Meet the new Director General of New Zealand Health
On Tuesday this week the Deputy State Services Commissioner announced the appointment of Dr Ashley Bloomfield as the new Director-General of Health and Chief Executive, Ministry of Health. “The Director-General of Health is a pivotal role leading a sector critical to the overall wellbeing of New…
22 Great Interview Questions for Health Executives
Interviewing health executives and senior managers is never about assessing competencies or evaluating skills. That’s done earlier in the recruiting process, particularly if you’ve engaged a capable executive search firm.
The Best CV’s Share These 5 Features
We get many requests for assistance with CV preparation and this short article will help answer your questions.
Meet the CEO – Vickie Kaminski
Vickie Kaminski is a change agent. Actually a pretty impressive one – politically and organisationally sharp, visionary, strategic, influential and has a way with people that gets them engaged. A communicator and listener but always seemingly clear about the direction of travel and the ultimate…
Creating your own talent intelligence – is this the right career move for me?
By Kevin Hardy Over the years I have been privileged to share conversations with countless senior executives, CEOs and up and coming leaders about the challenges of deciding how, when and what of their next career move. There is a checklist that I find helpful…
As 2014 begins ask yourself: Where’s the value in our hiring practices
One of the significant changes since the 2008 GFC is the relentless cost cutting and shift of management focus away from the value that is so critical to high impact hiring. During the recession there weren’t jobs to recruit to, however, as hiring has returned…
HR organisation: Is it killing recruitment strategy?
The image of who your organisation as an employer of choice needs an integrated approach that starts with how and who you select to implement your recruitment strategy. It involves key stakeholders of whom the Board and the the CEO are critical players, but equally…
Where is the next generation of leaders?
Systems have run down their stock of leadership talent over the last 15-20 years. The leadership development surge slowed down 15 years ago as other priorities came the fore. This has left us with a slow erosion of talent as people retired, sought alternative working…
Hiring Successful Leaders
By Rhodie Miller The hiring and replacing of leaders plays an integral part in the operational success of any organisation and, in turn, its longevity. The leader of an organisation promotes it, guides its vision and directs employees to ensure a cohesive culture; therefore the…
I done right “Specializn”
Yesterday a client commented to my colleague, “Only you guys could ever pull off something like this”. Within 48 hours my colleague had given him a field of four experienced, highly effective leaders for a significant CEO contract position. The week before another colleague had…