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re: CV lies and interview technique | The Apprentice

Andrew Mitchell — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:32:30 GMT

Tomi, there is an interesting survey by a company called Powerchex that you can have a look at (just type 'powerchex' into google and its on their homepage - annual survey '08 or something like that).

In relation to the above, women are about one third more likely to lie on their CV than men (although there is arguement to suggest that they often hide a poor credit history as a result of a divorce out of embarrasment and this has an impact).

Junior employees are more likely to lie than senior ones, and unsurprisingly non-graduates are more likely to lie than grads.

If you want more info then take a look at the survey mentioned above. Hope this helps!!! :) A

The power of love | is it in the staff handbook?

Career management — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:47:20 GMT

The number of relationships at work seems to be eclipsed only by the number of surveys telling us how

The power of love | is it in the staff handbook?

Career management — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:47:19 GMT

The number of relationships at work seems to be eclipsed only by the number of surveys telling us how

re: Change management | change in business

Jodi Goldman — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:06:17 GMT

Hi Scott,

Thanks for that. I agree, but can you explain a bit more about how to give people permission to let go of the past?

Kind regards

Jodi

re: Change management | change in business

Scott McArthur — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:22:34 GMT

One other tip - give people permission to let go of the past. By doing this you break the psychological contract with what is current and people feel able to move forward knowing that they wont suffer as a consequence.

re: Coaching | business coaching and mentoring

Scott McArthur — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:18:53 GMT

One of the key issues in this area is that there is not a recognised professional qualification for coaching - I know some exist but the standard is pretty varied. As a consequence we have a proliferation of life coaches out there who read a book once and now they are in business...no wonder people get annoyed and write plays about it!

As for coaching....when done well it can be very effective. In my current corporate role I coach many of our senior sales executives on presentation, message delivery, presence etc and the demand is enormous!

If you need proof...that well known golfer who's name sounds like a big cat has 5 coaches at any one time 3 "life" and 2 golf....enuff said

re: Discrimination | against a Christian registrar: do religious beliefs "trump" gay rights?

Ian Buckingham — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:24:07 GMT

A great post about one of the contemporary "elephants in the room". The implications of this case are going to be wide reaching. You mention members of the medical profession Daniel. I would point to the humble shop assistant and can foresee situations where shop staff refuse to serve customers on similar grounds. We're already seeing customer contact staff hiding behind legislation in the face of mounting customer complaints.

There's a clear link between your post and the post on knife crime. I believe both situations are linked into the authenticity debate vs a misinterpretation of the drive for respecting diversity and individual human rights.

An authentic organisation, or society for that matter, isn't by definition a universally popular one. What it is, however, is explicit and very clear about its prevailing values or constitution.

Employees and customers alike then have a straight choice to make based upon how their personal values fit with the values of the society/organisation they are considering joining ,(provided they are clear what both sets of values are).

In the Ladele case, the requirements of the job are entirely explicit and, in my view, as the nature of the job changed in response to legislation and came into conflict with her personal values, she ufortunately had two clear choices; either to leave and seek a role more in tune with her Christian values or to trump her personal values for the greater good and try and influence from within (many people choose to do this when they go to work every day - ask many working parents, for example).

It will be fascinating to see how the consequences of this ruling manifest themselves in the wider workplace and whether, indeed, it is upheld at Appeal.

Step up consumer power | The filth columnist

CSR — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:34:41 GMT

TFC has been caught passing a little bit too much judgement in an earlier column 'Letting off steam'

Step up consumer power | The filth columnist

CSR — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:34:37 GMT

TFC has been caught passing a little bit too much judgement in an earlier column 'Letting off steam'

re: Coaching | business coaching and mentoring

Ian Buckingham — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:22:30 GMT

Jazzy article Helen!

We've recruited our partners from a wide array of walks of life from former circus and gymnastics performers through to theatre doctors and boring old consultantancy and agency folk! We employ techniques as diverse as Forum Theatre through to NLP when working with individuals and groups or tailor management development programmes to the bespoke needs of participants. We also run courses: www.melcrum.com/.../facilitation.shtml

Have a look at www.by2w.co.uk for more details.

Ian

re: Coaching | business coaching and mentoring

Lindy Cozens — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:59:09 GMT

Hi - yes we at The Coach House are currently running a Leading Excellence Programme which is essentially taking a group of willing individuals through a programme to develop their coaching skills so that they can go out into their organisation and coach others in the softer skills. The firm in question also runs business and technical skills coaching alongside our programme.

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What's your communication culture | and who cares?

Communication — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:32:39 GMT

Name of column: The CEO is dead, long live the CEO Contributor: Ian Buckingham , founder of www.by2w

CSR & social justice | HR Carnival #38

CSR — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:23:20 GMT

I’m currently attending a five month emerging leadership training programme ( RealEdge ) through an international

CSR & social justice | HR Carnival #38

CSR — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:19:46 GMT

I’m currently attending a five month emerging leadership training programme ( RealEdge ) through an international