Author: Azure Consulting

The Demand for Influencing and Negotiating Skills Continues to Grow

A growing number of organisations are requesting skills training in influencing and negotiating, due to how vital these skills are in vibrant, modern workplaces. Employees with the ability to influence others and negotiate to reach an agreement contribute to greater

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Psychometric Testing: Use it on the managers

For many human resources professionals, psychometric testing has become a regular part of the recruitment process. Typically consisting of numerical, verbal and diagrammatic reasoning and situational judgement tests, they are used as an initial screening method, quite often in the

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Employment Is On The Rise: Look after the staff you have

In recent months, we have seen positivity in the jobs market; unemployment down, employment up. Whilst nobody is rubbing their hands together and claiming the task is completed, the picture looks fairly rosy. However, what does this mean for employers

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Go for Growth in Your 2015 Mindset

Many an article has been written, or lecture given, that has started with the phrase “there are two types of people in this world…” In fact, it has happened so many times, with wildly divergent endings to the sentence, that

On The Spot – Yorkshire Post

Our very own Sharon was recently featured in the Yorkshire Post’s On The Spot feature. In case you missed it, here it is again! Sharon Klein, Partner, Azure Consulting What was your first job? After part-time jobs in markets and