Congratulations to John Vlastelica, a 2026 Talent 100 Honoree!
John has been named to the 2026 Talent 100, recognising the people shaping how organisations hire.
Capacity planning when the plan keeps moving
How to commit to what the team can deliver, on evidence rather than optimism, when headcount shifts every quarter.
Rethinking Quality of Hire and People Analytics at Marriott
Marriott on measuring quality of hire in a way hiring managers actually believe, and what they changed once the data was trusted.
Why structured interviewing keeps failing in practice
Most teams adopt the format and skip the part that makes it work. The gap is almost always the debrief.
Are You Building a Recruiting Machine?
Strong recruiting functions are built, not hired. The systems, rituals and standards that hold results steady when the team turns over.
Running a bar raiser programme without the bureaucracy
How to hold a hiring bar across a growing org without adding three approval steps to every offer.
Questions that predict, and questions that just fill time
Behavioural questions tied to the competencies that matter, and how to tell the difference before the loop starts.
Running a debrief that reaches a decision
A structure that surfaces disagreement early instead of letting the most confident voice in the room decide.
Getting hiring managers to define good before they interview
Every hire measured against a different unspoken bar. How to get the standard written down first.
The manager behaviours that quietly sink a loop
Rescheduling, skimming CVs, deciding in the first four minutes. What to coach and in what order.