I met the Prime Minister

I’m not a big fan of politics (with a big or small ‘p’), or of politicians, but when I was asked this week to attend an event to discuss the economic future of the region – that IS something I am interested in. So I went to what was the old St Johns College (now […]

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Woman’s Hour

This morning I was on Woman’s Hour with Jenny Murray. The other guest speaker was Laurie Cohen, who has written a book tracking women’s thoughts about their careers over 17 years and finding out if their career aspirations have come to fruition. Jenny asked me why I had always known I wanted to run my […]

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Recruiting Leaders In Your Business Using Uncommon Sense

When hiring new staff for your business, how often do you recruit with a view to recruiting leaders of the future? I was at a networking event last week at MMU (“no really Carole – you …networking??  Don’t believe it” I hear you say)  Actually I hosted an event at MMU for the Chamber this […]

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Trying to hire the right staff? Read “Think and Grow Rich” Today

Have you read Napoleon Hills Book – Think and Grow Rich?  If not you have missed out. Go buy it – or in fact – drop in to beResources  office in Spring Gardens in about a week and ask me for one – my FD and me have written a foreword for the book and […]

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How to Treat Your New Recruit

As I mentioned we have been hiring recently and one of our new people is starting on Monday – which prompted me to think about the issues of, and the importance of, employee induction. Of course it’s important – and everybody knows that – don’t they?   But how well thought out are most inductions, do […]

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