Over the past several years there have been a number of articles written about the role of a chief talent officer. Each of these articles has pointed out … Read more
Time to Say Goodbye: Are You Keeping the Bad and Terminating the Good?
Any manager who takes an honest look at individual performance knows all employees are not created equally. About 20% of employees rise to the top of the … Read more
Using Situational Leadership to Assess Competency
We’re working with a fast-growing security software company whose CEO is using Blanchard and Hershey’s Situational Leadership model for their management … Read more
Improving Interviews: Educating Managers and Assessing Alternative Competencies (Part 4 of 4)
If you want to avoid many of the interview errors that have been outlined in the previous three installments in this series, it’s important that you … Read more
5 Critical Things Recruiters Need to Do to Become Partners With Their Clients
Our recently completed 2006 Recruiting and Hiring Challenges survey revealed some significant conflicts between recruiters and their hiring managers that … Read more
How to Leave the Interviewing Stone Age
Once upon a time, there were no human resources departments. Applicants were interviewed by managers and hired or fired on the job. For most employees, … Read more
Why Wonder? You’ll Know!
I found the following phrase printed on a clever little gadget that attaches to my garage door. When the door is open, it sends a signal to a wireless … Read more
On Becoming a Great Recruiter, Part 2
Managers have a hard time assessing competency and motivation, even though many have gone through some type of formal interviewing training. It turns out … Read more
Don’t Be Too Quick to Criticize Harvard
In a past article, an amazing number of people weighed-in to trash professional education in favor of practical experience. Some of the commentators … Read more
What Are They Thinking?
As the resident ERE contrarian, I often find myself at odds regarding best practices (i.e., fair and effective ways) to hire employees. Past readers might … Read more