers ignore the fact that past performance is no guarantee of future performance. Performance-based [...]
Happy New Year! I'm starting off the New Year by taking a huge risk writing this article, because I have many friends and associates who are working as recruitment and executive search specialists. However this article isn’t about them. If you are a HR Professional or a Hiring Manager, this article is for YOU. As HR [...]
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 I told a packed room of senior leadership and HR professionals that this old adage was no longer valid!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 not a single person in the room objected to what I said. I spoke on the topic of Acquiring [...]
Have you heard of the "Hire to Hurt" recruiting strategy? I recently came across an article talking about taking bold steps executing talent recruiting strategies. The core strategy of that article was to boldly hire all the key staff away from your competitor so much so that it begins to hurt your competitor and drive them [...]
2014 is quickly coming to a close and a brand new year will be upon us very soon. Many of us are already thinking of setting new goals, new objectives and planning our new year resolutions for 2015. For those of you working in the corporate world, there will be new targets and new objectives that [...]
Do you know the true cost of a bad hire? Sadly, most of us don’t. If you did a search on Google, you will find all kinds of estimates and suggestions regarding the negative financial impact of bad hires. Some have even suggested that the cost of a bad hire can be up to twenty times [...]
(This article received over 6,709 views and 215 Likes on LinkedIn) Over the years, I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly sides of interviews -- both as a job candidate when I was still slogging it out in the corporate world, and as an Interviewer as a Hiring Manager. I've worked alongside many HR [...]
