Who we are
How Not to Hire a Psychopath combines know-how in forensic psychology, human resources, threat assessment, and organizational practice to prevent and manage personnel issues and workplace problems. Nathan and Melissa work together to help organizations thrive, offering strategies and processes for recruitment, staff engagement, resolution management, and workplace safety and culture.
How we tackle personnel and workplace problems
All too often, businesses get caught up in the day-to-day tasks and challenges of running operations, leaving many stuck in a cycle of survival and reaction. Focus and priorities shift for all sorts of reasons, creating gaps and disconnects inside an organization. Plenty of businesses excel at what they do, yet their success is only as strong as their people and culture. To keep pace with a dynamic marketplace, organizations must continually evolve and change. Change can mean progress, but it can also create problems and challenges. Larger businesses need better systems, and more staff demand stronger processes. It is easy for organizations to become victims of their own success, and as they grow and expand, recruiting and managing personnel becomes essential. Drawing on their shared expertise, Nathan and Melissa aim to help businesses stay ahead of the game and prevent personnel issues and workplace problems. The answer is to keep the wrong people out of the organization and let the right people through the doors, which calls for strategic, structured recruitment processes and clear, consistent organizational aims and objectives. On top of this, many businesses already face personnel challenges. How Not to Hire a Psychopath works with businesses to build plans and management approaches for dealing with these problematic people. In some situations, a threat assessment of the potential risks and threats to the organization is also needed.
Frequently asked questions
What does How Not to Hire a Psychopath do?
How Not to Hire a Psychopath draws on expertise in forensic psychology, human resources, threat assessment, and organizational practice to help organizations prevent and manage personnel issues and workplace problems.
Who is behind the practice?
Melissa Muir and Nathan Brooks lead the practice, bringing shared expertise in forensic psychology, human resources, threat assessment, and organizational practice.
What areas of workplace practice do you focus on?
Our work covers recruitment, staff engagement, resolution management, and workplace safety and culture, as well as building plans and management approaches for existing personnel challenges.
Why does recruitment matter so much to organizational success?
As the site explains, success is only as strong as an organization's people and culture. Keeping the wrong people out and letting the right people through the doors calls for strategic, structured recruitment processes and clear, consistent organizational aims and objectives.
Do you help with existing personnel problems, not just hiring?
Yes. How Not to Hire a Psychopath works with businesses to build plans and management approaches for dealing with problematic people, and in some situations a threat assessment of the potential risks and threats to the organization is also needed.
How do I get in touch?
You can reach the team via the Contact page, or read more about Melissa Muir and Nathan Brooks.
Whether you are reviewing your hiring process or dealing with a difficult situation that has already arisen, the aim stays the same: protect your people and culture while keeping the organization moving forward. Explore the individual profiles of Melissa Muir and Nathan Brooks, or get in touch to discuss your workplace needs.