Interviews Don’t Work

Interviews Don’t Work

The reason why 80% of companies still feel as though they are ‘best guessing’ even after second interviewing …

For a senior role and even many junior roles most companies will have a second interview, sometimes even a third. There may even be a psychometric test or a ‘competency’ based assessment. Yet in making their final decision many companies still feel as though they are taking a best guess and lack any degree of certainty in their final decision.

What skills do companies interview for ? Read more..

Strictly Making Your Own Mind Up …

Strictly Making Your Own Mind Up

An exquisite demonstration of miscommunication with groups …

Effective communication is a skill and successfully influencing large audiences is an art. We can learn lessons from the public mistakes made by those seeking to influence large audiences and there have been many such mistakes. Read more..

The Macho Test

The Macho Test

By Shelle Rose-Charvet

One of the most irritating aspects of day-to-day communication is trying to convince someone who takes a Macho attitude. Women are often dismayed to find that while amongst ourselves we can build on and critique each other’s ideas, it is sometimes much more difficult to do this when male colleagues are involved. And sometimes even women become Macho!

When a person is running a Macho Pattern, they operate as if they believe the following: Read more..