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How Senior Leaders Can Become Better Listeners
Communication is the foundation of any successful business. While it comes in many different shapes and sizes and spans across various mediums — phone calls, video calls, face-to-face meetings, emails, etc. — communication always has two components: speaking and listening.
Top Career Tips for 2023
Many New Year resolutions revolve around careers — whether it be advancing within the same company through a promotion or taking on a new role with a different organisation. If a change at the workplace is high on your to-do list this year, read our top tips below so you can make an educated decision regarding your career in 2023 and the following years.
5 Ways To Build Confidence in a Senior Leadership Role
Confidence is often the distinguishing factor between a good and a great leader. As the foundation of leadership, it is a skill you will need to develop and practice throughout your career! While developing this trait takes time, there are other ways to project confidence! Whether you are new in your senior role or a seasoned leader that needs a little nudge in the right direction, let’s look at how you can build your confidence.
10 Powerful Questions To Ask To Refine and Get Clarity On Your Career Journey
Feeling stuck or like you are merely floating aimlessly through your career is entirely normal. You may need more clarity, are rethinking your career path, or simply want to refine your direction. This feeling of uncertainty is a golden opportunity to re-evaluate and refine your career and make sure it is where you want to be. Another important aspect of refining your career is remembering that life can take you down many pathways. Your initial career goals might shift as you journey through it, or you might reach a certain point in your career and feel it has stagnated — you might find that the initial plan is outdated and it is time for a new one.
How To Set the Pace at Your New Role
Starting a new role is full of lists, things to remember, and settling into your new position. Setting the pace is one aspect of this. When starting a new position, it is critical that you begin your career in the manner you expect it to continue for the duration of your employment. Because you are in charge, it is crucial that you create a work schedule for the next 100 days.
How To Ask For References For Maximum Success In Job Applications
Jumping back into the job market comes with a few hurdles, including getting references from current or previous employers. Asking for a reference can sometimes be daunting, as your potential job offer could depend on that reference being excellent. Here is how you can ask for a job reference for the best success.
Effective Ways To Ask For a Raise
If you have reached a point in your career where you believe your work is worth more than you are being paid, you have three options: ask for a raise; prepare to rejoin the job market as you hunt for a higher salary; do both!
If you have chosen to discuss your remuneration with your boss — here are some of the most effective ways to ask for a pay rise without things getting awkward.
How To Bounce Back From Job Rejection
Job rejection, like any rejection, is horrible — especially if it is a role you feel you would have been great at. It is perfectly normal to feel discouraged or downright angry. The disappointment can sometimes distract you from the bigger picture — the role might not have been a perfect fit, and you might have dodged a bullet. Getting back into the swing of things and the applicant pool is vital, as is staying focused on the task at hand — landing the role you want and need. Here is how you can bounce back from job rejection.
How To Ask For Constructive Feedback in a Senior Management Role
Feedback is the cornerstone of improvement — it can help you grow and develop within your career. In organisations with regular feedback sessions, the staff are better equipped to improve and strive for better goals. Do you work in an organisation that offers regular feedback, or does your team only get annual review feedback with a quick chat session here and there?
How To Make a Major Career Shift When Your CV Doesn’t Reflect Your New Direction
It might seem daunting to switch careers — at first, you might doubt yourself and procrastinate, but once you’ve found something you want to do more than the thing you’re already doing, it is important to start making it happen, otherwise it can eat away at you, and the more negative about your current employment you become.
But you don’t have the contacts / experience / knowledge you need to make the step without some work… so where do you start?
Top 30 Most Powerful Questions Candidates Can Ask During Interviews
An interview can be nerve-racking for anyone. What questions will be posed to you, how will you respond, and what will you ask? All of these are valid questions that you should think about. While the company will want to ensure that you are a good fit for the role, you may want to learn more before deciding whether the company and role are a good fit for your needs! We’ve compiled a list of powerful questions to ask during the interview process, as well as why they’re essential.
Why Digital Literacy is an Essential Skill for Every Leader
In the digital expansion age, we are experiencing a technology boom like no other. Whereas before, technologies would come to market and take a few years to assimilate into the workforce and employment sectors. Digital literacy has become a standard operational requirement for any leader or management role. What is digital literacy, and how does it impact your leadership position?
What Is Company Culture? 8 Ways for Leaders To Strengthen Their Company Culture
Company culture is more important than ever in the post-covid world. Many people are actively looking for companies where they fit in a little better or for roles better suited to their belief systems. Employees are more aware of their optimal working style and the importance of their environment.
5 Types of Business Transformation for Organisational Growth
In the technological age, staying on top of your organisation’s growth is more important than ever. With fierce market competition, making some changes for the better is often necessary — these small but vital transformations can see your business take the lead and stay there.
How To Juggle Multiple Job Offers While Still Interviewing
Job hunting in the post covid world has thrown us a few curveballs, from remote work to flexible office hours. Many new aspects of job hunting influence how we handle job offers, especially when there is more than one offer on the table. How do you juggle multiple offers while still actively interviewing?
Two Key Styles of Job Interviews Everyone Needs to Be Prepared For
When a candidate is well prepared for a job interview, the chances of success are far far greater than if not. This applies even more to senior candidates for leadership positions as they will have a lot of ground to cover and have probably spent the last few years on the other side of the table, doing the interviewing, so they are out of practice in being an interviewee.
The Best Leaders Have a Contagious Positive Energy
Our team get asked the following three questions in our mentoring and career strategy discussions all the time:
1. What is the best manner in which to present myself at an interview?
2. What energy should I be portraying as a consultant in a client setting?
3. What type of leadership style should I be working towards?
'You’ve met people like this. They’re like the sun. These people walk into a room and make it glow. Everyone becomes energised, enthused, inspired, and connected. These incandescent people are positive energizers.'
Are you one of these people?
How to Use the STAR Interview Response Method
Some of our star candidates can end up waffling through interviews and losing out on their dream roles. It is easily done, and sometimes more of a risk with senior people as they have lots to cover.
To help you structure your responses and provide concise answers to interview questions you can adopt the useful and simple STAR method. Using this method of answering interview questions allows you to provide concrete examples or proof that you possess the experience and skills for the job at hand in a concise and impactful manner.
7 CEOs on What They Notice the Most on Job Interviews
This article is a useful read and aspects of it are almost always underestimated. What you should be aware of is that not only do people judge you on how you meet and greet those who you meet at an interview or an assessment day, you are almost always judged on how you meet the receptionist or the helpful PA/EA who escorts you to the interview room. It is a reflection of your character and values and this is important at each and every interaction you have with your potential employer.