MODERN LEADERSHIP
Five Tips To Attracting
The People You Deserve
By Naomi Simson
Have you noticed you attract the
same sort of person into your life
over and over and get incredibly
frustrated by them?
The first step is to take a look in the
mirror and accept full responsibility
for what is happening.
How to create the relationships we
deserve in our lives.
Capital One CEO Richard Fairback
once said, “At most companies,
people spend two per cent of their
time recruiting and 75 per cent
managing their recruiting mistakes.”
Now, you may not be in a business
where you need to build a team, but
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May 2016
I believe this statement is relevant
personally as well as in business.
As an individual, have you noticed
you attract the same sort of person
into your life over and over and
get incredibly frustrated by them?
It may be poor relationships with
co-workers, or in your personal
relationships. If you find you’re in
the 75 per cent statistic, whether at
work or play, the first step is to take
a look in the mirror and accept full
responsibility for what is happening.
Which can be a huge slap in the
face. But I believe we all have a
responsibility to work harder on
ourselves in order to create the
relationships we deserve in our lives.
That annoying co-worker – or serial
unsuitable boy or girlfriend - is often
a mirror held up to our own behavior.
I’m glad to say that the 75 per cent
recruiting mistakes statistic does
not hold at RedBalloon, not least due
to the active role of our employee
experience manager, Megan Bromley,
who has been integral in us winning
so many “Great” and “Best” places to
work awards.
Here are the 5 top tips she lives