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The 11 Aspects of Leadership Failure –“The Dark Sides of Personality”
According to Geoff Trickey, Managing Director of PCL Ltd, current affairs and history demonstrate both bright and dark sides to personality. The bright sides are the “polished, social aspects” of our...
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My Business Psychology Intern Experience at Zircon
After finishing my MSc in Social and Organisational Psychology at the University of Exeter I started researching business psychology consultancies. As soon as I came across Zircon I was sure that this...
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Managing HR in a mid-sized company: A thankless task or exciting opportunity
Managing HR in the mid-sized business: Thankless task or exciting opportunity?’ a report both Amanda Potter and Jacky Griffiths contributed to. While published by Source for Consulting this report...
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My Zircon Internship
At the conclusion of my Msc, I felt relieved that I had managed to survive the course, proud of all that I had accomplished and excited for the future ahead of me. I prepared myself for my graduation...
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How do you turnaround an organisation to create business success?
In this current climate Zircon are being asked by our clients “How do you turnaround an organisation to create business success?” According to Kanter, a professor of Business Administration at Harvard...
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Are IQ tests ‘fundamentally flawed’?
As stated yesterday in the ‘Independent’ the largest single study into human cognition found that the notion that intelligence can be measured by IQ tests alone is a ‘fallacy’. The research by...
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DOP Conference – The Future of Talent Management
On the 11th January 2013 at the DOP Conference at the Crowne Plaza in Chester, Dr Amanda Potter will be giving a talk on research surrounding Talent Management and the key findings from our 2012...
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The Leadership Pipeline: Seven Key Transitional Steps from Employee to CEO
At Zircon we believe in supporting our clients with sound advice based on psychological knowledge on how to develop and grow leaders from within the organisation rather than being bought externally....
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HRD Conference 2013: Are Competencies Dead? The Case for Capabilities,...
If you unable to attend the conference on the 30th January 2013, Dr Amanda Potter will also reveal her research on talent management strategies on 24th April 2013. The research suggests that...
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Are Competency Interviews valid for Graduate Assessment?
Within Zircon, we have a keen interest on whether or not competency or capability assessment is enough, or should we also look at how organisations can assess and develop strengths at work? A recent...
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The Role of Stress or ‘Eustress’ in Coaching for Performance
An article, recently written in the Harvard Business Review (Schwartz, 2012) addressed the importance of stress and pressure, in order to encourage development and enable individuals to reach their...
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Are Competencies Dead? A Case for Values, Capabilities
Within Zircon, Dr Amanda Potter and her team of Occupational Psychologists are finding that more and more organisations are looking to adopt a values or strengths-based recruitment process. We are...
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My Occupational Psychology Work Experience with Zircon
After completing my degree in Psychology with Sport Science at University of Exeter, I set myself the challenge of securing an internship or work experience with practicing Psychologists to support my...
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Universities no longer advertising free unpaid internships and work placements
At Zircon we strongly believe in the wealth of experience that internships and work experience placements can bring to the future careers of students which is why we welcome students into our...
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Dr. Amanda Potter at the Learning & Skills Conference
Dr Amanda Potter of Zircon, recently presented the findings of the extensive research into FTSE100/Fortune500 organisations which reveals that talent management strategies are not being well enough...
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The Strategic Challenges faced by HR and Talent Directors
The Zircon team of Business Psychologists are embarking on a new piece of research looking at the challenges and changes facing HR and Talent Directors in 2013 and beyond. In particular we are...
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More Mr Nice Guy – Why ‘Nice Companies’ Can Be More Successful
Within Zircon, Dr Amanda Potter and her team of Occupational Psychologists are constantly working hard to remain up-to-date with current research within the realms of Occupational Psychology. Being a...
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Are Competencies enough to Assess Talent?
At Zircon, Dr Amanda Potter and her team of Occupational Psychologists are increasingly finding that clients want us to design Capability models rather than Competency models for talent assessment....
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Assessing Talent – The Critical Success Factors
Dr Amanda Potter, Head of Zircon Management Consulting Ltd, and her team of Occupational Psychologists have recently conducted a global research study to assess the critical success factors of the...
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Does 360 feedback really help to Improve performance?
Does 360 feedback really support performance development and improvement? Within Zircon, we design and implement qualitative (interview based) and quantitative (survey based) feedback for clients and...
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