by HUCAMA | Nov 1, 2018 | Blog, Culture, Growth mindset, Intelligence, Leadership, Recruitment
Imagine a weekly staff meeting. The meeting follows a predictable format with each member giving their report, informing their colleagues of progress being made and issues within the function. It is pretty much a bland functional report-out session. The manager is at...
by HUCAMA | Jun 26, 2018 | Blog, Growth mindset, Human Resource Management, Performance, Personality test, Recruitment
We have previously written about Carol Dweck’s research on mindset and her distinction between a “fixed” and a “growth” mindset and its influence on our motivation and achievement. The findings indicate that people in fixed a mindset tend to become so concerned with...
by HUCAMA | Apr 17, 2018 | Blog, Culture, Growth mindset, Performance, Recruitment
At HUCAMA we say: Building an organization that creates and uses meta-talent is even better! You hear it all the time: recruiting is difficult, it takes time, it is costly, but the right recruiting strategy is an important necessity in modern organizations. Companies...
by HUCAMA | Feb 19, 2018 | Blog, Culture, Growth mindset, Performance
Carol Dweck’s comprehensive research in motivation and achievement has shown that mindset is critical to predicting future success. This is because our vision of intelligence and ability decide how we cope with failures, challenges, feedback and the success of...
by HUCAMA | Dec 4, 2017 | Blog, Growth mindset, Performance
In our first piece about meta-talent, we stated that traditional associations with talent are by-products of something else. Some of these associations include intelligence, development, and persistence. That ‘something else’ is what we call meta-talent....
by HUCAMA | Nov 16, 2017 | Blog, Growth mindset, Performance
Organizations are always on the lookout for the right talent. High performers and high performance, in general, that will lead the organization forward. To ensure that they are recruiting the right talent, the emphasis is on people who are persistent, focused and...
