Going ROWE – an answer to today’s work place Talent ‘engagement’ issues

I have a keen interest in working environments, culture and engagement within them and how we tackle the huge disconnects of modern day living and outdated work system beliefs. The solution I found and subsequently implemented at Xpand was ROWE. My next few posts will therefore take a look back at this journey of discovery […]

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Quality/Cost

Having just read a great article by Howard Adamsky on the importance of speed in hiring, with which I couldn’t agree more (and I would apply it to speed in most things in business really), it got me thinking about the argument of “Quality”. As he says, quality MUST be taken as a given when […]

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CampaignAsia Interview

Recently CampaignAsia ran an article on Talent in the media and advertising agencies, which I was asked to contribute towards. Below is a copy of the interview I gave, an excerpt of which was used in the article. (The full online version of the article can be viewed here) Do you have any statistics on […]

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I’ve just started a new job but don’t get on with my boss, should I quit?

Of course most people have met with their future boss during the interview process so presumably there has been some cohesion between the two of you at some point before accepting the role. Not getting on with someone can be based on a complex variety of many things. Do you disagree with their professional decisions? […]

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