Leadership: Why we all need to start thinking, and acting, ‘like a boss’
I have a question for every professional reading this: Do you consider yourself a leader? If your answer to that was “No”, it might be time to re-think how you approach your job and your career. Acting like a leader should not just be left to managers and senior leaders. Personally, I’ve never been a…
Career Progression: How to become a manager when you haven’t managed before
After a few years in junior to mid-level roles, you might have reached a point where you want to become a people manager. Yet how do you show that you are capable of becoming a people manager when you don’t have experience managing a team? Even without past management experience, what’s important is that you…
Leadership: Business scenarios: the most important leadership strengths
The most important leadership strengths for four different business scenarios A politician achieves mass popularity due to a strong vision of the future, but fails to deliver on key promises. A football coach leads a struggling team to victory, but gets fired the next season as the team can’t maintain their winning streak. A manager…
Psychometric tests: What is a psychometric test?
Employers, click here for candidate assessment. As organisations place more emphasis on cultural fit, psychometric assessments are becoming more common during the selection process. Psychometric tests examine an individual’s capabilities and preferences, to provide data that can help assess a candidate’s “fit” for a role and organisation. At Hudson, we emphasise the importance of having…
Hiring: Employee retention: why staff leave
Employee retention: what managers need to know about why staff leave Employers beware: data shows that many new staff members leave before they even finish settling in. Every manager shares the same goal with new hires: that the hire will not only fill a key gap in the team but slide neatly into the broader…
Career Progression: A professional development plan: why?
Why you need a professional development plan? How a professional development plan can assist your career planning A great career doesn’t just happen by itself. Like anything else you want to achieve in life, a successful career takes time, effort and most importantly, planning, to get right. For that reason, a professional development plan in…
Job Interviews: Body language tips for your next job interview
Has anyone ever told you to “smile, it’s not that bad” when you thought you were looking perfectly pleasant? Maybe you have a nervous twitch or tic that you don’t even know about? When it comes to job interviews, you need to be aware of just what your body language is saying – because it…
Hiring: Hiring for cultural fit: why managers get it wrong
Hiring for cultural fit: why managers find it so hard and get it wrong so often I’m sure we can all think of a time we’ve worked with someone who wasn’t a good cultural fit. For hiring managers, you might even think of a specific person who you hired with high hopes, who turned out…