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Sparking Leadership, my weekly series on leading people, plus articles on burnout and the realities of work.

Would you have made the same call for someone you could replace in six weeks?

Leader POV: It took you nine months to hire him. He's just passed probation and is already involved in client work that nobody else can do. Then he calls from his bereavement leave to say he needs to extend it and he doesn't know for how long. 🤦‍♀️ This one isn't hypothetical. It happened in one of my previous HR roles, and I've thought about it many times since. Nine months, by the way, is long enough to grow an entire human being. That's roughly how the search felt. His ex

Christina Ioannidou

Oct 62 min read

Urgency Vs Strategy: when you need to hire, where do you look first?

Every #hiring decision feels urgent. Which is why many leaders skip the first, most important question: Where should I look? Inside the...

Christina Ioannidou

Sep 26, 20252 min read

Gut-based hiring: is it the right way to go? 🤔

Hiring the right #talent has become increasingly challenging. There are fewer roles, but the stakes are higher - every new #hire needs to...

Christina Ioannidou

Apr 2, 20252 min read

It's not you, it's the current reality of work: Why good performance is no longer good enough.

In my 16 years in HR, I've participated and managed countless #performance cycles for multiple organizations of various sizes. But, I've...

Christina Ioannidou

Jan 30, 20252 min read