by Martin Goodwill | Oct 29, 2025 | blog posts
An uncomfortable truth has emerged from the last few ‘roller coaster’ years – we’ve lost the ability (if we ever had it) to predict the future. None of the self-proclaimed “future of work” experts foresaw events such as (and this is NOT an exhaustive list): The...
by Martin Goodwill | Sep 3, 2025 | blog posts
It’s not difficult to see why many small businesses believe psychometric assessments aren’t for them (or don’t really know what they are). They’re not HR ‘experts’ and the HR advisors they choose, to LOOK AFTER these things for them, will often not introduce the...
by Martin Goodwill | Aug 6, 2025 | blog posts
I’m calling BS on all the people who think that once you know what generation someone comes from, and then consult a useful summary chart (like the one below), and treat your staff accordingly, you’ve “cracked” the generation game (Good Game, Good Game – IYKYK). DOES...
by Martin Goodwill | Jun 8, 2025 | blog posts
We’ve all seen the ‘50% off’ SALE signs. They usually apply to the products a company sells. But, for too many businesses, it actually applies to the salesforce they employ – ‘50% off’ their sales effort. At least 50% of their sales team is...
by Martin Goodwill | May 6, 2025 | blog posts
Remember ‘sheep dip’ training? Some of you may remember it better than others – perhaps because it’s still happening where you are. Organisations are spending huge amounts of money on training that, while it might work for some employees, misses the mark with most of...
by Martin Goodwill | Apr 30, 2025 | blog posts
How long does it take you to realise you recruited the wrong person? 3 months? 6 months? 12? 18? You probably don’t know because we don’t tend to look too closely at things that didn’t go well, especially when no one else is looking at them!! And we make all kinds of...
