Steven Lock, Author at FutureTHINK!

There really are NO secrets to building High Performing Teams.

I recently posted the following on LinkedIn: ________ What are the secrets to a #highperforming #team? There really is no secret to building a high performing team. At the risk of making this sound too simplistic, here are 3

10 Ways to Improve Employee Motivation, Engagement and Passion

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Leadership & Management / Organisation Culture / Performance / Strategy / Team Building / No Comments / October 13, 2015

Looking to improve employee motivation, engagement and fire-up the passion of your employees? Over the last decade, a lot of things have been said about employee engagement, motivation and passion, and most leader know the “Whats”

7 Shocking Truths about Candidate Resumes

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Interviewing / No Comments / October 6, 2015

Did you know that a recent survey of 4000 employers in Singapore revealed that virtually all of them (99%) say they have between 10% to 50% bad hires in their organization? What this means is that

Being Busy Isn’t the Same as Being Productive

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Leadership & Management / Performance / No Comments / September 1, 2015

Research has found that people have a natural aversion to idleness: we’ll go out of our way to stay busy, even if we have to invent things to do. But being too busy can be

Do You Know How Much Your Bad Hires Are Costing You?

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Interviewing / Performance / No Comments / May 5, 2015

Do you know the true cost of a bad hire? Unfortunately, most of us don’t. If you did a search on Google, you will find all kinds of estimates and suggestions regarding the negative financial impact of

Candidates May Lie But Statistics Don’t Lie

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Interviewing / No Comments / April 28, 2015

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What HR & Hiring Managers Can Learn From Warren Buffett & Jim Rogers on Hiring the Right People

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Interviewing / Leadership & Management / Strategy / No Comments / April 21, 2015

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Do You Know How Your Leadership Styles Affect Your Team’s Performance?

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Leadership & Management / Performance / Team Building / No Comments / April 14, 2015

(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-36052328-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); setTimeout(“_gaq.push([‘_trackEvent’, ’15_seconds’, ‘read’])???,15000); Do you know how your Leadership Styles affect your team’s performance? This is a question that stumps most

Why is Personality an important consideration when making hiring decisions?

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Interviewing / Personality / No Comments / April 7, 2015

Some have asked me why personality is important when hiring. Some have even questioned if personality is an important consideration when hiring. I always answer with this question: “What type of persons do you like to work with?” And

In Remembrance of the late Mr. Lee Kuan Yew

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Interviewing / Leadership & Management / No Comments / March 31, 2015

Last week was a sombre week for Singapore. The entire nation literally came to a stand-still as the nation mourned the passing of our Founding Father of Modern Singapore, the late Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. Having

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