Category: Cultivating Talent
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Cultivating Talent – Top Trend for 2016
The employment rate is at its highest ever level, the unemployment rate is down to its lowest since well before the crash at 5.2%, and youth unemployment continues to fall impressively. Therefore, with 2016 just around the corner and everyone in a reflective mood and setting their career and personal goals for the New Year,…
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“To be or not to be Engaged that is the question”
Why Employee Engagement matters! To echo the iconic question posed by Shakespeare’s tragic figure Hamlet – Are our strategies, policies and people development enhancing the engagement of our employees and why we should care if they are not? On a recent trip to a home entertainer retailer I was so impressed with the service received…
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Neil Shaw’s 101 Days success story
Neil Shaw has worked with The Results Centre in two different roles with two global companies. He is currently European General Manager at Milliken & Company and still partners with Alan Denton, because “The Results Centre is unique in its approach, targeted towards business goals and results. With their help, I have become the best leader…
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Onboarding – how to succeed
A Heidrick & Struggles study of 20,000 executives found that 40% of those hired at senior level left 18 months later. If the first 101 days in a new role determines long-term performance, what makes them successful? Understanding what positively impacts the first three months – or 101 days – in role sets the barometer…
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Coaches: good enough for Olympians, but not for you?
With just one year to go until the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, we look at the importance of a coach on the performance of an Olympic athlete and how a valuable a coach can be in the professional arena. An athlete’s sheer determination undoubtedly contributes to victory but it’s important to remember…
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How your business could be wasting thousands on business and executive coaching
Ever wondered what Executive Coaching might do for your business. Could it solve some of your most vexing problems? Well, FORTUNE Magazine stated: “When asked for a conservative estimate of monetary payoff from the coaching they got… managers described an average return of more than $100,000, or about six times what the coaching had cost.”…
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Waiting for a guide – Pharma Field Magazine
This is a time of upheaval in the pharmaceutical industry – and whether its NHS reform, redundancies or a merger, transition brings challenges. Helen Croft and Agnes Bamford look at the impact of transition in the workplace and how to manage it View Article
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Addressing gender imbalance in the boardroom – are quotas the solution?
Women make up over half the UK population, yet account for just 20% of board membership in FTSE 100 companies. Few would dispute that more needs to be done to redress the balance – the problem is finding an effective solution to rapidly overturn centuries of established practice and attitudes. View Article
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Overcome your limitations, get big results
Sometimes the limitations we set for ourselves are the hardest to overcome; we decide that something will not work, or that our colleagues will judge our actions negatively. However, in order to get the best results, we need to let go of these limitations and be open to giving those big ideas a go. Set…
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Is recruitment a disaster in your business?
Statistics from the corporate world show extreme discontent with standards of recruitment. 58% of the highest-priority hires, new executives hired from the outside, fail in their new position within 18 months, whilst 46% of new hires leave their jobs within the first year (Source: eBullpen, LLC) and 50% of current employees are actively seeking or…