A recent survey (Ranstad) discovered that retention was the highest talent priority for UK businesses. What is concerning is that 45% of employees say they will “definitely” or “probably” move to another organisation this year. However, 87% of employees who want to change roles would prefer to stay with their current employer – and coaching… Continue reading Coaching – a powerful tool for staff retention. Recognising ROI and accessibility for all is key in 2022
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Break Your Procrastination Habit – Do it Today!
Do you keep postponing work you need to do? Most of us procrastinate from time to time. Rather than feeling guilty about it, or beating yourself up, try these strategies to break the habit. Schedule your deep work. It’s easier to put off work that requires concentration. So build time in your daily calendar… Continue reading Break Your Procrastination Habit – Do it Today!
Do you Listen Well? Learn how to apply listening skills for better Leadership
A good manager knows that listening is important, but too few people know how to listen well. Even common techniques, like “active listening” can be counterproductive. After all, merely sharing the amount of speaking time, or parroting back what a speaker said, does not achieve understanding. Consider three common conversations: Employee: “I’m worried about my… Continue reading Do you Listen Well? Learn how to apply listening skills for better Leadership
How is AI (Artificial Intelligence) Impacting the Search for Executives?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and new digital solutions are rapidly changing the way search professionals undertake their work and redefine how candidates can be identified and attracted. Traditional methods alone are often not sufficient to find and attract the right talent in an increasingly challenging candidate market. So, will AI find the perfect executive and make… Continue reading How is AI (Artificial Intelligence) Impacting the Search for Executives?
10 Employee Retention Strategies for 2022: What are you doing to help keep your staff?
For years, employee retention has been a major concern for businesses. There is no one-size-fits-all formula for ensuring that your staff stays with your company indefinitely. Employees may leave their current job due to monotony, a lack of career advancement, new job prospects, better compensation, unhealthy work culture, and various other factors. What is Employee… Continue reading 10 Employee Retention Strategies for 2022: What are you doing to help keep your staff?
5 Tips to Help you beat Procrastination and achieve your Goals
We are all guilty of being a procrastinator, either regularly or now and again. Working from home provides new distractions compared to the office as your home is filled with personal items, such as your TV, which you’d regularly associate with leisure. Procrastinating can feel great in the moment, but time passes by so quickly… Continue reading 5 Tips to Help you beat Procrastination and achieve your Goals
In the War for Talent, have you considered re-hiring former Employees?
Keep the Door open for former Employees: Good companies are always on the lookout for good talent. They also recognise that every former employee is a potential future customer, business partner, referral source — and even a potential future employee. Returning employees, also known as “boomerang employees,” are an important part of the talent pipeline.… Continue reading In the War for Talent, have you considered re-hiring former Employees?
Making Coaching Accessible to Everyone: the benefits of Technology and Remote Coaching
The benefits of workplace coaching have been well known and proven for the past 20 years and it’s now become a must for many companies. However, it is still quite often viewed as something reserved only for Executives or High Potential groups. It’s a fact that if money were no object, many more organisations would… Continue reading Making Coaching Accessible to Everyone: the benefits of Technology and Remote Coaching
The Counter Offer – and how to avoid it: An Employer’s Guide
If you are an employer who is trying to recruit at the moment, you may well have experienced the problem of your preferred candidate being given a ‘counter offer’ by their current employer. This then resulted in them declining an offer of employment you have made. A counter offer is when a current employer offers… Continue reading The Counter Offer – and how to avoid it: An Employer’s Guide
Ten Leadership Lessons To Get a Jumpstart On 2022
Hoping for a 2021 that would bring us out of the pandemic and back to business as usual was short-sighted. If 2021 taught us anything, it was that the pandemic is here to stay, and in order to be successful, we must navigate this new normal. How will that new normal manifest itself in 2022? … Continue reading Ten Leadership Lessons To Get a Jumpstart On 2022