Steven Lock, Author at FutureTHINK!

Are You a Leader or a Manager?

Are you a Leader or a Manager? If you are in-charge of a team of people, then should you function as a Leader or a Manager? The differentiation between Leadership and Management was started by Professor John

The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Interviewing / Leadership & Management / No Comments / March 17, 2015

When an employee resigns and leaves your organisation, do you know the real reasons why? There are literally dozens of reasons why employees leave an organisation. Some of the reasons could include poor working conditions, poor

Why Character References Don’t Work and What You Should Do Instead

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Interviewing / Personality / Strategy / No Comments / March 10, 2015

Do you perform Character Reference checks on your job candidates? Not too long ago, an ex-colleague of mine asked me to be his character referee for a job he was applying for. I agreed as I

Why Half of ex-GE Executives Created Great Value While the Other Half Actually Destroyed Value

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Leadership & Management / Organisation Culture / Strategy / 2 Comments / March 3, 2015

Recently in an article “Not All Leaders Are Created Equal” Dr Daniel Goleman cited a study that was conducted by Professor Groysberg and Nitin Nohria from Harvard on GE Alumini. As most of us probably

How to @%$^* your team up: 3 Sure-Fire Ways to Send Your Team to the Bottom of the Heap

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Leadership & Management / No Comments / February 24, 2015

There are so many articles out there talking about what you should do to be a better leader, motivate your team and get them to be more productive. I have also written some posts and

The Case for Personality Assessments for Board Members (HBR)

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Personality / No Comments / February 17, 2015

I recently came across an interesting article from Harvard Business Review (HBR) in which the author proposes personality assessments for Board Members. The author of the article writes: “the President of the New York Federal Reserve

Are You a Narcissist?

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Personality / No Comments / February 10, 2015

Are you a Narcissist? Perhaps not. But I’m sure many of us have worked with or encountered narcissists sometime during our working life. Perhaps you may be working with one today. It doesn’t matter if that

The One Thing You Can Do to Improve Team Performance

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Leadership & Management / Organisation Culture / No Comments / February 3, 2015

Why do most teams and organisations under-perform? Even if you hired all the right people into your team, your team might still under-perform because of one reason. When I say “under-perform” I mean the teams or

10 Things You Can Do to Maximise Employee Engagement & Minimise Attrition

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Interviewing / Personality / 2 Comments / January 27, 2015

Have you heard of Stay Interviews? A Stay Interview is the exact opposite of an Exit Interview. A Stay Interview is defined as a regular conversation with your employees so as to maximise the “stay rate” of

How to Identify the Right Candidate in Under One Hour

by Steven Lock / Blogs / Interviewing / 2 Comments / January 20, 2015

In this crazy, fast-paced world we live in today, we want things done fast, cheap and good. It is no different in the recruiting and hiring world. Most HR Professionals and Hiring Managers I have encountered

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