In my blog ‘Want Productive and Engaged Staff? Treat them Like Adults – Part 2‘ I talked about leadership development being both an art and a science. After coaching leaders for many years, I have found it is more art than science. Being a leader is complex and leadership development needs to be equally complex. […]
Starting A Business From Scratch & The Value Of Recruiting Great People
https://soundcloud.com/the-mindset-project/episode-17-ang-connor-starting-a-business-from-scratch-the-importance-of-recruitment This weeks blog comes to you as a podcast. I was honoured this week to be interviewed by Ryan Waight for his weekly podcast; The Mindset Project. We talked all things recruitment and about starting a business from scratch. I must say it was exciting to take a trip down memory lane and reflect […]
You are never a Shoo-In
Have you ever seen your perfect job advertised? It’s like the job advert and position description has been written with you in mind! You know without a doubt this is your job; there is no way the employer will be able to overlook your application. You tick all the boxes, you’ve been there and done […]
Work Life Balance – Lessons from a self-confessed Workaholic
Hi, I’m Ange and I’m a workaholic. I love my work. I can’t remember the last time that I worked a 7.6 hour day but that’s been my choice. I’m sure I am no different from any other business owner who is building a business or to an employee who loves what they do. Even […]
On-Demand Workforce: the trend towards choosing ‘temp’ work over a permanent job
When I was looking for my first job, I considered ‘temping’, but quickly dismissed it when I was told that ‘temps’ were the people who couldn’t find a real job. Clearly not true, but that was the perception. We are now seeing the world of temping or ‘contingent’ work take a 180 degree turn. Contingent […]
The Hidden Value of a Temp
Have you ever wondered if it’s worth getting in a temp to help you through a particularly busy period or to cover the leave period of an existing staff member? It can be a tricky decision as an employer. You wonder if it will be worth the time and energy in trying to get them […]
Parents: How to help, not hinder your child with their job search
It can be a fine line between helping and hindering your child with their quest to enter the big wide world of work and gaining employment. It’s a tough world out there and it’s not easy to get a foot in the door as a young person trying to enter the workforce. As a young […]
Professionalism, Presentation & Perception – What employers really think of your Facebook page
Gone are the days where we kept our personal and professional lives separate. Everyone has their own opinion on the blurring of the lines between what we share on social media and how it relates to and impacts on what we do in our professional lives. As a recruiter in 2017, it is standard practice […]
Measuring Customer Satisfaction – Is it destroying or enhancing culture?
Customers are crucial to every business and in todays’ world of smart phones and apps it has never been easier to rate our experience and satisfaction with a product or service. Think Trip Advisor, Rate My Agent for the Real Estate Industry, Vivino for rating Wine, and not to mention the customer satisfaction ratings on […]
Want productive and engaged staff? Treat them like adults – Part 3
In the previous articles (Part 1 and Part 2), we revealed how our policies and our people management practices, could be stifling staff initiative and engagement by imposing too much structure and supervision. In this third and final part of the series, we are going to explore what a workplace that adopts this approach looks […]