Taking a strength based approach to recruitment
Recruiting high performers into role is much more difficult than it appears at first. The true cost of the wrong hire is not just...
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elisecope5
- Sep 7
- 3 min
Celebrity Leadership - what happens when strengths are overplayed.
In the media driven world that we live in many leaders are in the spotlight, displaying the characteristics that we associate with great...
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Elise Cope
- Aug 9
- 6 min
Precision Development - Part Two
In our previous blog post we explored the ‘what’ and the ‘who’ to develop (https://www.gfbgroup.com/post/precision-development-part-one )...
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Elise Cope
- Aug 3
- 4 min
Precision development - Part One
As the major implications of the pandemic finally ease off, organisations are starting to cautiously breathe again. However, now more...
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Elise Cope
- Jul 27
- 3 min
Power of Data - Recruitment is more than Role Play
Finding individuals with the right drive, motivation, values, ability and skills to help your organisation succeed is a complicated...
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Abigail Clayton
- Jul 6
- 1 min
Recruitment - doesn't need to be as painful as a bad blind date.....
Recruitment is tough, it's never been easy. Like searching for the perfect date, finding individuals with the right drive, motivation,...
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Abigail Clayton
- Jun 22
- 5 min
Fuelling Success: The Power of Motivation and Values
The pandemic brought about significant changes to the way people work and view their careers. Even before COVID hit many individuals were...
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Elise Cope
- Jun 14
- 2 min
Assessments - Accessible to All & Ahead of AI
At GFB we are constantly looking at ways to improve our technology to make it easy for every candidate to access our tools and thwart any...
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Elise Cope
- Jun 1
- 8 min
What is the optimum feedback scale?
This guide is written in response to the many queries received from both L&D and HR professionals who use data to help manage their...
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Elise Cope
- May 25
- 2 min
Death of the job, long live skills
We are experiencing one the greatest, and fastest, periods of change since the industrial revolution. Where, how and why we work are...
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Abigail Clayton
- May 11
- 3 min
Potential......
“someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed” We are regularly asked how to identify and assess potential. Given the...
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Abigail Clayton
- Apr 12
- 3 min
Assessing and supporting Neurodiverse Talent
The global diversity movement has brought with it an increased awareness of the importance and strengths of individual differences. One...
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Abigail Clayton
- Mar 28
- 4 min
How to make 360 feedback really work!
Having overseen the implementation of over 30,000 360 feedback surveys across over 1000s of different organisations I have learned a lot,...
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Elise Cope
- Mar 16
- 4 min
Leadership in volatile times
Quiet quitting and changing ways of working, alongside uncertain political, economic and social environments, are just some of the...
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Abigail Clayton
- Mar 8
- 4 min
Can chatbots really pass the Watson Glaser?
At GFB we are always assessing the impact of new technologies on the capability and security of the testing solutions we provide. This is...
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Elise Cope
- Feb 23
- 5 min
Wrong People in the Wrong Position
Is it wrong to be vaguely addicted to the ever expanding egos on The Apprentice 2023? They seem to have an epic ignorance of each other's...
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Elise Cope
- Feb 16
- 1 min
Talent is Tough
Identifying and developing talent it tough, and it’s not getting any easier. 360 surveys, done right, are a great way to find, retain and...
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ailidhwatson
- Feb 9
- 4 min
How data can develop diversity
The working environment has changed dramatically over the last few years, and continues to do so at pace. It is understandable that any...
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Abigail Clayton
- Jan 19
- 4 min
Identifying behavioural strengths to drive development
Here at GFB, we have been designing and running behavioural assessments for over 20 years, helping thousands of people to benefit from...
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