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  • Are We Finally Over the Obsession With Sector Experience?

    Is Sector Experience Overrated? As little as a few years ago, a typical management profile would entail a leader who spent the majority of his/her career working within the same industry the company is positioned in. At best, they might have come from an adjacent industry (think insurance to banking). There were reasons for this…

  • Lincoln Annual Golf Day at the K Club

    Lincoln Annual Golf Day at the K Club The Lincoln Annual Golf Classic 2019 took place in the beautiful surrounds of the K Club on the Ryder Cup Course on Friday 24th May. With fabulous weather throughout the day and a golf course in impeccable condition a wonderful golfing experience was had by all teams.…

  • Does Culture Still Eat Strategy For Breakfast? If So, What’s the Recipe for Success?

    “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” was a quote articulated by Peter Drucker that later percolated into mainstream media thanks to Ford CEO Mark Fields. It implies that the determinants of a company’s long-term success revolve more around the culture they cultivate than the strategy they formulate. Whether that quote is true or not is a…

  • UPCOMING EVENT: Evolution & Change: Opportunities Offered by the Irish Funds Market

    Evolution & Change: Opportunities Offered by the Irish Funds Market Lincoln Recruitment Specialists, Pinsent Masons, Bridge Consulting, MUFG and PwC would like to invite you to a half day conference surrounding the opportunities offered by the Irish funds market. Whatever the outcome of the Brexit negotiations, Ireland, with its highly developed infrastructure and expert advisers…

  • Questions to ask yourself before you ask for a raise/promotion as a Chartered Accountant

    Have you found yourself in work as a chartered accountant and wonder whether you are being paid what you are worth?  Or maybe you have worked for several years in that role and have began to think about what it would be like to get a promotion? You know that you are completing your job…

  • Want To Be A Good Retail Manager? Read These Top Tips

    The Background on Leadership When you are trying to recruit new employees into a retail company, you will want to evaluate them for their potential to become future managers. Retail organisations must change to become more dynamic, or they will go out of business like many around the world including pop up shops and large…

  • The Future of Accountancy and Artificial Intelligence

    The History In 500 years there have been little or no game changing innovations in accountancy since double entry was invented. Maybe the creation of the electronic calculator in the 1960’s is the last time anyone can point to an advancement that excited and terrified accountants in equal measure. Since then the computer and internet…

  • Dublin Ranks as Top Tech City

    Dublin Ranks Number 19th as Top Tech City Savills World Research, a global property agent, has been ranking the world’s top tech cities based on a bunch of criteria for years ranging from the volume of inward venture capital investment through to the cost of a flat white coffee, to establish which cities are the most…

  • The Importance of an Employee Value Proposition (EVP) in a Competitive Market

    Hyper-competition demands a strong Employee Value Proposition (EVP) Compared to just a few years ago, candidates now have far more power during the job search. According to our research, current job market is 88% candidate driven. That means you don’t pick talent anymore. Talent picks you. Today’s workforce, especially with the emergence of millennials, seek meaningful positions that grow them…

  • The 6 Essential Qualities of Great Store Managers

    The Essential Qualities of Great Store Managers In Ireland and all over the world, hiring a good store manager is one of the most critical business decisions that face companies across all sectors of industry. Finding the right fit is such a difficult task that according to the Harvard Business Review, companies fail at it…

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