Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
The 5 most influential people in the recruitment industry in the past 60 years
To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the founding of one of Australia’s pioneering recruitment agencies, Centacom, I selected over one hundred people from the Australian recruitment industry and asked them to nominate the most (up to 10) influential people (based on their subjective view) from our industry over the past sixty years. I asked…
Read MoreLessons in success: Do the work; the hard work most others won’t do
I am on Hamilton Island for the 2015 RCSA Conference as I write this. Speaking at the conference will be a person I know very well: Sue-Ellen Watts. Attending the conference, but not speaking (as she has done previously), will be Nicole Underwood, a person I also know very well. Sue-Ellen and Nicole were my first two clients,…
Read MoreOut-of-industry CEOs: A breath of fresh air or a cocky fish-out-of-water?
Recently installed Clarius CEO, Peter Wilson (ex-Datacom) wasn’t pulling any punches last week when he announced three recent senior level hires; new CTO Lee Bustin (ex-GroupM), new head of candidate management Leah Thode (self-employed leadership consultant and coach since 2010) and new director of on-demand and outsourcing services Stafia Giannakis (ex-Datacom). These three arrivals join new regional…
Read MoreOut-of-industry CEOs: A breath of fresh air or a cocky fish-out-of-water?
Recently installed Clarius CEO, Peter Wilson (ex-Datacom) wasn’t pulling any punches last week when he announced three recent senior level hires; new CTO Lee Bustin (ex-GroupM), new head of candidate management Leah Thode (self-employed leadership consultant and coach since 2010) and new director of on-demand and outsourcing services Stafia Giannakis (ex-Datacom). These three arrivals join new regional…
Read MoreWhat does it take to become a Senior Consultant?
The title of ‘Senior Consultant’ can be one that is thrown around like confetti in some recruitment agencies. I first became a Senior Consultant when I was twenty-three with about nine months recruitment experience. I think the only aspect that could be senior about me was that I was the second-most experienced person in the…
Read MoreDoes engagement drive performance, or the other way around?
There is much written about employee engagement and how important it is as a foundation for a successful team or company. However few people, until recently, have asked; does engagement drive performance or does performance drive engagement? Some recent research sheds a fascinating insight into the answer. BRW wrote about the research late last year. This is…
Read MoreGlobalisation, technology and outsourcing drive recruitment trends
Last week I wrote about a few key facts and pieces of data about the recruitment industry globally, that Barry Asin, the President of Staffing Industry Analysts shared at last month’s RCSA International Conference held in Queenstown. This week I’ll endeavour to highlight a few of the points Barry made about where the industry is heading, globally, in the near…
Read MoreWhat Andrew Banks and Greg Savage have in common
This week I was talking to an industry colleague, Patrick, and we were discussing the different types of leaders we had experienced in our many years in the recruitment industry. Patrick had worked under the leadership of, among others, Andrew Banks and I had worked under the leadership of, among others, Greg Savage. We talked about the things…
Read MoreHow good is your talent decision-making?
Recently I met up with a long term friend of mine whom I hadn’t seen in many years. Our lives had taken different paths since we were at university together. Although we both travelled, I came back to Australia after a couple of years and he did not. He pursued a career in professional services…
Read MoreIs your big biller valuable enough for a slice of your equity pie?
Last year I was coaching a newly acquired client of mine. As the sole owner of a small but very successful agency, she was working with me on various strategies to capitalise on her recent growth. She has a team of six relatively successful consultants. Three of those have been employed long term with her.…
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