The best recruiter is not always the best manager!

Perhaps the most common mistake in Agency recruitment. The biggest biller is promoted to lead other recruiters. It can work, but mostly it is a disaster because the skills and competencies required for success are so different! VIEW VIDEO. Short and strong.(2 minutes) • The Billing Manager is without a doubt the toughest job in […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On May 14, 2019
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12 crucial ‘Communication Commandments’ for real leaders

It is obvious, but much of what defines a good leader is their communication style. What you say. How you say it. When you say it. And also, importantly, what you do not say. I have made all these mistakes myself, and sum up my learning for you in what I egotistically like to call, […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On March 12, 2019
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Billing Manager Masterclass. ‘Super-Early-Bird’ closing soon.

Super Early Bird deal closes in two days! Secrets of the Successful Billing Manager This is the big one. An all-new masterclass for Billing Managers, the hardest job in recruitment. That is, any recruiter who has to juggle personal targets with managing consultants. This session is essential for anyone who aspires to have a successful […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On December 11, 2018
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New! Greg Savage Masterclass. ‘The Billing Manager’.

Billing. Managing. Leading. Secrets of the Successful Billing Manager This is the big one. An all-new masterclass for Billing Managers, the hardest job in recruitment. That is, any recruiter who has to juggle personal targets and managing consultants. It’s often a disastrous transition for a good recruiter who is thrust into Team Leadership. The skills […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On November 21, 2018
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Nothing is tougher than leading in a downturn.

My previous two blogs were on the theme of ensuring your company is recession-proof. The first, ‘A recession is coming. And you will not survive’, told tales of recessions past, and how we rode them out when many others did not. Last week in ‘Recession. Are you vulnerable?’, I provided a checklist of warning signs, […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On November 20, 2018
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Recession. Are you vulnerable?

I ask all my clients to consider this question at Board level. And it always shocks them. “What would happen if our permanent Gross Profit (Net fees) dropped by 50%, and temporary/contract GP by 25%? And the drop occurred in a month and did not recover for two years. Would we survive?” And I […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On November 5, 2018
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A recession is coming. And you will not survive.

This is a horror story. Unlike most horror stories, this one is true in every single detail. I was 29 years old. With a team of intrepid colleagues, we founded Recruitment Solutions, and we were going to take on the world. We were ambitious. We opened with ten people on day one. We had two […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On October 23, 2018
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Sixty Savage Seconds – You are a leader huh? Can you do this?

Here’s the next “Sixty Savage Seconds” from The Savage Truth A one minute video of the best ideas, tips and tactics for recruiters… sixty seconds to make you think. This Sixty Savage Seconds is titled ‘You are a leader huh? Can you do this’. Let me know what you think! View here.

Posted by Greg Savage
On June 13, 2018
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I went to Dublin to talk ‘leadership’. And the craic was good!

I went to Ireland. A huge week of recording 20 hours of recruitment training for the Social Talent Training Platform (Look out for that. Speak to Richard Bromhead) But also two big presentations to the local recruiters on ‘Leadership’, and what that really means. The first was organised by my good friends at Social Talent, […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On May 1, 2018
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He made $150k by changing the KPI

This is a story about innovation. It’s also about leadership, measurement and fresh KPI thinking. And it’s about making money. I learned the lesson in a Board Meeting with my client Donald Stout, MD of Now Careers in Sydney. (Now Careers has several offices in the UK and 2 in Australia) Donald and his management […]

Posted by Greg Savage
On December 19, 2017
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