Two minute reads – Developing our ability to influence

Two minute reads – Developing our ability to influence

by | Oct 4, 2024 | Business EQ, Clinical Leadership, Clinical Leadership in the NHS, Development, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Nurse leadership, Personal Development, Personality Profile, Uncategorized, values, Values

Developing our ability to influence. Which of us has never questioned their ability to influence and persuade others?  In this two minute article we look at some potential ways of developing our ability to influence. An awareness of your own preferred approach to...
Remote Assessment – Top Tips

Remote Assessment – Top Tips

by | Jun 4, 2020 | Assessment Centre, Covid19 Business Continuity, Emotional Intelligence, Home working, Leadership, Nurse leadership, Personality Profile, Remote assessment, Resilience, Selection and Assessment, values assessment

Running remote assessments – our top tips Are you thinking about your next recruitment process?  Are you considering how best to carry out a robust assessment process, whilst protecting the health and safety of all? For an assessment centre to be successful, it...
One-off or rapidly engaged assessments now available – We’re now on the government DPS Framework Agreement for Assessment Services

One-off or rapidly engaged assessments now available – We’re now on the government DPS Framework Agreement for Assessment Services

by | Sep 15, 2015 | Clinical Leadership, Clinical Leadership in the NHS, Consultant, dps, Dynamic Purchasing System, Framework Agreement for NHS Assessment Services, HMRC, Leadership, Nurse leadership, organisational values, Personality Profile, Selection and Assessment, Uncategorized, values, values assessment, Values based recruitment NHS

We are delighted to announce that Dearden Search and Selection are now on the Executive Assessment and Executive Search, Selection and Assessment Dynamic Purchasing Systems, as set up by HM Revenue and Customs.   This covers assessment services for senior...
Values Based Recruitment: An Update of the NHS’s Position

Values Based Recruitment: An Update of the NHS’s Position

by | Dec 1, 2014 | Clinical Leadership, Clinical Leadership in the NHS, Consultant, francis report, Leadership, Nurse leadership, organisational values, Personality Profile, Selection and Assessment, Uncategorized, values, values assessment, Values based recruitment NHS

Since the publication of the Francis report into the failings of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust there has been increasing focus on the need to recruit NHS and public health staff with the right values, as well as skills. This has led many employers in the...
The dilemma of assessment for hard-to-fill positions

The dilemma of assessment for hard-to-fill positions

by | Sep 16, 2014 | Clinical Leadership, Clinical Leadership in the NHS, Consultant, francis report, Leadership, Nurse leadership, organisational values, Personality Profile, Selection and Assessment, Uncategorized, values, values assessment

Some clinical leadership positions are hard to fill. When faced with a shortage of applicants, employers often wrestle with a secondary dilemma – whether or not the cost of an in-depth assessment can be justified? Or whether a ‘quicker’ solution, such as the panel...