Unique Insights
to help you and your team
1) Hiring People
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Your Seven Step Guide
2) Assessing People
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How to assess existing employees
3) First 100 Days
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A springboard for success
4) Raising Performance
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How to increase individual and team performance
5) Gravitas, Impact & Influence
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Leadership skills and ability to impact
6) Emotional intelligence
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It accounts for 58% of performance in all job types
7) Job Search Tips
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Find A Better Job Faster
The Last Five Years Have Seen Huge Changes...
Hiring has become much more complex - as has the process of finding a new job. 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
The insights we're sharing with you have been gained from our work with investors, business owners, and senior leaders—on both the employer and candidate sides—covering 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.