Does your place in the family pecking order impact on your personality? Is it possible that being born first...
Jackie Prendergast
Jackie Prendergast is a dynamic and focused HR and business professional with over 15 years experience in both public and private sector environments. She is a firm believer in the concept of delivering excellence through, and with people and strongly supports an ethos of continuous learning and development in the achievement of goals. Jackie established her own HR & Management Consulting practice - Consulting Excellence - in 2007. Working primarily with SMEs and private clients Jackie provides a range of HR advice, support and services. She has written a number of articles on C.V. preparation and Interview Skills as well as a short Interview Guide (E-book). She is also a business mentor with Dublin City Enterprise Board’s Mentor Panel. In addition Jackie runs an online network for SMEs (and consultants / service providers operating in that space) on LinkedIn - SME Links Ireland.
Posts by Jackie Prendergast:
Inspiration overload?
by on March 17th, 2010
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We all have great ideas. The trouble is we often don't get to develop them because we simply don't remember what they were. How can you harness those ideas?
Forget recession proofing, it is time for recovery proofing! 8 strategies to help get you and your people ready
by on February 17th, 2010
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Lots of business owners and CEOs alike got caught on the hop by this recession. There is every likelihood that those same business owners and CEOs will again be caught on the hop by the upturn when it comes...
Recruitment – 10 key steps to getting the right person, first time!
by on January 26th, 2010
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Recruiting the right person for the job is a very serious business. One which even the most experienced managers and business people can get wrong. And that mistake can be extremely costly. Here are 10 key steps to helping you get it right, first time.
Business planning - is it just a paper exercise?
by on January 9th, 2010
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Lots of people write business plans and then leave them to gather dust. Others run a mile from the very notion of a business plan. But is it just a paper exercise or what is it all about? Do you really need one and iIs there a simple way of approaching it?
“There is nothing as queer as folk” – Small business and team dynamics
by on December 3rd, 2009
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You will be aware that people don’t always get along together, don’t always gel. There is often conflict and clashes of personality and within groups regularly there is confusion about...
An interviewer's perspective: where does it all go wrong?
by on December 1st, 2009
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Having interviewed a lot of people over the years I have seen lots of interviews go wrong. Here are just some of the things that you should try to avoid!
Rewarding poor performers - are you guilty?
by on November 24th, 2009
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Do you reward under-performance? It may sound strange but it is a regular occurence in organisations. And of course the problem is that we don't think about it as "rewarding" and we certainly don't consider the impact it has on our high performers.
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