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Finding & Hiring Great People

By Talent

In this video I outline a framework for recruiting and hiring great people. Including key strategies for advertising, interviewing, on-boarding and reviewing performance.

A Framework for Recruiting & Retaining High Performers

By Business, Leadership, Performance, Talent
Anyone can hire but not everyone can find, hire and retain a high performer.

No matter how many space cadets you have interviewed or how many awesome people have slipped through your fingers, the high performer you dream of does exist and is available.

Mind you, attracting and retaining them is a skill and may require you to fine tune some aspects of your own game to reel them in. Success requires strong leadership throughout the whole process; if you fail to lead you will lose. Read More

Supercharge Your Resume!

By Career, Goals, Talent

Reading a resume can be just like reading an internet dating profile. Everyone says the same stuff, completely unaware they are BORING! The profile typically gives the reader nothing they could fall in love with. We could delete the name at the top and it could be anyone.

“I am a fun, happy and love to travel. Family is really important to me and on the weekends I enjoy hanging out with friends going for breakfast and maybe a cheeky glass of wine (red) in the evening.”

No kidding?! Wow!!! Who would have thought you love family, friends, wine and you think you are fun?! Who would have thought!

Unfortunately for them, that is probably 97% of the population. Seriously!! It is a competitive market out there! Everyone ‘thinks’ they are an awesome catch but how can someone fall in love with you without knowing what makes you unique?

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Finish The Year Strong

By Talent

Finish The Year Strong

It is mid November and with the end of the year only a few weeks away, many of those goals you had at the start of the year can suddenly seem unlikely. The tendency is that they now need to be on next years to-do list… again. And it feels crap.

Do be fair on yourself.  Many ambitions do legitimately get railroaded by life’s bigger plans; loss of a loved one, a new role at work, unexpected bills, break ups, marriages, fall outs, babies, unexpected travel, illness and just life stuff. These require legitimate energy and attention.

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Humility Is The Foundation Of Greatness

By Talent

At some point we all need to ask ourselves; do we want to just look successful or actually be successful? Are we trying to look good? Or actually ‘be’ good?

Are we investing our efforts into appearing a certain way, or into being the real deal?

Because depending on which one we choose, we will experience radically different levels of personal fulfillment.

We live in an era where, with a credit card, social media and a filter, we can bluff the world into thinking that we have a level of success far above what is true. We can portray an image of wealth, confidence and idealism, all the while our day-to-day experience is empty and unfulfilling.

Deep down however we don’t want to ‘appear’ wealthy, happy and successful. We want to actually be wealthy, happy and successful. We want authentic success and the legitimate emotions of confidence, calm and happiness that comes with it.

Where ‘appearing’ successful is all about he story we tell the world, Authentic Success is about the evidence we create. The tangible indicators that we are the ‘real deal’.

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How To Not Be Crap At Public Speaking

By Life, Public Speaking, Talent

How To Not Be Crap At Public Speaking

Recently I watched a friend do a presentation that turned into a car crash! He is world class in his field but he lost the audience, big time. People were too polite to leave but the tension in the air was awkward and not a single person in the room had any interest in his message.

Every joke was met with silence. It was painful!

He came to me afterwards and with raised eyebrows that acknowledged he stuffed it. He was no fool. He knew he had bombed. “Where did it go wrong? I must have missed something? What happened?” he asked me.

I probably didn’t realize how much I knew about presenting until I found myself rattling off my observations.

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Overwhelm and Flustered! Ahhh!!!

By Talent

I have way too much in my head and nothing is getting done!

After getting engaged, married and honeymooning in less than a year, work took a back seat. It has been awesome but now there is stuff to do everywhere. Gardens, emails, clients, banking, exercise, new projects, washing, family catch ups, friend catch ups and everyone seems to have a question I don’t know the answer to.

The bigger issue is the emotion that comes with it. Angst. Guilt. Worry. Cringe. Overwhelm. Frustration. Heaviness. I feel like I disappoint people in every direction.

Fortunately I have been here before and have learnt my way out. Logic says you make a list and start ticking stuff off, but I have never found that helps to address overwhelm. Read More

How To Get Your Time Back

By Life, Performance, Talent, Wisdom

Getting Your Time (Life) Back

When you get your time back you get your life back.

Of course with the responsibilities of kids, businesses, families and similar, it is likely you may only be able to scrape together small pockets of time at first… but this is what to do with those pockets to get more time back:

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