Paint a picture

Paint a picture

You aren’t attracting the best talent to your teams. When you do interview someone amazing, it falls through before they get started. Your teams are crying out for more support but it needs to be the right fit. You are an amazing company to work for but can’t...
The Change Curve

The Change Curve

I attended the Karren Brady Women in Business Event a couple of weeks ago and was lucky enough to join a Capital One roundtable hosted by Kaj Bansal and Shama Hamid. The title was The Power of Discomfort; Developing Resilience Through Change and during that roundtable...
The why of work

The why of work

In a recent survey, only 4% of respondents claimed that their motivation for work was pay.  More prevalent factors were their ‘sense of connection with their team, challenge in their work and feeling empowered in their roles’. Emotional Agility, Susan David This is...
Visibility Fears

Visibility Fears

How many of us have posted something and then felt a bit twitchy afterwards and perhaps even taken it down? Was that a bit too personal? Did I use the right terminology and grammar? Am I going to offend anyone? Personal brand is a term that many companies are...
Why Recruitment is ‘expensive’

Why Recruitment is ‘expensive’

Many clients, friends and family over the years have asked me this question.  They see the % fee at the time of candidate placement and wonder how we can justify it.  This was particularly challenging for me when I worked with schools who often had tight budgets and...