Category Archives: Leadership

Recruiting: Do You Have Good Listening Skills?

Posted on March 31, 2016 by AndrewPetrick

From NPAWorldwide by Veronica Scrimshaw Great Dialogue in our business is the cornerstone of our craft. And great dialogue has four distinct elements; Probing, Listening, Responding, and Alignment. These four elements are like the chambers of the heart; each section … Continue reading →

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Future Success Depends on Finding The Right Talent Searchers

Posted on December 31, 2015 by AndrewPetrick

From “The Savage Truth” by Chris Savage The future of agency recruitment is all about the battle for candidates. Not so much clients. Talent is the epicentre of competitive advantage. Candidate identification will get easier and easier. Candidate recruiting and … Continue reading →

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Humility – The Key to Leadership

Posted on March 31, 2015 by AndrewPetrick

Author Jim Collins (Good to Great & How the Mighty Fall) has given us a useful leadership model in his July 2001 & 2005 Harvard Business Review article: “Level 5 Leadership -The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve”. It is … Continue reading →

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Hire Right, Because the Penalties of Hiring Wrong Are Huge

Posted on February 19, 2015 by AndrewPetrick

Learn more Ray Dalio appeared on the annual Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. According to Forbes, he is the 30th richest person in America and the 69th richest person in the world with … Continue reading →

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Simple Works Best

Posted on November 30, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

We believe that in most cases there is no secret sauce that will produce untold success… rather it seems to us that success is found in doing the fundamentals very well. Success is a combination of (1) skill or know-how, … Continue reading →

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Disciplined Collaboration

Posted on October 2, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

Disciplined Collaboration stands on two fundamentals: (1) properly assessing when to collaborate and when not to, (2) instilling in our staff both the willingness and the ability to collaborate on the high-value projects we choose as worthy. There are three … Continue reading →

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Collaboration Defined

Posted on September 1, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

Collaboration can be defined as a cross functional meeting of the minds towards a common purpose and goal, and most importantly, towards a specific end result. By cross functional we mean people of different professions or disciplines, different departments or … Continue reading →

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The First Step to Collaboration

Posted on August 31, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

What Happens to Collaboration? If only we could cooperate together better at work, it just might be a better place to have fun and be more productive. But as we all know collaboration doesn’t come easy anywhere, anytime. Do you … Continue reading →

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Executive Search – A Key to Success

Posted on July 31, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

We can say what we like about all the bells and whistles in our company: we know our core competencies we know why our product sells so well, and how great our services are, but what really makes our company … Continue reading →

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Why the Big Boys Fall !

Posted on May 29, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

What happens when stakeholder requirements are ignored by big companies already known for its innovation? Just being good at the moment is not enough to stay on top of an industry. New ideas must continue to be sought out and … Continue reading →

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