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If I was to ask you to name an example of a successful team, which one would immediately spring to mind? Perhaps a high-performing sports team such as Manchester City Football Club or the New Zealand All Blacks? For many of us, high-performing teams like these are the encapsulation of good team work.

We're all human. We have different hopes and dreams, and different fears and flaws.

Admit it. Your new job just isn't living up to expectations. On paper, it should be everything you'd hope it would be - after all, you're now in a more senior position, working on more exciting projects and even being better financially rewarded than you were in your previous role.

It can feel like something straight out of a nightmare. You've prepared extensively for your job interview, got into the right frame of mind, and walked into the room feeling confident. But suddenly, to your horror, your mind has gone completely blank when asked a question. What causes our minds to suddenly go blank?

Receiving poor feedback during a performance review is never easy, regardless of whether you'd anticipated it or not. Not only can it feel like a personal attack on you as a person, it can also be difficult not to take it to heart, or let it knock your confidence.

I recently read that 67% of 6-9-year olds say that saving the planet will be the 'central mission of their careers' in the future. That stat struck me as fascinating, but not all together surprising.

The start of a new year is often a time when many of us to decide the moment has come to look for a new job. After all, the holiday season often feels like a natural time to reflect on where life is going.

The classic answer to the interview question "What's your biggest weakness?" is all too often, "I'm too much of a perfectionist". Whilst, obviously not a weakness, giving this answer is a way of converting a question that invites self-deprecation, into an opportunity for self-aggrandisement.

How can you liberate your own talent to reach your full potential? In this podcast, Dr Maggi Evans, Director of Mosaic Consulting shares her top tips. You can read the full transcript at: https://social.hays.com/2019/12/02/podcast-25-liberating-your-own-talent/ Purchase Dr Maggi Evan's book, 'From Talent Management to Talent Liberation': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Talent-Management-Liberation-Practical-Professionals/dp/0367232987/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=maggi+evans+talent+management+talent+liberation&qid=1575374318&sr=8-1

With it often being one of the first questions asked in a job interview, how you answer, "Why should I hire you?" could really help you set a positive tone for the rest of the meeting, whilst engaging the interviewer in what you have to say from the outset.