The early bird loses the worm? Rethinking punctuality in professional settings
When you ask most career-focused people what their dream job is, the answer isn’t all that surprising.
Their dream job isn’t something that just pays the bills, but something that lights up their day-to-day life, supports their growth, and makes them happy and proud to show up – even on the hard days.
Is your team ready for an economic downturn? The survival guide you didn’t know you needed.
Let’s face it – nobody likes talking about recessions. They’re the economic equivalent of that relative who shows up unannounced, raids your fridge, and overstays their welcome. But here we are, with storm clouds gathering on the horizon as new tariffs reshape the economic landscape.
The rise in industrial organizational jobs
Let’s face it, employee engagement numbers suck. This Gallup survey is one of many that highlights how little many people get out of work. As of August this year, only 31% were engaged with 18% actively disengaged which leaves 41% who don’t love Mondays (I can feel a Bob Geldhof song coming on).
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.
How bad is employee enngagement right now?
Well now, that sucks. In January, Gallup reported that employee engagement in the US had fallen to its lowest in 10 years, a meagre, paltry, pathetic, ignominious 31%. Actively disengaged workers; the truly toxic members of your team are now up to 17%. This gets worse. (Or better if you’re me as those numbers and […]
Only 42% of people want to get promoted to manager
Interesting read on MSNBC about the number of people who DON’T want to be managers here (https://lnkd.in/er54KbF3.) A full 42% of workers say that they would turn down a promotion. If, unlike me, you don’t have time to read the article the TL:DR, Coles Notes, high level, whatever; the reasons are; 🍁 People are already […]
So what is the true cost of a bad hire?
Dunno. According to the Society for Human Resource Management, which is as close as you get to unbiased reporting of this stuff, 30-40% of first year’s salary. But rather than ask what the number is, let’s look at it differently, and ask what makes up that number, starting with the obvious and then getting into […]
Let’s start prioritizing sales/soft skills a bit more over technical skills
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/katebour_technical-skills-are-getting-commoditized-activity-7285650762200674304-56X9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop For those of us that invest a lot of time in sales and organizational behavior, an interesting read. I saw “Persuader” and that grabbed my attention as it’s a reference profile inside The Predictive Index. Digging into this great post by Katelyn Bourgoin 🧠it’s interesting to note some of the traits that she highlights. […]
How do you hire for culture fit and how important is it?
We’ve seen a lot of articles and research lately on hiring for culture fit and how it has come to the fore in importance. I wanted to put in my 2c. 🎯 It belongs down the list somewhere, not at the top of it. This should be self evident. You don’t want to hire somebody […]
Beyond the Paper Trail
Let’s turn this around a bit and start thinking about potential a bit more rather than the degree or the award winning resume. The old playbook is getting seriously old. Job descriptions that read like checklists, credentials that supposedly prove worth, resumes that flatten experience into bullet points (OK< guilty your honour). The future of […]
