Smart Hiring Guide and Checklist for Small Businesses
If you are strugggling to hire smart and for the skills you need for future business growth, check out our guide, checklist and planner below. Designed to help you to avoid the pitfalls in recruitment and work through a tried and tested process, you can create an accurate smart hiring plan in line with your needs. It considers:- What capabilities do we need, and when and where do we need them?
- What is a role analysis and how do I drill down to what talent I need?
- How do I explore "fit" in a small, but growing company?
- While I don't need entrepreneurs, I need people with intrapreneurial thinking and traits. How do I know what to look for?
- What do I do if someone meets some, but not all, of my selection criteria?
- Your Complete Guide to Behavioural Interviews (with form)
Behavioural interviewing can be hit and miss. This behavioural interview guide is the ideal accompaniment to the smart hiring guide. It takes you on a step-by-step basis through a competency-based interview, with competency descriptions, questions that draw upon specific examples, and the standards you need to measure against. It considers:
What preparation is required for a competency-based interview?
What initial questions do I need?
What question do I need to ask to probe at a deeper level?
How do I use "procedural suggestion" in the right way?
How do I use the STAR technique to best effect?
What behavioural standards should I be mindful of?
How do I analyse the information I have and then rate it?
What potential derailers may I face and what do I do about them?
Online Courses
With our e-learning, you join an exclusive community of people who want to learn about growing themselves, and their businesses.
"Good to Great" Course Series
Driving Engagement in the Workplace
Mission: Culture + Careers + Values + Productivity
How do you create a culture to respect all workers and drive productivity in this competitive age, especially as the workforce changes? Your human resources are your best asset and a lack of engagement can be a drain on your profits. Compete with the best and take a deep dive into workplace issues by using our "Good to Great" Series for operational managers and supervisors.
"Skills Update" Course Series
Equipping Employees with Skills & Tools
Mission: Engage + Educate + Empower
The "Skills Update" Series is designed to help those exploring career change, progression, the ability to manage self and communicate and influence effectively, given the demands of the modern business world. Any employee, from those in first roles, to leaders, can complete these courses.
"How to..." Course Series
Driving Leadership Performance
Mission: Coach + Collaborate + Transform
Combine current leadership thinking with a practical twist to rework your leadership style. Resolve the key issues within your company with our "How to..." Series, linked to transformational leadership competencies.
"Build It" Course Series
Releasing Entrepreneurial Spirit
Mission: Clear Vision + Solutions = Customer Gratitude + Growth
Explore the DNA of an entrepreneur. Whether you are already in business-start up mode, or thinking of starting a business, how do you get into the mindset of becoming a successful entrepreneur, and then stay there? Consider our "Build it" Series, to establish and sustain your mindset for success.
Testimonials
Our customers are delighted with our services!
Being a Leader - "How to Transform your Leadership Style" & "Coaching as a Leadership Style" - part of the "How to..." Series
Stefan M. Managing Director
"I never really classed myself as a leader - more of team worker, but now I know when to flex my style. Great courses, interesting content and the exercises made me dig deep!"
Quality and Value Combined - MBTI Team Profile & Feedback & Company-wide Subscription to Courses
Company Size - 14 employees
Multiple subscriptions helped a video production company to develop its employees, from the two Directors and two Supervisors to ten fairly new employees, mainly recent graduates and administrative employees. The team MBTI profile and feedback helped to reinforce understanding of our team members as an added extra.
The "Build It" Series was terrific! Three Course "Build It" Bundle.
Solopreneur - in the first year of business
I feel as though I've been liberated. I put so much thought into processes, systems, and marketing for my consultancy - it's all been about 'just getting on with it', that I had neglected my own behaviour and how I needed to develop myself to reach peak performance. The coaching really helped, much more than I'd thought. Thank you for putting this together in such a clear format for someone as busy as myself!
Christine A.
Career Beliefs Inventory & Feedback, "Managing your Career & Progression" Course & Two Coaching Sessions
Course + Coaching + TLC = A Happy Customer
Joanna was one of our first on-line course participants and even though we'd piloted the course, we were keen to hear her thoughts. She needed some support after being out of the workplace for a while, so we worked with her to understand her goals. Our career coach understood her needs and ensured Joanna was on track a month after the coaching had finished. Our early bird course offer and coaching discount was a great help too. (July 2017)
Delivering Quality Solutions
Training Design - Coaching - 360 Feedback
We have demonstrable experience of working with SME enterprises - especially those with up to 250 employees, and we use our validated experience of working with larger companies. A sample of those can be seen here.
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