Hiring can’t be held exclusively by HR, which is deeply embedded in practices that are about limiting risk and ensuring compliance. This can put you at a severe disadvantage when competing for talent. When it comes to choosing your employees, you want to make powerful...
If you and your new employee don’t have a shared understanding of what they are responsible for, they likely won’t stay nearly as long as you’d like. There is so much room for misunderstanding too! What does it mean to be a [insert just about any job title here] at...
Experts portend the next sustained wave of business failures won’t be because of a lack of innovation or poor disaster recovery practices; they will fail because they cannot attract, recruit, and retain talent. What’s your plan to not be one of them? Linda Teaman of...
If you are honest with yourself about answering these two questions, you’ll find out soon enough what role culture is playing in your company – Weapon, Motivator, Glue, or Magnet. What is the meaning of your company? Is it more about making money or changing the...
You face all kinds of obstacles month-to-month and year-to-year running your business. You’ve managed the product and service thing, the sales thing, and the leadership thing but the talent acquisition thing… not so much. Hiring is not taught in business school nor is...
“This is the one. I can feel it!” You can’t wait to get the interview over with so you can hire her and get on with business. What’s the problem here? It’s that thief – bias – taking away the possibility that someone else is actually the better choice....