Posts Tagged ‘motivation’
Wanna-be consultants: Making the right call with your admin staff
One of the Top Influencers in the Australian recruitment industry over the past 60 years, Julia Ross , started her working life as a clerical assistant at British construction company, Taylor Woodrow. Her subsequent ascent to the top of the Australian recruitment industry is a demonstration that it doesn’t matter where you start it’s what…
Read MoreBeing subservient: demoralising and credibility-destroying
It’s often been said that elite sport is primarily played between the ears. I don’t know what research there is on the topic but for anecdotal evidence, you only have to read Open, Andre Agassi’s entertaining and revealing autobiography in which mid-career coach, Brad Gilbert, played a pivotal role in changing Agassi’s mental approach, relaunching…
Read More67 year old over-achiever: ‘I’m still foolish enough to think that my best work is ahead of me’
Two weeks ago Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame member, Don Henley previewed a few tracks from his upcoming solo album Cass County; his first in 15 years and his second in 26 years. Henley is better known as co-founder of the Eagles and, as such, is one of the most successful and well known…
Read MoreSir Edmund Hillary – lessons in accomplishment
This is an edited and updated version of an article that originally appeared in InSight Issue #15 on 17 January 2008. Last week marked the 60th anniversary of the first successful summit of Mt. Everest. On 29 May 1953 Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary (both pictured, above) reached the top of the…
Read MoreOptimism: The only way to go at work (almost always)
During the panel session I chaired at the recent RCSA PEARL Consultant Forum, one of the conversations turned to the characteristics that are important for a recruiter in today’s economic and recruitment environment. I made the point that, in my experience, only optimistic people succeed at recruitment. Pessimists should never be hired. Why did I…
Read MoreThere is more in you than you think
Earlier this week I took my eldest son to the 2012 Year 7 Orientation Day at his new secondary school. All the kids and parents were milling around before the event started. There was an excited buzz in the air as students from many different primary schools checked out their future school-mates. As I was…
Read MoreMotivating recruiters: Who’s responsible?
Professional sport can be brutal. Two weekends ago in the AFL the Melbourne Demons travelled west to play the Geelong Cats in Geelong. The Demons were just outside the Top 8 and the Cats were second from the top. The Demons were not expected to win but nobody could have predicted the humiliation that was…
Read MorePlay More Beach Volleyball to Bill More Fees
Two weeks ago, one of my favourite recruitment bloggers, Jonathan Rice, posted on his blog The Whiteboard, a smartly written post, provocatively entitled Smoke More Cigarettes to Bill More Fees. The essence of Jonathan’s post was that when he worked at Hays, a large majority of the biggest billers were smokers, but it…
Read MoreThe Expert: Making visible what’s invisible
In broadcasting any sporting event via radio or television, most media networks will have two commentators on air at one time. One commentator (the ball-by-ball or action commentator) describes the play as it is occurring and the other commentator (the expert commentator) will provide an analysis and opinion of the tactics or overall trends of…
Read MoreRecruiters’ success potion: A full dose of optimism with a generous dash of scepticism
One of the great challenges for all recruiters, no matter what their role and where they work is maintaining the very tricky balance between optimism and scepticism. Optimism is a critical trait for highly successful recruiters. For example, the optimistic recruiter believes … that no matter how bad today was that tomorrow will…
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