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Does your business need a full-time leader, or senior experience for part of the week? Bridgette Johnstone explores how to get the shape of your next hire right.

A strong appointment isn’t just about finding someone who can do the job. It’s about making sure the role, the person and the business make sense together. I have always believed that good recruitment should protect both sides of the table. The employer needs confidence in the person they are bringing into the business. The

Around this time every year, Matariki invites us to pause. To reflect on where we’ve come from. To recognize the people who helped us get here. And to think carefully about what we’re carrying forward. It feels particularly relevant this year. Because while so much of the conversation about work focuses on what’s next, AI,

There’s a moment in some recruitment processes where everything looks right on paper. The candidate’s CV is strong. Their experience lines up with what you need. Technical tests come back..and they’re perfect. The references are glowing.  On paper, the candidate seems to be everything you’re needing and more. But then you meet them for a

There’s no easy way to step away from work. Especially when work isn’t just a job – it’s people, relationships, purpose. But sometimes life asks something of you that can’t be negotiated with. In October last year, our 15-year-old daughter Brooke was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkins Lymphoma. And everything else, quite simply, had to

Hybrid work didn’t really settle. It just changed shape. And what it looks like now depends a lot on which city you’re recruiting in. I’ve lost count of how many flexibility conversations I’ve had this past year. Not the neat version that ends up in a policy document. The real one. The one that happens