People management skills are one of the essential soft leadership skills a leader should possess. While working from home in some form is accepted will remain after COVID, managing teams remotely has, for the contemporary leader, added the need to develop new skills. Now may be an opportunity for your business to increase focus on […]
Taking a punt on a one size fits all approach to recruitment Most managers and leaders know hiring a new employee for best people capability is an expensive exercise. I’ve never actually met anyone who set out to hire a less than ideal employee on purpose. However, it always bothers me that statistics tell us […]
VUCA leadership is paramount, with the world facing an uncertain future today. The VUCA acronym (Volatile, Uncertain Complex, Ambiguous) has been around since 1987. It was the US Army War College’s response to the collapse of the USSR in the early 1990s. No one was forecasting Covid-19, even in January 2020. Without a doubt, it […]
We usually see various words and phrases in job ads that describe an employer’s wish list for hiring an ideal candidate. This statement below I came across recently brought a smile to my face as it reminded me of this. Can you perform under pressure? asked the recruiter. No, said the candidate, but I […]
When recruiting a new team member, I have never met any business owner or manager who set out to deliberately hire a substandard performer. Then, why is it that studies tell us that we get it “right” (i.e., hire a top performer) only 25% of the time? The answer is that traditional recruitment processes, (resumes, […]
Better sales staff equals more sales. It sounds simple, doesn’t it? Increasing the productivity of your salespeople, however, is a complex task fraught with misunderstanding. Finding high performing staff involves a specific hiring approach which targets those with precisely the right attributes for the job in hand. Once you have the right players, it doesn’t […]
Great People Inside (GPI) has been featured on The People Space website in their Tech Hub as one of the top technology innovators in the HR space. It includes a video interview with Martin Goodwill , CEO of GPI UK and valuable content relating to remote working, the leadership challenge in this VUCA world we live in, […]
Thanks to https://unsplash.com/@wildlittlethingsphoto for the great photo During the past nine months in Australia, many people’s businesses have been hit hard by the pandemic. Here at GPI, our thoughts are with the more than 900 families who lost loved ones during this crisis […]
Thanks to https://unsplash.com/@artic_studios for this image By David Leahy, Director, Great People Inside Australia In my recent conversations with HR consultants, encouraging new revenue growth, scaling their business and managing business downturn between Melbourne Cup and Australia Day are the challenges that loom large for 2021. However, especially in this uncertain world we live […]
Thanks https://unsplash.com/@davidclode for this amazing image Practical ways to adapt your approach By David Leahy, Director, Great People Inside Australia Many of us can easily recall precisely when key events occurred around the world and in our own lives. It is fair to say that the current pandemic is one of those events and is […]