March 08 Newsletter

Worth a ponder...!

Our MD, Nikki Beaumont recently attended a 3 day national growth summit. Here are a few key questions that Nikki picked up at the summit that certainly got her thinking, especially in the wake of this candidate short market!

Would you enthusiastically re-hire your team?
Do you know the 3 reasons why your Top Performers come to work?
Do you hire Managers or Leaders?
Do your staff (and you) know the 5 key critical outcomes that they need to achieve to be considered successful in their role
What are we doing to de-motivate our people?

And of course, if you would like any help or advice relating to the recruitment of a team you would want to "enthusiastically re-hire... " then call us! ;-)

Jump start your fitness!

Feeling like it’s time to get fit, but fed up with the usual treadmill/cross trainer routine?

Or are you just plain bored with your current fitness programme?

Then check out Jump Start Outdoor Fitness www.jumpstartoutdoor.com

Highly recommened by the staff here, Jump Start provides a fun and fresh way to fitness for all levels. Come with a friend, join a small group, or have your own personal trainer. See the website for further information!

Women perform better than men in new companies

By Dr Adam Fraser

I recently came across from fascinating research from Harvard University by Professor Boris Groysberg. For years he has been studying the characteristics of high performers. In a new study her looked at what happened when you took a high performer from one organization and placed them in a new organization. What he found is that male high performers saw a dramatic decline in performance. Specifically 46% of top male performers saw a 20% decrease in performance. Incidentally this did not recover within the 5 year study period. The only exception to this was the female top performers, when they moved to another organization their performance stayed stable and tended to increase.

Why?

Boris looked into this in more detail, what he found is that the females in the study were often denied access to internal peer groups in the male dominated industry. In a nut shell they were excluded from the "boys club". With few people to network with who did they form relationships with?

Their customers and suppliers!

The result was that while their internal network was weak their external network was incredibly strong. In comparison their male colleagues had a very strong internal network however their external network was lacking.

Which network is portable? Internal or external?

Of course the external ones! While the males said goodbye to their close co-workers, the females took their network to the next company.

In this time of rapid staff turn over which is the most valuable employee?

What are you doing about your external network and how portable is it??

You can find out more about Dr Adam Fraser and his work at www.energyfactory.com.au

Timesheets online

Did you know we have an online timesheet system? If you use temporary staff through Beaumont Consulting, they can submit a timesheet online for your approval which will come straight into your inbox. Not only does the online timesheet system ensure we receive the timesheets, it also helps to eliminate fraudulent timesheets. And remember, we need all timesheets approved by 11am on Mondays to process payroll...

It also means that both your invoices and the accepted timesheets will be in your inbox, making matching the timesheets to the invoices much easier!

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We hope you have enjoyed the March Newsletter.