Recruiting and selecting new leaders is high stakes, difficult and time consuming, but just as crucial for success is the often neglected on-boarding process. Continue reading Do you need to improve your on-boarding process for new leaders?
In many ways, it seems like there’s never been a more exciting time than the present to be working in marketing, or, indeed, to be embarking on a career as a marketeer. Why? Well, we all know that the world around us is changing, and it’s changing at what sometimes feels like breakneck speed. And you, as a marketeer, have the best seats in the house. Continue reading Nine hard skills every marketeer must master…or at least understand
Most organisations have a group of senior high potentials – the people who appear in the exec level succession plan and are considered ready (or nearly ready) to move into top roles. They’re a really important group with huge amounts of intellectual, social and cultural capital within the business. The challenge? This group needs to be retained, kept highly engaged and performing – but they can’t yet take their next career move, as there isn’t a vacancy. Continue reading Four risks of high potentials who have no opportunities to progress
If I was to ask you to name an example of a successful team, which one would immediately spring to mind? Perhaps a high-performing sports team such as Manchester City Football Club or the New Zealand All Blacks? For many of us, high-performing teams like these are the encapsulation of good team work,
Then, imagine I asked you what makes these sports teams so successful. Your immediate response might be that they are all motivated by the same goal – to be the best, to win. It seems obvious, doesn’t it?
But, in reality, when it comes to the world of work, ensuring each member of a team has their eye on the same prize, is deceptively difficult to achieve.
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Continue reading Why “we” thinking is the key to effective teamwork
Marketing is one of the fastest-changing industries out there, with shifts in consumer behaviour and new technologies evolving how organisations both market and sell their products or services. It’s therefore becoming increasingly important for marketing leaders to anticipate and adapt to these changes, to ensure their organisations thrive, both now and in the future.
Today we’re joined by Keshia Khan, Marketing Director at Hays Americas. Keshia is here to talk to us about the latest trends and how marketing leaders can build and develop their teams against a backdrop of constant change.
In our personal lives, I’m sure most of us would consider ourselves to be both compassionate and empathetic, especially when dealing with our loved ones. But, would you say that you’re always your most compassionate and empathetic-self when you’re at work? Possibly not.
Traditionally, there has sometimes been a difference between how we treat those we work with, and those we live and spend time with outside of the workplace. As I explained in my last blog, this must change, and it needs to change quickly.
Continue reading Eight ways to become a more compassionate leader
Marketing is one of the fastest-changing industries out there, with huge shifts in consumer behaviour and new technologies altering the way that organisations both market and sell their products or services. When faced with this backdrop of continuous change, marketeers must take proactive steps to secure their long-term employability.
So today, we’re joined by Keshia Khan, Marketing Director at Hays Americas. Keshia is here to talk to us about how marketing professionals can future-proof their employability and ultimately ensure a long and successful career.
Continue reading Podcast 27: How to secure long-term employability in marketing
