Understanding your team's 'Stress Management' Levels
As most of Australia grapples with lockdowns, we are looking down the barrel of further business impacts, life disruptions, and for most, stress levels will be running high both at home and in the workplace. Once again, many employees will be required to be flexible, optimistic and resilient in an unpredictable and changing environment. And once again, employers are going to have to rely on their team’s emotional intelligence and resilience to cope under these unpredictable
The Importance of Onboarding - Setting People up For Success
A thorough recruitment process is often long and can be costly. A lot of work is put in to ensure organisations attract the right people for the job, screen out the one’s that don’t fit, and select the very best applicant. And yet, after all of this careful consideration, a great recruit can be spoiled by a poor onboarding process. The onboarding stage is no less important than the selection stage. As a hiring manager or leader, you want your new employee to feel relaxed in t
Setting SMEs up for Recruitment Success
For a small business it can be a bit daunting trying to compete with the bigger organisations for great talent. Larger corporates seem to have all the competitive advantages and funding to assist their search process. But there are ways for small businesses to compete and improve their recruitment processes to ensure they appeal to great candidates and more importantly find candidates that align with their business. We have put together some tips on how to improve your recrui
Psychometric Assessment – What Is It and How Can It Add Value?
At ICP we partner with a range of clients on candidate and employee assessment to help them get a three-dimensional view of their people. In the course of doing this, we are often asked about how to use the information provided by these assessments and translate this into effective recruitment decisions and development feedback. Psychometric Assessments used correctly are a powerful tool that can help inform your decision making when it comes to your people. With the right i
Building and Maintaining Your Personal & Organisational Resilience
This year we are continuing to hear from many of our clients that they’re feeling mentally and physically exhausted from work and life. It is not surprising with the constant demands of the day-to-day and many have not recovered from the significant impacts that covid-19 delivered in 2020 and continues to deliver to this day. Because this fatigue and exhaustion is so prevalent throughout our work with our clients, we are revisiting the topic of burnout and resilience. Resilie
