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Leadership

New Manager Syndrome

Why so many new managers are set up to fail, and what organisations get wrong about management training.

Recruitment

Stop Hiring Experience.
Start Hiring Talent.

Keyword filters screen out talent in favour of experience. Why you should hire talent first.

Psychometrics

10 Ways to Improve Your Business with Psychometrics

Ten practical ways psychometric assessment can sharpen recruitment, teams and development.

Recruitment

2 CVs or Not 2 CVs?

Why the CV you read and the person you meet aren't always the same thing.

Workplace

Do You Have a Clogged-Up Inbox?

What a clogged-up inbox really says about how we work - and how to fix it.

Recruitment

Hiring Decisions:
Gut Feel or Evidence?

Most hiring decisions are made on gut feel dressed up as logic. Here's a better way.

Leadership

Making Decisions

A picture from Montmartre, and what it taught me about how we really make decisions.

Engagement

It Takes More Than a Free Pizza

When engagement drops, free pizza won't fix it. Here's what actually does.

Recruitment

The Most Expensive Recruitment Mistake

The most expensive recruitment mistake isn't always the hire you get wrong.

Psychometrics

Would You Like Me to Read Your Mind?

A bit of psychology, a bit of fun - and what it reveals about assessment.

Leadership

Technical vs Management

The most consistent career pattern: great technicians promoted into management.

Leadership

The Best Manager

Think about the best manager you ever had. What did they actually do?

HR Consultancy

The Real Problem

After 30+ years in consultancy, the problem you're handed is rarely the real one.