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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.

Continue reading Podcast 15: How can leaders develop their teams to adapt to the key changes in marketing? →

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 →

Admit it. Your new job just isn’t living up to expectations. On paper, it should be everything you’d hope it would be – after all, you’re now in a more senior position, working on more exciting projects and even being better financially rewarded than you were in your previous role. Why, then, are you just not enjoying your new challenge? Continue reading Hate your new job? Here’s what you should do →

Losing your train of thought can be stressful. Battling with brain freeze in a job interview can be even worse.

At some point we’ve all experienced brain freeze. It can happen during an exam, presentation or an important interview. This scenario can often make a stressful situation even more nerve wracking. What counts is how we deal with brain freeze, and move on.

Even if you’ve prepared extensively for your job interview, your mind might still go blank. Take time to collect your thoughts and reset. Brain freeze in interviews can happen to anyone. That’s why we’ve compiled some simple tips to help you deal with your mind going blank in a job interview. We’ll also look at how you can avoid a mental block happening again in the future. Continue reading What to do if your mind goes blank during an a job interview →

Receiving poor feedback during a performance review is never easy, regardless of whether you’d anticipated it or not. Not only can it feel like a personal attack on you as a person, it can also be difficult not to take it to heart, or let it knock your confidence. Continue reading Blindsided by a poor performance review? Here’s what to do next →