Blogs

Your bookshelf says a lot about you. And as a book lover, I enjoy scanning other people’s book collections to get a better sense of their interests. But whatever’s on

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been talking about how hard it’s becoming to attract and retain staff in certain industries. And now, like a bolt out of the blue,

In my last blog, I showed you that you have a strong financial incentive to get your hiring right – the first time. Recruiting new people is far more expensive

Everywhere I go at the moment I see signs proudly announcing, “We’re hiring.” My immediate thought? That’s great… but are you hiring the right people? You’ve heard the old adage about your

In my last blog, I mentioned that one of the railway companies I’m involved in lost their chef… He was poached (no pun intended) by another company, which doubled his

I was speaking to the owner of a beauty salon, who was trying to hire an aesthetician. “Even if I set up interviews with them, they don’t turn up,” she

Over the past few weeks I’ve become a lot more active on LinkedIn. I’ve noticed an enormous improvement in the quality of the posts since I was last heavily involved

“Garry, the podcasts you recommended sound great… Are they just for inspiration or do you actually learn anything from them?” One of my subscribers, Lee, sent me that question last

I used to be a big reader. (Well, a big-ish reader, anyway.) But nowadays? I’m all about the podcasts. The best ones are thought-provoking, amusing and often uplifting. I love

I know it’s August already, but today I want to talk about Christmas – in July! (How confusing is that?) Back in December, my family was very upset that we