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UNIQUE INSIGHTS
to help you and your team
In our work with investors, business owners, and senior leaders—on both the employer and candidate sides—we’ve gained rich insights into leadership, performance, and talent development.
Over the past 25+ years, our observations span start-ups, scale-ups, and top-tier tech companies, supported by interviews with more than 10,000 professionals. When it comes to high-performing leadership, people performance, and cultivating career potential, our understanding of what works (and what doesn’t) runs broad and deep—bringing you an unrivalled perspective on what drives success.
We’re excited to share some of those learnings—and our reflections—with you here.
Insights
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Maximise hiring success, Mitigate risk of failure
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How to assess existing employees
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Hit the ground running
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How to increase Team & Individual performance
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Leadership skills & ability to impact
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It accounts for 58% of performance in all job types
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Find a better job faster
Three Hiring Trends
Every year the world in which we are operating becomes more complex, more competitive and subject to more compliance. These factors have been shaping hiring trends - play the video to find out more. If you choose to scroll down, you'll be able to view 22 characteristics that we're observing employers take into account when making leadership and senior specialist hires: 1 Location Working style i.e. hybrid, remote first or office 2 Seniority level, scope and dimensions 3 Functional area expertise (1) - e.g. Sales 4 Functional area expertise (2) sometimes additional definition – e.g. New Client/Existing Sales Ops, CS 5 Product/proposition type experience 6 Industry sector familiarity (1) e.g. banking and finance 7 Industry sector familiarity (2) sometimes additional definition such as asset management 8 Personality type 9 Employer size small company up to 100 employees / big company experience MS or AWS or SFDC 10 Underlying competencies – outgoing hunter intuitive / analytical / planning and organising 11 Likeability 12 Track record 13 Emotional intelligence 14 Challenge-related qualities – company in scale up mode or raising money or selling business 15 Cultural match 16 Values 17 Motivations – do they align and how strong are they 18 Stability and agility 19 Growth potential 20 Salary parameters match 21 Availability to start within an acceptable timeframe 22 Does the candidate want to take up this job