John Hollon

John Hollon is an award-winning journalist and nationally recognized expert on leadership, talent management, and smart workforce practices. He most recently worked as managing editor at Fuel50, an AI talent marketplace technology company. Before that, John worked as editor of TLNT, the popular talent management website he founded and edited for six years, was editor of RecruitingDaily.com, and before that, editor-in-chief of Workforce Management magazine and workforce.com.

Forced Ranking, or Grading on a Curve: It’s All About a Flawed System

John HollonNovember 15, 2013

Don’t get me started on forced ranking — lovingly referred to as “rank-and-yank” — the much maligned performance management … Read more

Weekly Wrap: A Strategy That Makes Sense – Hiring Optimistic People

John HollonNovember 8, 2013

I look for management and hiring wisdom wherever I can find it, and sometimes, I find it in the The New York Times’ Corner Office column. Although … Read more

Sticking With Performance Management, Even If It Doesn’t Work

John HollonNovember 1, 2013

Anyone who manages people and has been awake and alert for the past couple of years knows this to be true — no one seems to like performance reviews … Read more

Weekly Wrap: Yes, It Finally Looks Like the End of Unpaid Internships

John HollonOctober 25, 2013

This has been a bad week on the internship front. As The Wall Street Journal reported, high-end magazine publisher Condé Nast — corporate parent of … Read more

The Latest Outrageous Excuses Employees Give For Calling In Sick

John HollonOctober 24, 2013

Every year, CareerBuilder does a survey of managers and HR pros asking for the most outrageous excuses workers give when calling in sick. It’s always … Read more

The Problem With Policies That Keep Workers From Doing the Right Thing

John HollonOctober 22, 2013

Every workplace has policies, but what do you do when you have workplace policies that keep your workers from doing the right thing? This is what Walmart … Read more

Weekly Wrap: How Work Rules Are Driving the Bay Area Transit Strike

John HollonOctober 18, 2013

Fridays are usually happy days in most organizations because the weekend is closing in. That’s true most places today, unless you happen to work in … Read more

Survey Shows 5 Somewhat Surprising Lessons For Recruiters

John HollonOctober 17, 2013

I always cringe when I get a survey or some research touting some hot new finding or a big “surprise,” because in my experience, the vast … Read more

Boss’s Day Survey Finds How Workers Really Feel About Their Managers

John HollonOctober 14, 2013

Did you know that this coming Wednesday — October 16 — is National Boss’s Day in the U.S. and Canada? Well, I didn’t either, and … Read more

How Much Does Job Experience Really Matter, Anyway?

John HollonOctober 11, 2013

I’ve hired and managed a lot of people, and I always considered the experience of the candidate when making hiring decisions. I have also been on the … Read more