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Nov 05
Oct 24

Why Demonstrating Leadership Potential is Crucial for Interview Success

As you ascend the career ladder, landing a senior leadership position becomes about more than just highlighting your past experience. It's about proving you have the leadership potential to shape the future of an organisation. And here's the urgency: in today's competitive market, failing to showcase this potential effectively during... read more →
  • October 24, 2024
Oct 07
Sep 26

Top Tips for Demonstrating Strategic Vision and Leadership at Interview

Based on anecdotal feedback from many of my clients over the years, the most difficult aspect of a senior leader position interview is often demonstrating strategic vision and leadership capability. This challenge encompasses several critical areas that you will need to address effectively at interview. So how can you optimise... read more →
  • September 26, 2024
Sep 10
Aug 28

The Past, Present, and Future Model – Master Unstructured Interview Questions

Unstructured interviews can be challenging. Unlike structured competency based interviews, where questions are predefined and follow a specific order, unstructured interviews are more conversational and fluid. This flexibility can make it difficult to know how to respond effectively, especially when the questions are open-ended or vague. Even though there is... read more →
  • August 28, 2024
Aug 16

Competency Based Interviews versus Strength Based Interviews

Competency-based interviews and strength-based interviews are two distinct approaches used in recruitment and selection to assess candidates and enable a more informed decision by the recruiting company or organisation. Although competency based processes are more common you may find elements of strength based interviews being incorporated into processes as well.... read more →
  • August 16, 2024
Aug 14

The Performance Cycle

I had a long conversation with an candidate yesterday that was similar to many that I have every single week. The candidate was telling me that they had failed in a promotion interview process three times previously but had decided to give it one ‘last shot’. “Great!” I said. I... read more →
  • August 14, 2024
Apr 06

Tellin’ Stories

As you will know from our previous blogs (or if you have attended one of our masterclasses, online or 1:1 coaching sessions), having a plan is vital for success at your interview. We plan all our coaching around ‘The 3 Pillars of Success’ – Content, Structure and Delivery. Story telling is... read more →
  • April 6, 2023
Dec 12