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Liz Lawson
Liz is a Talent Consultant with knowledge and experience of delivering pragmatic, effective, best practice selection and assessment solutions. Previously a recruitment consultant in the Accountancy and Finance Industry, she specialised in the selection of senior finance professionals for SME and blue chip clients within manufacturing, financial and professional services. With an Honours degree in Psychology and a Masters degree in Occupational Psychology, Liz holds level A and B certificates in psychometric testing and is well-versed in the design and delivery of assessment services from individual exercise design to large scale assessment centres.
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05th January 2012Driving Behavioural Change
Did you make any New Year’s resolutions at the beginning of this year? Did you achieve them, are you still working towards them or did you fail, like most, and revert back to your old behaviour by the second week in January? So, how do we drive real behaviour change in ourselves and our organisations? Edwin Locke’s (1968) ground-breaking Goal Setting Theory of Motivation has the answers....
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24th August 2009How to Get Full Value From Consultants
The current economic climate and the resulting pressure on public spending, means that organisations need to think more carefully about how they spend their money. For public bodies, scrutiny around their use of resources, particularly external consultancy resources, will continue and probably intensify. Consequently, it is now more important than ever that clients, the buyers of consultancy services, get the best value from the consultants they hire. Perhaps...
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20th April 2009Assessing for Leadership at BCU
One of the biggest challenges facing people moving into senior management is recognising the need to focus on the broader corporate objectives, not just those relating to their own department or service. This is true both in private and public sectors. This article explores how one progressive university is helping its executives manage the transition into senior leadership positions. Birmingham City University has launched two groundbreaking initiatives....
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02nd July 2009Contour Housing Group - Assessing Capability
Contour Housing is one of the largest registered social landlords in the North West, with over 20,000 properties under ownership and management across 27 local authorities, providing housing, leaseholder and regeneration and development services to neighbourhoods. Following a company restructure and review of the top team, Wickland Westcott was engaged to carry out structured one-to-one assessments of four senior executives.The first stage was to establish the extent of fit between each Executive's current role and their proposed role within the new...
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14th May 2008Jackson-Stops & Staff - Personal Effectiveness
Jackson-Stops & Staff is a name synonymous with high-end property. The firm has expanded over the last 100 years into a network of some 40 branch offices. A key strength of the business today is the accumulated knowledge, experience and abilities of the individuals who now own and run the offices, many of whom have more than 20 years experience in the property market. With...
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22nd April 2009Tees PCT - Raising the Bar on Leadership
Primary Care Trusts are measured against 'World Class Commissioning' competencies designed to improve standards of care and achieve better value, health and well-being for all. Having recognised that reaching world class status would require managers who can lead change and drive reform, four PCTs on Teesside engaged Wickland Westcott to launch a development programme as part of their talent management strategy....
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