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Jason and Sarah to take on Kilimanjaro
In June 2011 we will be taking on the 8 day challenge which is climbing Kilimanjaro So let’s start with a bit about the mountain; Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa at an elevation of 5,895m...
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Entrepreneur of the Year – London Business Awards
Following Zircon’s success as winner in the ‘Blackberry Remote Working’ awards, Dr Amanda Potter (Owner and Managing Director of Zircon Management Consulting Ltd), has also been announced a runner up...
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Ten Best Countries to be an Entrepreneur
Where is the best place in the world to become an entrepreneur? Researchers at the Legatum Institute, a London think tank, have recently published their 2010 Prosperity Index, which ranks 110...
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Zircon is Going Green in the Workplace
As you may be aware Zircon as a remote working organisation are passionate about being ‘green’. As an organisation we actively try to minimise our impact upon the environment and seek to encourage our...
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The 5 Choices of Extraordinary Productivity
On Wednesday 12th October 2011 Dr Amanda Potter and Ruth Sweetman from Zircon went to an introductory talk about The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity defined by Franklin Covey who already have...
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Happy Christmas from the Zircon Team!
After another successful year at Zircon we would like to send our biggest Christmas wishes out to all. We hope you have all had a fantastic 2011 and that next year will be even better. This year...
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Porter’s Five Tests of a Good Strategy
As management consultants we know at Zircon that it is crucial to have a good business strategy and to use it to work with our clients to help them develop a future focused/forward looking and...
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Ten Top Tips for Graduates Seeking Employment!
At Zircon, we are committed to working with organisations to research, define, design and launch graduate assessment programmes. Most of our research focuses on the requirements of the hiring...
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Team Zircon’s Victory at Charity Quiz Night for ITSE!
Recently, Zircon was invited to a charity Quiz night hosted by Clodagh O’Reilly and Teresa Duyile of HSBC to offer support to the charity ISTE. We are very proud to say that team Zircon won!!! Zircon...
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Two fifths of employees don’t believe business values are worth the paper...
At Zircon, Dr Amanda Potter and her team of Occupational Psychologists have been researching the importance of values on personal and business success. The Zircon team acknowledge that there is a need...
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The Gap between HR Leaders and Managers
Ulrich (1998) defined four roles within the HR Business Partner Model, namely Strategic Partner, Change Agent, Administrative Expert, and Employee Champion, and furthermore argues that you need a...
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Euro 2016: 10 qualities needed to win it
Spain won Euro 2012 – Photo by Football.ua, CC BY-SA 3.0 International footballers are more likely to be winners at Euro 2016 if they possess the mental capacity to become champions, according to new...
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