Kim Seeling Smith

Kim Seeling Smith is an international speaker, trainer, coach, mentor and author on Career Management and Employee Retention issues. Through her company, Ignite Global, Kim helps organizations build healthy work environments and increase employee engagement and productivity in our digitally connected, globally oriented world.

Hiring the Right Person is CRITICAL

Hiring the right people is THE MOST important skill a manager can have. And yetโ€ฆvery few hiring managers learn how to do this well. ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฌโ€ฆ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ – ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ% ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž if you factor in hard and soft costs according to Gallup. You lose up to ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘% ๐จ๐Ÿ

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Changing Our Relationship with Work

๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ – my new weekly post dedicated to the #futureofwork Gen Zs are fundamentally changing our relationship with work. Understanding how – and how they are impacting the work habits of other generations will help you develop strategies to retain them. Itโ€™s honestly a HUGE opportunity. What are your thoughts/experience with our youngest

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Advance Your Journey into the Future

Iโ€™m here! I\’m in Fiji to present the closing keynote at the Fijian Institute of Chartered Accountants. I am extremely honoured to share the stage with His Excellency Ratu Wiliame Maivalili Katonivere, President of the Republic of Fiji, Honourable Prof. Biman Prasad, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Strategic Planning, National Development and

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Talent Acquisition Tuesday: Strength

๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐œ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ. ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ\’๐ฌ ๐“๐ข๐ฉ… To ensure you hire the right person, develop an objective process to screen for ๐’๐Š๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐’, ๐’๐“๐‘๐„๐๐†๐“๐‡๐’ & ๐‚๐”๐‹๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐…๐ˆ๐“. Many hiring managers use the hiring process to screen for skills. And, while that\’s important, it\’s the least important part of the process – because skills can be taught and in

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Beat the Talent Shortage!

It\’s Talent Acquisition Tuesday! At least that\’s what I deem it to be. It\’s a new thing. Why? Because hiring the right people is ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐’๐“ ๐…๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐Œ๐„๐๐“๐€๐‹ skill a manager can have. ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐˜๐„๐“… Too many managers leave it to HR or the TA team. No offense against HR or TA professionals. They do a

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Communication and Leadership for Teams under Pressure

Adopting to AI, Climate Change, the shifting geo-political landscape, rapidly changing consumer demands, ongoing supply chain challenges and other macro and micro challenges are putting teams and individuals under more pressure now than ever. Leadership is not for the feint of heart today. And communicating and leading teams under this immense pressure isn\’t easy –

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Humans are emotional beings

In preparation for tomorrow\’s solar eclipse, I thought I\’d post something planetary. Humans are emotional beings. Often they are unpredictable. Some would say they are downright mercurial (planetary reference here. ๐Ÿ˜€), which according to the Oxford Dictionary means, \”Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.\” Over the last several decades as I\’ve

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AI BUSINESS FUTURIST MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER Kim Seeling smith