Archive for October 2022

What’s the ideal praise-to-criticism ratio to keep your newbie motivated? 🥪 We’ve all head of the *ahem* sandwich metaphor for delivering feedback, which is a 2-1 ratio of praise-to-criticism – 💡 However studies have shown that for every feedback that could be perceived as negative or an area of improvement, we need to give 5…

SMART goals – how often do we achieve them or feel energised by doing so? I know for myself, despite the fact that SMART goals are important & helpful, in years past I’ve ‘pasted’ them on simply because I needed to set a goal… …and I had little motivation to work towards what I’d come…

Candidate dropouts You’ve finally secured the perfect candidate to join your team and they’re all set to start in 10 days’ time. But it comes to the day before and they decide to turn to other opportunities, for the simple reason and feeling we all know ourselves – FOMO. In a competitive market where candidates…