With the current skills shortage in the technology sector and ever-increasing demand it is simply not enough to broadcast a role when you are recruiting for your leadership team. Placing an advertisement or hoping a quality candidate will alight upon your website will rarely succeed. You deserve and require the very best of candidates. Invariably, finding great people requires a more proactive approach. The best candidates are not looking for your role The best of candidates, or targets, are probably fully committed to working for a competitor, supplier, customer or possibly currently working overseas and not actively looking for another role. Alternatively, they may be restricted via a compromise agreement, garden leave or clause in their current contract – all of which can be the subject of further negotiation and equitable determination. A discreet approach A thorough, comprehensive, discreet and confidential first approach to the targets is required for a … [Read more...]
How to Replace a Senior Partner
As the year draws to a close, it comes the time when many people consider cutting ties and starting afresh in the New Year. This thinking may be influenced by ageing, illness, altering family commitments or simply a change of motivation. When a Senior Partner departs, they leave a large hole in your business. So how do you go about finding someone who will be able to successfully step into those big shoes? Plan In Advance When there is a lack of succession planning in a business, it can become vulnerable when a partner leaves at short notice. Annual assessments of all employees at all levels is sound practice; monitoring progress versus objectives. A major objective should be for every supervisor, manager or lead to find a replacement ready now and making any salary review or bonus contingent upon significant progress in this regard. This sound practice not only solves the succession issue but also avoids the over dependence on any one individual. It also provides … [Read more...]
>Maximising Your Human Resources
>One of the most valuable resource in any business is it's people but ensuring that they achieve their full potential and remain motivated can be a challenge!There are many tools out there to help - psychometric testing, assessments, team building, performance management ....... the list goes on and on. But sometimes they are not easily accessible and can be very expensive. We are working with a new tool called Packtypes which is quick, effective and fun! It is highly interactive and cost effective for all organisations, but particularly for SME's.Packtypes takes the pyschology which underpins the most respected performance improvement tools, removed the complexity and academic jargon, and replaced it with a smart set of cards featuring 8 self explanatory and highly memorable Packtypes.WHY PACKTYPES WORKS:• Packtypes impacts every aspect of an individual's life and performance both at home and at work.• It is smart, fast, tactile, visual, intuitive, emotionally engaging and … [Read more...]
>Maximising Your Human Resources
>One of the most valuable resource in any business is it's people but ensuring that they achieve their full potential and remain motivated can be a challenge!There are many tools out there to help - psychometric testing, assessments, team building, performance management ....... the list goes on and on. But sometimes they are not easily accessible and can be very expensive. We are working with a new tool called Packtypes which is quick, effective and fun! It is highly interactive and cost effective for all organisations, but particularly for SME's.Packtypes takes the pyschology which underpins the most respected performance improvement tools, removed the complexity and academic jargon, and replaced it with a smart set of cards featuring 8 self explanatory and highly memorable Packtypes.WHY PACKTYPES WORKS:• Packtypes impacts every aspect of an individual's life and performance both at home and at work.• It is smart, fast, tactile, visual, intuitive, emotionally engaging and … [Read more...]
>Maximise Your Human Resources
>One of the most valuable resource in any business is it's people but ensuring that they achieve their full potential and remain motivated can be a challenge!There are many tools out there to help - psychometric testing, assessments, team building, performance management ....... the list goes on and on. But sometimes they are not easily accessible and can be very expensive. We are working with a new tool called Packtypes which is quick, effective and fun! It is highly interactive and cost effective for all organisations, but particularly for SME's.Packtypes takes the pyschology which underpins the most respected performance improvement tools, removed the complexity and academic jargon, and replaced it with a smart set of cards featuring 8 self explanatory and highly memorable Packtypes.WHY PACKTYPES WORKS:• Packtypes impacts every aspect of an individual's life and performance both at home and at work.• It is smart, fast, tactile, visual, intuitive, emotionally engaging and … [Read more...]
>Maximise Your Human Resources
>One of the most valuable resource in any business is it's people but ensuring that they achieve their full potential and remain motivated can be a challenge!There are many tools out there to help - psychometric testing, assessments, team building, performance management ....... the list goes on and on. But sometimes they are not easily accessible and can be very expensive. We are working with a new tool called Packtypes which is quick, effective and fun! It is highly interactive and cost effective for all organisations, but particularly for SME's.Packtypes takes the pyschology which underpins the most respected performance improvement tools, removed the complexity and academic jargon, and replaced it with a smart set of cards featuring 8 self explanatory and highly memorable Packtypes.WHY PACKTYPES WORKS:• Packtypes impacts every aspect of an individual's life and performance both at home and at work.• It is smart, fast, tactile, visual, intuitive, emotionally engaging and … [Read more...]
