Posts by Alyssa@maydayrecruitment.com

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…