by Ian Smith | Mar 12, 2018 | Talent
I’ve always been fascinated with what motivates someone to jump into their day! There were plenty of Glaswegians born in 1959 but not all chose a path of education to become a Scottish CA, run to London as the ink was drying on their CA qualification to take up...
by Ian Smith | Mar 6, 2014 | Incentives, Innovation, Operational Blueprints, Talent
A recent Gallup poll announced that worldwide only about 13% of the workforce is engaged in the work they do. Engaged? As Gallup puts it: psychologically committed to their jobs and likely to be making positive contributions to their organizations. The US and Canada...
by Ian Smith | Feb 6, 2014 | Performance Profiles. Execution, Recruitment, Talent
Andrew Hill at the FT wrote an interesting column last week about “Purpose”. As he pointed out, it has become quite a buzzword in CEO circles. Ellen Kullman, CEO at Dupont wasn’t the only CEO to use it at the recent World Economic Forum. It seems it is a word...
by Ian Smith | Mar 31, 2013 | Leadership, Management, Talent
I see the same problem again and again as businesses try to scale their operations. You can’t afford to recruit a new person for every task. So tasks float around half done by the loyal servant with 10 projects to handle. Whether your business employs 5 people or 500...
by Ian Smith | Sep 6, 2012 | Talent
We all need an interview checklist to to make sure we don’t miss anything. Here is a quick list I use: Pull together a brief online profile of the candidate covering all the usual places they are likely to hang out including LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and their...
by Ian Smith | May 6, 2011 | Recruitment, Talent
It is generally assumed when selling a business that the buyer executes a post acquisition integration strategy that will – cut staff, bring their own people in and run the business a different way with their culture. Now of course depending on the relevant size of...
