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Be a better manager: leadership skills and accountability are crucial
80% of people leave their jobs because of a poor manager. So says recruitment specialist, Sarah Rajic, co-founder of Capital Recruit and Staff Check, who has spoken to thousands of employers and candidates. She has seen when it goes right, and when it goes wrong. How do we make it better and unwind that terrible statistic? She has practical leadership skills and frameworks to help every manager.
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Why you should listen: leadership fundamentals
How to set up team members for accountability and ownership of their own targets
Why communication and expectation management is the secret ingredient to sorting out issues before they escalate
How to keep developing as a business leader through expanding perspective
We explore leadership mindsets and frameworks
Early leadership experiences and permission to fail
Situational leadership as a key framework for managing staff through their career
Community and business partnerships and how they work well together
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Situational Leadership explained
About Sarah Rajic
Top leadership principles in recruitment with Co-Founder Sarah Rajic
Sarah Rajic is the co-founder and Director of Capital Recruit and General Manager of Staff Check. Commencing her recruitment career in 2000 in accounting recruitment in Canberra, Sarah progressed to managing recruitment branches across Canberra and Sydney.
In August 2014, Sarah founded Capital Recruit, which specialises in corporate recruitment across government and business. Capital Recruit also manages volume recruitment processes in government of 15-450 positions across Australia.
Sarah was appointed General Manager to Staff Check to assist with client management, strategy and leadership. Staff Check is a leading supplier of security vetting services, providing personnel security services.
She is also a non-executive Director for the Canberra Business Chamber and Molonglo Financial Services Group/Bendigo Community Banking.
Sarah has attended the Institute of Company Directors Course, has a Diploma in business and is accredited with the Recruitment and Consulting Services Association (RCSA). She regularly presents for CPA Australia on recruitment best practice, industry updates, leadership, and career development.
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About your podcast host, Canberra leadership expert Zoë Routh:
Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.
Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact, Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.
Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.