How to spot a team player in an interview

The interviewing process can be stressful for both recruiting managers and candidates, after all, recruiting managers are trying to dissect every aspect of a candidate’s experience and personality during a short conversation. 

When interviewing for a role, hiring managers will have in mind the particular skills and qualities that they are looking for in an ideal candidate. Some of these can be more specific but there are a number of more broad and regularly desirable skills that crop up on a hiring managers ‘must-have’ list. Time and time again, being a ‘team player’ will be a significantly important trait that is sought after.

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8 Daily Habits of Successful Leaders

If your inbox and meeting schedule is dominating your working life here are some habits adopted by successful leaders that enable them to retain a fresh perspective and intellectual edge.

1. Get out in the field – Management by walking about tends to illicit far more accurate information than reports and spreadsheets. Making time to get out to network and expose yourself to new individuals and experience can really help to inspire new ideas and creative solutions.

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5 Steps to Better Meetings

 
Do you find that some meetings sap your energy, achieve little and leave you feeling frustrated? It shouldn’t be this way. It is estimated that up to 25% of all working time is wasted in unnecessary meetings, so how can you make sure that your meetings are oozing productivity?

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The 5 Ps of Team Away Days

The season for team away days is nearly upon us. Here are a few tips to ensure your next day out of the office is a success….

Pay Fewer People More

I have visited a number of businesses recently where staff are paid the living wage. With the cost of living rising exponentially the future is looking especially bleak for these hard working people. It is no wonder that workplace engagement is nose diving.

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5 Things to Expect From a Facilitator

Imagine you are planning an important meeting, your first priority might be the agenda, followed by attendees and the venue. No doubt dietary requirements will raise their head along with a host of other minutiae.

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Is Your Top Team the Top Team?

In common with most teams, Exec groups are not immune from internal squabbles, differing ambitions and ‘artistic differences’.

Is this okay? Does it matter more at the top than elsewhere in the organisation? Is discord more prevalent amongst senior teams.

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Icebreakers! Valuable relational tool or Cringe Making Waste of Time?

How do you feel when you see that the agenda for the next team away day starts with an icebreaker?  Does a knot form in your stomach or does a smile form on your face?

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The 3 key types of interpersonal communication to master

As we head into 2022 many will be heading back into offices and with that comes a host of communication needs and requirements that you will have to consider.

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3 great team building adventures that won’t break the bank

When managers and company owners are trying to come up with ways to get the team away from the desks and have fun cost can sometimes be a preventative factor, particularly if you are working from a budget. it is a reality of life in business that sometimes you will have to factor in costs just as much as you factor in fun! That is why we have compiled a list of 3 great team building activities that whilst not too formal, will still provide great fun for your team who will likely see an increase in morale.

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