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Differences between managing specialists vs managing managers: what will change?

As an employer, family offices can offer capable professionals golden opportunities

What are family offices and what opportunities do they offer to capable professionals?

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News • 23. May 2024

Meeting the HR community in Pärnu city

On Thursday of last week, it was a pleasure to meet with the Pärnu HR community in the Metsä Wood office and introduce new and exciting directions in the assessment of managers in the context of both recruitment and development.

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Blog • 1. February 2024

Some practical recommendations for a managerial candidate to improve their performance in a job interview

Well-known US comedian Jeffrey Seinfeld has said humorously about job interviews: “Let’s face it, romantic dates and job interviews have more in common than it seems at first glance.”

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Uncategorized • 14. September 2023

What does Parkinson’s Law say about the time, deadline, and procrastination of a work assignment?

C. Northcote Parkinson (1909–1993) was a British maritime historian, lecturer and writer who formulated the humorous law that has become famous today in the economic journal The Economist in 1955.

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News • 21. June 2023

Our morning seminar “Hogan personality tests in Estonia & Dark Side of the Personality”

We are glad to announce that we had our second client seminar on June 14th this year that focused on Hogan personality assessment tools.

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Blog • 15. May 2023

Do you want to involve future subordinates in the selection of the team leader? Please consider one possible perceptual bias!

Often, in the later stages of the selection process of the team leader, the meeting of the candidate with future subordinates is also planned by the company.

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FOCUS • 21. February 2023

Strategic thinking: What is it? How to evaluate it in a candidate? How to inspire future leaders to think strategically?

The ability to think strategically is a powerful tool with such importance in decision-making, problem solving, innovation activities, etc. What is meant when talking about strategic thinking?

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Blog • 13. January 2023

What´s in store for us in 2023?

What are the issues that leaders and HR must focus their attention on in the new year? I will give a brief overview of the conversations I had with top managers, HR executives and also entrepreneurs in the last weeks of December.

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