Conducting job interviews is a skill within itself. It’s more than simply asking questions to determine the applicants skills and expertise. If you’ve conducted interviews, you’ve also more than likely experienced making a bad hire. A hire where, the successful candidate said one thing at interview however the reality of them doing the job successfully […]
Month: February 2026
Don’t Drop the Ball: Why Great Onboarding Keeps Good People
If you run a small or medium-sized business, no doubt your to-do list is already out of control before 9am. So, when someone new joins, it’s tempting to think, “They’ll be fine. We’ll figure it out.” After all, you recruited them. They signed the contract. Job done. Right? Wrong. In a small business, onboarding matters […]
Training Delivery Methods: So much to choose from, but what actually works?
For small and medium-sized organisations, training is always a balancing act. You want quality learning outcomes, but you’re also juggling budgets, productivity, and the reality that every hour someone is in training is an hour they’re not doing their ‘day job’. We know investing in our people’s learning needs are important, but how do we […]
2026 The Year of Communication
I love the start of a new year. The time for reflection, setting new goals, putting new plans in place, drawing a line in the sand and starting over. In reality though, it’s just another day and we can make a fresh start, set a new goal, start a new plan or habit any day […]