by Emma Fletcher | Dec 3, 2014 | Zena Everett's Blog
You may feel like you deserve to be promoted next year, but how do you demonstrate that you are really worthy of promotion, perhaps ahead of your peers? You may have the numbers to back up your claim – quantifiable performance measures that show consistent delivery –...
by Emma Fletcher | Nov 3, 2014 | Zena Everett's Blog
It’s coming up for annual review season again. You and your direct reports are probably as keen as each other to get it over with, so you can get back to ‘proper’ work. Your team may have been with you for so long that you feel embarrassed to do...
by Emma Fletcher | Aug 31, 2014 | Zena Everett's Blog
Three reasons why your star performers will leave you. Returning to work after the holidays is bad enough without having to worry about who might ask you for a ‘quiet word’ in order to hand in their notice. I don’t want to cause any paranoia, but if that resonates...
by Emma Fletcher | Aug 8, 2014 | Zena Everett's Blog
Over-controlling managers may produce great short-term results by constantly getting involved in decision making that is way below their job title. However, this is to the ultimate detriment of their own professional development as well as that of their team’s. No one...
by Emma Fletcher | Jun 17, 2014 | Zena Everett's Blog
Career changers and job seekers are swamped with information and advice on the ‘right’ way to go about finding a new role. Much of this is anecdotal, or based on out-of-date research more relevant to graduate entry jobs. It’s a bit of a minefield and somehow...
by Emma Fletcher | Mar 7, 2014 | Zena Everett's Blog
Research shows that traditional biographical interviews have low effectiveness in predicting a candidate’s performance. An interview by an untrained interviewer may be no more effective a selection tool than a handwriting assessment. Consequently, many...
