How To Stop Your New Hire Feeling Awkward
You know when you are at a party and you don’t know anyone else there? You kind of hover on the outskirts of a group with a gormless smile on your face. Pretending you understand all the in jokes and banter? Or maybe, after a couple of awkward attempts at getting to...
What To Do When Your New Hire Is Unimpressed?
Your heart sinks when you look across the office. Your new hire is not looking happy. In fact, it looks like he can’t quite believe what is going on. But not in a good way, like a kid at a firework display. More like a captain watching a sinking ship. That is the...
The 7 Faces of Your New Hire (How Good Is Your Onboarding?)
Kicking Off The '7 Faces of A New Hire' Onboarding Series. It is always a bit of a gamble isn’t it, starting a new job? You want it to be your best decision ever but you are anxious that it could be your worst mistake. When you desperately want everything to be...
Hiring from Outside your Industry? 7 Tips to Make Them Successful Fast
I had no idea what he was talking about. I could see his lips moving. I could hear the words. Beyond that? Nothing. He was talking Cloud Computing. I felt like I was an alien that had just landed on an uncomfortably different planet. Starting a new job is...
Are You Missing The Hidden Gem In The Talent Pool? The Career Changer
We all know the friend that was single for the longest time. It seemed the ideal man in her head just wasn’t materialising. And then she was caught by surprise. The man she now gladly wakes up with every morning meets very few of the requirements from her original...
Your Employees Are Leaving. But Do You REALLY Know Why?
It is always a little bit awkward, isn't it? The day your employee leaves. And that final moment. Everyone gathered around, shaking hands, maybe hugging with good luck wishes and promises to meet up soon for a beer. But freeze frame this moment right here. What...
Why Core Values Can Kill Employee Engagement
Sarah walks out of a meeting with her customer. She has worked hard to build that relationship based on trust and honesty. But she has just had to lie to them, because she had to follow the company line. She sits back at her desk, and the company core values dance...
How To Manage A Virtual Team (10 Lessons Learnt)
Leading a virtual team is a little like dancing with your eyes shut. You can’t see what is going on so there is a higher risk of you treading on someone’s toe. You can think you are in an amazing group rendition of the Macarena, when actually everyone else has sloped...
Introducing ‘An Interview With’ series
How do you maintain a culture that really works when the company is growing significantly and has offices in different countries? According to Paul Yarwood, it is about having non-negotiable core values. And even if you are incredibly good at what you do, but don’t...
7 Signs That Your New Employee Is Going To Quit
It is easier to see the signs when it is someone you know well. I am not saying they are always ‘slap round the face’ obvious. But the clues that your longer term employee is going to quit are definitely there. The opinionated team member who offers fewer...