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Saying Farewell to a Great Audience: The Final Blog…
I started blogging for 2 reasons. Firstly, it would act as an aide memoir – helping to capture the learning from a diverse range of experiences. Secondly, it would be a form of marketing – directly answering the question: “Is … Continue reading
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6 Ways to Change Your Organisation: A Menu of Choices
“Without the spur of a crisis or a period of great stress, most organisations — like most people — are incapable of changing” John F. McDonnell In a recent project, we worked with an executive team to develop a range of … Continue reading
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Finding Your Passion: Is there a ‘Magic Formula?’
Chances are that the topic of ‘discovering your passion in life’ is not new to you. It’s a common phrase that people toss about. The connotation is that this will be unveiled to us in some way. Like that apple which … Continue reading
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What’s My Line? The ‘trick’ to securing an Executive Senior Role
About a Zillion years ago, there was an old radio programme called ‘What’s My Line?’ Participants would introduce themselves and the panel would have to guess their job. It was good fun. People with unusual jobs would be invited onto the … Continue reading
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What’s the recipe for a Perfect holiday?
Should you use your holidays for a well-earned break or use the opportunity for continuous improvement? For me the question poses a false dichotomy as the two ideas combine perfectly. Getting Bored: I don’t know about you, but I can only … Continue reading
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Workplace Romances: How should you respond?
You may already know this, but there are approximately 2.3 million cattle in the Irish beef herd and about 1.7 million dairy cows. So, if you live in Ireland, there’s a really good chance that you will (at some point … Continue reading
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The 6 Million Euro Man (or Woman): Sourcing Superior Talent
Each time you hire a new employee you potentially spend several million Euro. For example, a candidate currently earning €100,000 per year will cost your company about 6 million Euro over a 30 year working career when fully loaded employment … Continue reading
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If At First You Don’t succeed…Then quit
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.” W. C. Fields The flight to Faro was particularly bumpy. High above the Bay of Biscay we were bouncing … Continue reading
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HR’s Role in Building High Performance Organizations
Back in my GE days, the Finance Director was skeptical about the merits of the HR function which he labeled the‘Health and Happiness Department.’ He honestly didn’t believe that HR added any value. It was part of his worldview that social … Continue reading
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Direct Working Relationships: Explaining Your Non-Union Philosophy to Staff
Way back in ancient history (1980’s) I was a student in Trinity College. At the time the ‘hot topic’ in Human Resources was negotiations and I wanted to understand that area. Under the tutalage of Dr. Charles McCarthy – who … Continue reading
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Confessions of a Consultant 