💭 “Ah, a typical values conflict for 2025.” That one sentence from Anneli Blundell CSP (She/Her) stopped me cold. It was sparked by a conversation about whether we should say “please” and “thank you” to AI—something I used to do religiously. But what happens when courtesy has a carbon footprint? 🌱Or when you rely on […]
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FINALLY! Research proves what I\’ve been banging on about for decades! 👨🎓 𝗪𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴. This article by @Business Insider is behind a paywall, so unless you\’re a subscriber, you won\’t be able to read it. If you are a subscriber do read it – it\’s great. But for those who are not,
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It\’s lovely when I get to return to my roots and give advice about job interviews. Here is today\’s Today Extra segment on channel Nine on how to follow up after a job interview and avoid being ghosted.
Yesterday I introduced a new partnership between myself and SG Fleet AU. I\’m hosting a series of complimentary masterclasses titled, Lead the Workplace Revolution. Today, for my inaugural edition of Talent Tuesday: Tomorrow’s Talent Tactics Today, I\’d like to bring your attention to the 2nd masterclass in this series, The Future of Recruitment. During this
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Back in 2004 I did my first media interview on generational differences. At that time Gen Y’s (now Millennials) were taking the workforce by storm. My interview was basically, ‘nothing to see here’. All older generations complain about the younger generations. Their lack of work ethic, their en titlement, etc. etc. and I didn’t see
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Hiring the right people is THE MOST important skill a manager can have. And yet…very few hiring managers learn how to do this well. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬… 𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝟓𝟎 – 𝟐𝟎𝟎% 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 if you factor in hard and soft costs according to Gallup. You lose up to 𝟑𝟑% 𝐨𝐟
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𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲\’𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐩… To ensure you hire the right person, develop an objective process to screen for 𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒, 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇𝐒 & 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐓. 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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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 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋 skill a manager can have. 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐘𝐄𝐓… 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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Calling all engineers! I am incredibly excited to launch my latest collaboration with Engineers Australia and Engineering Education Australia on Engineering Recruitment. The first of our 4 part mini masterclass series kicks off on 9 April with Job Briefs that Attract the Right People. As boring as you might think writing a job brief is,
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Did you know that according to Harvard Business Review, 60% of strategy fails as well? Even if the strategy involves little or no change. Let’s say 10 businesses develop a strategy to increase their revenue by 10%. Statistically, 6 of those business will fail to do so. It’s not that the strategy isn’t good. It
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