Features
How to . . . handle a difficult conversation
Diane Gallacher is interviewed by The Times, January 2010.
A Testing Time for New Recruits
Diane Gallacher of Kiddy is interviewed in The Evening Standard on whether you can prepare for interview tests. January 2010.
How to . . . build a winning team in business
It takes more than simple hard work to turn colleagues into a high achieving unit - here we examine the dynamics. Michael Greenspan is interviewed in The Times, June 2009
How To Survive a Beauty Parade
Simon Brittain is interviewed in The Evening Standard regarding recruitment at senior levels within organisations. August 2009.
The Association of Graduate Recruiters
Diane Gallacher is featured in the latest briefing paper from The Association of Graduate Recruiters. June 2009.
Are you Competent for a Recession?
Diane Gallacher of Kiddy looks at how both the content of competencies and the way they are used have to be revisited to ensure they are still relevant in these tough times. As featured in People Management, April 2009
More Than Mind Games
How do you pick out the staff who have the potential to become executives? You could follow Amlin`s example and call in Kiddy. As featured in Insurance Times, February 2009
How to. . . survive and thrive from a merger and acquisition
In troubled economic times, many companies restructure - what impact does this have on company culture and careers?he Times on October 14th 2008
Talent Benchmarking
Simon Brittain describes the most effective way of measuring the gap between where your people are now and that ‘raised bar’ of where you would like them to be. September 2008
The Brain Game
With a tight economy ahead, assessment is under pressure to prove its worth. What developments can we expect in the coming years? Simon Brittain of Kiddy is interviewed in People Management, October 2008
Career Pathing
Simon Brittain describes Career Pathing in Construction News, September 2008
Beyond The Interview
As featured in the Financial Times
Simon Brittain examines the options for delivering a perfect correlation between assessment and future performance.
You Can Dig Deeper On People’s Skills
Our client James Geffen, Board Director responsible for reinsurance at Miller Insurance Services, is interviewed by Construction News, May 2008
All Quiet on the Eastern Front
Many organisations have relied on countries such as India and China as a source of low-cost labour, but now these countries face their own war for talent and the West must find its own people pipeline. May 2008.
Rolls-Royce Managers Change Up A Gear
When Rolls-Royce wanted to assess its top 40 managers as part of a succession planning initiative looking at suitability for promotion or sideways movement within the business, it turned to Kiddy & Partners. October 2007
Introduction to the special issue on Talent Management
As featured in SDR December 2006
How to... Manage Key Talent
As featured in People Management, June 2007
Simon Brittain looks at the importance of `Key Talent` - those individuals who are important to an organisation but who are not `high potentials`.
What is Leadership?
In Kiddy`s regular column in Construction News, Simon Brittain explores the changing nature of leadership today.
Getting Assessment Right
As featured in Personnel Today October 2006
Troop Movements
As featured in Accountancy Age March 2006
Talent Management in Technology Businesses
As featured in Computing Business, April 2006
How to devise and implement a talent managment programme in technology businesses including a case study on Kiddy`s work with SAP
