by Janice | Apr 16, 2021 | Assessment and Development Centres, Leadership, Talent Management
I was looking back at ‘Strategic Talent Development,’ the book I published in 2014, and was struck by this quote I had taken from A.G. Lafley, chairman and CEO of Procter & Gamble: “the CEO has a very specific job that only he or she can do: link the external...
by Janice | Mar 22, 2021 | Assessment and Development Centres, Leadership, Talent Management
“Thank you for such great ideas. I have put them forward for discussion.” ‘Thank you for this excellent idea. We are so fortunate to have someone like you on our team.” And then …… nothing. A black hole. This has happened to me personally, the last time, quite...
by Janice | Mar 22, 2021 | Leadership, Talent Management
There is evidence that recruitment activity is increasing. As recruitment and selection were specialties of mine, I decided to check out the landscape. With dismay, I found examples of dreary job descriptions reminiscent of years ago, written in formulaic tones and...
by Janice | Mar 1, 2021 | Leadership, Talent Management
Word on the block suggests that, over the past year of remote working, many managers have fallen into one of these traps: micromanaging, causing additional stress to their teamsgiving too much autonomy, leaving people feeling unsupported There are, of course many who...
by Janice | Feb 23, 2021 | Leadership, Talent Management
As the vaccination programme enables us to hope for a gradual relaxation of restrictions, we need to start discussing what sort of leadership we want in the future. I say want, leadership is strongly contextual and so what we want is only half of it. The other half is...
by Janice | Feb 5, 2021 | Coaching and Mentoring, Performance Management, Talent Management
Over the past year, I have been involved in a very substantial number of assessment centres and 360-degree feedbacks. This has brought me up close and personal with people giving feedback to others or holding career conversations. For so many, the style is to ‘talk...
