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23 April 2015
Competition and Compensation: What it takes to Get, and Keep the Best Talent?
In today’s world of work, there aren’t many things that can’t be replicated, making it harder and harder for businesses to differentiate themselves. That is, except people. Unless you’ve got an... Read more...
15 April 2015
Executive Search – The Shared Economy’s newest Participant
Has anyone not seen the following information in a feed? • Facebook, the world’s biggest media platform creates no content • Air Bnb, the world’s largest accommodation website has no... Read more...
10 April 2015
What we know about Accelerating Team Performance
In recent posts we talked about why a focus on teams is critical to driving organisational performance and 7 P’s of Team Performance. That leaves us to describe how you... Read more...
27 March 2015
Interview or Toss a Coin – Which is Better?
Observation 1: The Interview Process is not Science! The process of interviewing someone as part of a selection process is not a science; there is no sure fire methodology that... Read more...
23 March 2015
Get your Black Cap On- What the win says about Team Performance
Normally when we talk about black caps at Generator Talent, we’re discussing DeBono’s thinking hats! This time, given the New Zealand cricket teams meteoric success recently, we’ve turned over the... Read more...
17 March 2015
Executive Coaching – Science, Art or Snake Oil?
When is Executive Coaching the right answer? For the purposes of this blog, I’m talking about coaching business Executives for professional development purposes. I’m not talking about professional psychological counselling,... Read more...
13 March 2015
Why Storytelling is so hot right now
If you haven’t noticed, storytelling is the hot, new thing in leadership. Along with paleo food, spelt bread and beards, there’s a trend to going back to the basics and... Read more...
9 March 2015
How Vulnerable should I be as a Leader?
With the increased focus on emotional intelligence, leaders have been encouraged to show their vulnerable side. But can showing vulnerability actually work against you? Co-founder of Accelerating Executive Presence (AEP)... Read more...
18 February 2015
The 7 Ps of Team Performance
Way back in 1965 Bruce Tuckman put forward his now famous “Forming – Storming – Norming – Performing” model of team development. Tuckman’s model identified the phases necessary and inevitable... Read more...
13 February 2015
Lessons from the G.O.D.S – The New Balance in Executive Search
I can remember the ‘good old days’ (g.o.d.s) when the Companies I worked for didn’t feel equipped or prepared to go to market themselves for the ‘big jobs’ so these... Read more...
