Comments on: Recruiting a new company director, Nixon McInnes stylee http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2007/11/16/recruiting-a-new-company-director-nixon-mcinnes-stylee/ Social media and web design agency operating in London and Brighton Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:58:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Matthew Hill http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2007/11/16/recruiting-a-new-company-director-nixon-mcinnes-stylee/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Matthew Hill Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:52:34 +0000 http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2007/11/16/recruiting-a-new-company-director-nixon-mcinnes-stylee/#comment-261 So Tom, any update on how it's going? :-) So Tom, any update on how it’s going? :-)

]]> By: Tom http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2007/11/16/recruiting-a-new-company-director-nixon-mcinnes-stylee/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Tom Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:13:07 +0000 http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2007/11/16/recruiting-a-new-company-director-nixon-mcinnes-stylee/#comment-37 Cheers for the comment, Rob. Some candidates have said that the process looks really daunting (which I can appreciate!) whilst others have said "wow, this sounds like a fantastic exercise which I'd love to experience". On the whole, the thorough process seems to be turning on more candidates than it's putting off. I think it demonstrates to candidates that we are taking this seriously, and after all, leadership and people management make up a big part of the job, so they should be prepared to be assessed by the people that they will be leading. I expect we will lose some candidates because of the process, but my hunch is that they'll be the candidates who aren't right for our culture. Cheers for the comment, Rob. Some candidates have said that the process looks really daunting (which I can appreciate!) whilst others have said “wow, this sounds like a fantastic exercise which I’d love to experience”. On the whole, the thorough process seems to be turning on more candidates than it’s putting off. I think it demonstrates to candidates that we are taking this seriously, and after all, leadership and people management make up a big part of the job, so they should be prepared to be assessed by the people that they will be leading. I expect we will lose some candidates because of the process, but my hunch is that they’ll be the candidates who aren’t right for our culture.

]]> By: Rob http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2007/11/16/recruiting-a-new-company-director-nixon-mcinnes-stylee/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Rob Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:12:58 +0000 http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2007/11/16/recruiting-a-new-company-director-nixon-mcinnes-stylee/#comment-29 All sounds interesting and sounds like it will fit with your company culture. I reckon you'll end up with someone who everyone is very happy with. However does that mean they will be the best person for the job? The X-factor style voting by the staff may put off a lot of good candidates - whilst it sounds like you don't have too much hierarchy at NM an experienced, ambitious production director may be put off by having to be voted in by people he or she will end up needing to manage. The potential upshot could mean you end up with someone that you end up having to manage - this would sound like the exact opposite of what you need. I would guess you need to offload the production responsibility so that you can concentrate on what you are good at/enjoy for the benefit of developing the company and everyone who works in it. Anyway - that's my comments for what they're worth. Bear in mind you can't please all the people all the time and you'll die young trying! All sounds interesting and sounds like it will fit with your company culture.

I reckon you’ll end up with someone who everyone is very happy with. However does that mean they will be the best person for the job?

The X-factor style voting by the staff may put off a lot of good candidates – whilst it sounds like you don’t have too much hierarchy at NM an experienced, ambitious production director may be put off by having to be voted in by people he or she will end up needing to manage.

The potential upshot could mean you end up with someone that you end up having to manage – this would sound like the exact opposite of what you need.

I would guess you need to offload the production responsibility so that you can concentrate on what you are good at/enjoy for the benefit of developing the company and everyone who works in it.

Anyway – that’s my comments for what they’re worth.

Bear in mind you can’t please all the people all the time and you’ll die young trying!

]]> By: Jenni http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2007/11/16/recruiting-a-new-company-director-nixon-mcinnes-stylee/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Jenni Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:38:40 +0000 http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2007/11/16/recruiting-a-new-company-director-nixon-mcinnes-stylee/#comment-28 Looking forward to it Tom! Sounds like a good way to really enagage with the candidates - and let them engage with us. Looking forward to it Tom! Sounds like a good way to really enagage with the candidates – and let them engage with us.

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