Posts Tagged ‘teamwork’
Australian swimming review: How an unchecked ‘star’ culture destroys a team
Last week, Australia was faced with the rather unpalatable news that the Australian swimming team, or more specifically certain male members of the team, had been behaving with less-than Olympic standards during the team’s underwhelming performance at the 2012 London Olympics. This revelation came hot on the heels of The Bluestone Review: A review of…
Read MoreWhose job are you doing?
Last week I had a conversation with one of my long-time clients. His issue was, in a nutshell, not having time to do his job because he was too busy doing the job of his staff. What does that mean? In his situation this meant: Doing the work of staff who had been recruited but…
Read MoreLow performers are team focused extraverts (and other surprises)
The Recruiters’ Hub Conference produced plenty of A1 content. I have already written about Bill Bartee’s profit formula of LTVC + CCA, Greg Savage’s compelling dissection of how social media is the engine room of Firebrand’s generation of new candidates and clients and how RPOs are changing the game for agency recruiters. Towards the end of day two of the Conference, we heard three…
Read MoreWhat’s the worst thing that could happen if…?
When I was working in Sydney in the early 1990s, I was part of a very good temp recruitment team. The temp business, Temporary Solutions, was run by Greg Savage nationally. The Sydney team was lead by Bronwyn Allen, a very experienced temp recruiter, and in the team besides me, were three other very good…
Read MoreThe Perfect Employee … The Perfect Employer?*
So what do employers really want in an employee? Well the government thinks they have the answer and amazingly, I believe they’ve got it pretty right! How do I know? In my recent research I found this great publication, Australian Jobs 2008, which is prepared by the Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations. Page 26…
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