The Latest from Kristy-Lee

Hello and welcome to Episode 258 of the People Powered Business Podcast!

In today’s episode of the podcast, I’m sharing a 5 step framework to fast track your resume screening process.

The thing is, whether we are short on applicants for a role, or overwhelmed with hundreds of applications, which has been my experience lately, we must screen effectively. What I know to be true is that you can’t outrun a bad hire.

So whether you have 5 applications or 5000 effective screening is essential, and this 5 step framework is super simple to follow and will keep you on track for great hiring choices.

If you’d like to ask questions or start a discussion about note taking, I have an invitation for you.

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Hello, and welcome to Episode 257 of the People Powered Business Podcast!

In today’s episode I am sharing 3 common but completely avoidable hiring mistakes that businesses make.

The 3 big mistakes are:

1. Lacking Clarity – when you are not clear on the specifics of the role, and the ideal applicant you are looking for, it’s impossible to attract the right people, and repel the wrong ones;
2. Rushing the Process – not putting appropriate time, energy, expertise and resources into a recruitment project is another common mistake. Hiring well takes time, knowledge and energy.
3. Failing to Reference and Background Check Effectively – quality reference checking processes remain the most effective way to assess a candidates work history, but few people do them effectively.

These are certainly not the only hiring mistakes, but they are three of the most common, and as you can see they are all easy to avoid.

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Hello, and welcome to Episode 256 of the People Powered Business Podcast!

In today’s episode I am bringing you an excerpt from a best of episode of the podcast – today I am sharing my proven framework for effective resume screening.

The thing is, when we are short on applicants for a role, our usual screening methods tend to go out the window, and as a result we don’t shortlist effectively, which means we are at risk of making poor hiring choices. And what I know to be true is that you can’t outrun a bad hire.

So whether you have 5 applications or 5000 effective screening is essential, and this 5 step framework is super simple to follow and will keep you on track for great hiring choices.

If you’d like to ask questions or start a discussion about note taking, I have an invitation for you.

An Invitation

Would you like to connect with other like-minded business owners, leaders and managers experiencing similar situations with their team? Join the discussion inside our free Facebo...

Hello, and welcome to Episode 255 of the People Powered Business Podcast!

In today’s episode I am bringing you the first of our tech tips for 2025. Each month I’m going to be dedicating one episode to sharing with you how you can leverage new technologies to help with your HR.

Today we are looking at how you can use AI to help with your recruitment campaigns, and I’m focusing on specifically how I have seen Chat GPT used effectively.

The 5 ideas I share are using Chat GPT to:

• Help you write or improve your job descriptions;
• Write your job ads and ensure they are compelling;
• Craft direct outreach or head hunting messages;
• Draft interview questions;
• Create a candidate communication plan.

This is far from an exhaustive list, but these are all ideas that will save you time and stop you staring at the blank screen.

So, how are you using AI to help with your recruitment campaigns? I’d love to know.

As always, I’d love you to join us inside our free Facebook Group, HR Support f...

Hello, and welcome to Episode 254 of the People Powered Business Podcast!

In today’s episode I’m joined by Lexi Smith, Founder and Financial Coach with Moneyvine.

Lexi helps individuals and couples gain clarity, create a plan and take confident steps with their money.

In 2020, after a decade as a Financial Adviser, she side-stepped into Financial Coaching.

She has an energetic ENTP personality, which gives her a knack for problem solving and offering fresh perspectives.

Lexi’s team sessions focus on optimising cashflow - boosting income, understanding expenses and finding ways to improve your financial trajectory.

To connect with Lexi:

• https://moneyvine.com.au/
• https://www.instagram.com/moneyvine.au/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexi-smith-moneyvine/

As always, I’d love you to join us inside our free Facebook Group, HR Support for Australian Businesses, so I can learn more about what’s working for you and any challenges you might be having. Join here - https://www.faceb...

Hello, and welcome to Episode 253 of the People Powered Business Podcast!

In today’s episode I’m following up on last weeks episode where is shared 5 strategies to help set your team up for success in 2025. Today I am sharing my top predictions for your team for 2025.

My 5 top team predictions are:

1. Job mobility will be on the rise: for a range of reasons, I believe we are heading into a season where more employees will be looking to change employers – this may be good news for you if recruitment has been tough for the last couple of years.
2. Increase in the use of AI and associated technology: we’re already seeing job applicants actively using AI in their application process – so your hiring skills really need to be on point right now. But on the flip side, how can your team leverage these tools to help them at work?
3. The right to disconnect implementation will be closely watched by your team. If you haven’t yet put any thought into the practical implementation of this new legislat
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Hello, and welcome to Episode 252 of the People Powered Business Podcast!

Happy 2025 to you! I’m wishing you all a wonderful start to this year.

In today’s episode I’m sharing 5 strategies to help set your team up for success in 2025.

Specifically, we’re looking at:

• Setting Clear Goals and Expectations – both at a team level and for your individual team members.
• Setting Up Effective Communication Protocols – including having the right meetings, with the right structure and cadence.
• Professional Development and Fostering a Workplace Learning Culture. This includes not only structured training and development programs, but also simper things like knowledge sharing.
• Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and encouraging your team to use AI tools to improve efficiencies in their roles.
• Implementing Workplace Well-being Initiatives. Business who can do this effectively in 2025 will have the edge when it comes to attracting, engagement and retention of great talent.

So, what ac...

Hello, and welcome to Episode 250 of the People Powered Business Podcast!

Today we are celebrating 250 Episodes 🥳

To celebrate, I’m recapping our top 10 most listened to episodes, and one takeaway from each. Here is the list:

• # 10 – Why KPI’s are Critical to Team Success (Episode 122)
• # 9 - Why Hiring (and holding onto) the Wrong People Impacts Team Morale (Episode 159)
• # 8 – How To Motivate Disengaged Employees (Episode 116)
• # 7 - Document, Document, Document! (Episode 129)
• #6 - The 2 Types of Motivation (and why you can't have one without the other) (Episode 127)
• #5 - Competing with Sign On Bonuses and Other Hiring Tactics (Episode 126)
• #4 - Engaging a Recruiter - What You Need to Know First (Episode 124)
• #3 - 3 Reasons Your Employees Motivation Might Be MIA (Episode 125)
• #2 - Using Psychometrics in the Recruitment Process with Charissa Lim (Episode 128)
• #1 - The 5 Step Framework to Screening Resumes in a Competitive Market (Episode 130)

As always, I’d love you to...

Hello, and welcome to Episode 249 of the People Powered Business Podcast!

Wow! Isn’t December just the gift that keeps on giving?

In today’s episode I’m bringing you a raw and honest conversation about what I’m noticing right now – because it is utter chaos!

There are big decisions being made, huge reactions, overwhelm and high stress.

Today I share with you that one of my secret super powers is seeing patterns – seeing patterns in lots of ways, but particularly around patterns of behaviour.

What I see is that there are often common themes, and when I see them showing up, I know it’s not just these few people I might have spoken to that week, it’s a broader trend.

What I’m seeing right now is quite high stress – zero tolerance, lack of resilience. I’m seeing successful business owners wanting to fire their whole team and just throw it all in. It’s very reactive, not responsive, not proactive. And there are lots of reasons.

So today I’m talking about what I’m seeing and why it mi...

Hello, and welcome to Episode 248 of the People Powered Business Podcast!

Can you believe it’s already December?

I’m excited because inside our People Powered HR community, November is Planning Month!

I really believe this is the best time of year to work on your 2025 plans – because let’s face it – none of us will do it in December, and if we wait until January we’ll be in February before we put our plans into action.

Over these 3 episodes we’re talking planning. Last week we spoke about your 2025 business protection plan, and the week prior we focused on your 2025 resource plan, today we are getting into your retention and motivation plan and why you actually need to start this side of Christmas.

In today’s episode we are looking at:

• Why starting now, before the Christmas break is incredibly important;
• Some ideas of key elements of a retention and motivation plan – and how you can get creative with this;
• The importance of aligning individual goals and objectives with busine
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