The science behind successful team building
In a world where economic uncertainty has become the new normal, talent acquisition isn’t just evolving—it’s undergoing a complete transformation. As we navigate deeper into 2025, with the US implementing aggressive tariffs that have sent ripples through global economies, HR leaders and talent acquisition specialists find themselves at a critical crossroads.
Writing a Performance Review for Yourself
The workplace has thankfully got away from the “Am I in trouble?” performance review to something a bit more proactive, productive, empathetic and goal focussed.
With the aid of the Predictive Index behavioral assessment we’re helping our clients to engage their new employees by writing a self assessment on joining and thus improve their onboarding experience.
Building agile teams in uncertain times
In a world where economic uncertainty has become the new normal, talent acquisition isn’t just evolving—it’s undergoing a complete transformation. As we navigate deeper into 2025, with the US implementing aggressive tariffs that have sent ripples through global economies, HR leaders and talent acquisition specialists find themselves at a critical crossroads.
6 minutes to create more productive teams
Anybody who has ever hired anybody knows the basic of good and bad hiring practices.
Bad:
“I’d like to get her in for that 9th interview that we mentioned”
“I worry that the other people on his team won’t be able to pronounce his name”
“I’ve been recruiting for years, I can spot the right fit 2 minutes into an interview”
Just hired someone? Congrats! Now get them to stay.
Apparently labour laws in most of the world prevent you from actually chaining somebody to their desk, I can’t think why, it was good enough for the Ancient Greeks (not desks, big boats) and they were, like, the founders of civilization.
Struggling to keep the top talent? It’s not you. It’s not them either.
It’s your hiring process.
Your ATS
The problem with your ATS is that you either use it or you don’t.
Great, that’s insightful isn’t it?
Here to help.
You don’t use it.
I joke that the ATS is where candidates go to die. Many more seasoned agency recruiters know this in the literal sense.
“Hi, my name is Gareth, Bob sent his resume to us a few years ago and I was hoping to talk to hi about a role”. “I’m sorry, Bob died 4 years ago”. Cue pregnant pause…..
Feeling like your office has a revolving door? Fix it in 6 minutes.
I know, it’s funny and ridiculous but then again, it was only September 4th that the Federal Trade Commission banned non competes that locked people into crappy jobs, inhibited innovation, depressed wages and increased healthcare costs.
But other than that they were a great idea.
It’s a shame though, indentured servitude has always been great for the employee experience…..
What do you think? DEI or MEI, what works best for you?
Walmart is, I think, the latest major corporation to roll back Diversity, Equity and inclusion initiatives. Many think this is largely a reflection of a shift to the right in the political landscape.
Other companies to either be thought leaders or crumple under the pressure of public pressure are Harley Davidson, Lowes, Ford motor Company and John Deere.
Behavioral questions to assess soft skills
I was reading this article on LinkedIn about soft skills and some excellent questions to ask to do a deep dive on assessing soft skills and then I started reflecting.
First off, what are soft skills?
Making unconscious bias conscious as a foundation to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Resistance to change is well documented in organizational development. There are a number of reasons listed below and some thoughts on how to overcome them and encourage people to face up to their biases and make that unconscious bias more conscious.
