We all appreciate a beautiful healthy tree. Tall with leaves and branches stretching up to the sky to take advantage of the sun, wind, and rain. But that is only part of the picture. The hidden aspect of the tree plays an integral role in its successful growth. Below the ground, hidden from our view, will be a multi-faceted,…
Character and Values are Vital Ask any recruiter whether character and values are important, and they will all vigorously confirm that this in indeed the case. Yet, in spite of this, recruiters still rely mainly on the résumé as the main source of information they use as they build a shortlist of candidates to interview….
Where good ideas come from There’s quite a lot of evidence that suggests we are all much more likely to come up with ideas when we are faced with difficult challenges that fall outside our normal experience. There is also a lot of evidence to support the notion that people who have a…
Persistence Matters Over the years, we have used our evidence-based approach to both recruitment and management development to build many highly successful sales teams. However, when it comes to building successful sales teams, we have discovered that there is no panacea. Even for organizations that, on the surface appear to have similar sales challenges, what…
Data collected through the deployment of our recruitment and employee management software solution Talent Chaser shows that, while reducing employee turnover is not easy, part of the solution involves embeddinginnovative people (Intrinsic Thinkers) into all levels of the organization including roles not traditionally thought of as needing such talent. Intrinsic Thinkers are born innovators who…
In one of my previous blog posts, I introduced you to the concept of the Intrinsic Thinker and indicated that individuals with this style of thinking are typically very creative individuals, but poor listeners. In today’s blog post, I’m going to flesh out the typical Intrinsic Thinker profile in more detail. As I do this,…
