The end of a company’s fiscal year is often the time where organizations go through headcount review and strategy forecasting. Typically, depending on your … Read more
Predictive Analytics, Bias, and Interviewing
For centuries people have been captivated by the idea of predicting the future (and I’ll be offering my own predictions on the stage in a few days). … Read more
Women May Be Better Leaders Than Men, So Why Aren’t There More?
This is first of two parts on gender diversity in leadership positions. Today’s article discusses the current lack of women leaders, the reasons why, … Read more
The New Rules For Business Success In the Digital Age
Note: This is part one of a two part series on what’s required of successful leadership in the digital age. Part two posts tomorrow. Leadership of … Read more
8 ‘Wisdoms’ From the Global Happiness Conference
Last month, my co-founder at Butterfly and I found ourselves in Dubai at one of the most exclusive global conferences in the world, alongside some 4,000 of … Read more
Do You Work At a Dinosaur Recruiting Function? A Quick Assessment Checklist
I read an excellent think piece the other day by Kaela Wax. On her blog she stated that as an outsider, after closely studying the recruiting industry, she … Read more
Facing a Shortage of Candidates? Discover and Use the Right ‘Attraction Factors’
They call it talent attraction for a reason. Because, obviously, the primary role of the function is to literally “attract” the very best candidates. But … Read more
Is Your Diversity Recruitment Struggling? Maybe You’re Making These Mistakes
Lack of workforce diversity has placed a magnifying glass on the hiring practices of organizations in all industries. It’s about being more thoughtful in … Read more
Bleak Employee Morale at Uber — and What You Can Learn From It
Today would not be a great day to be the head of talent acquisition at Uber (with apologies and much support to our colleague who holds that position). On … Read more
The Diversity Paradox No One Talks About
I recently read an article in which AT&T Chief Diversity Officer Cynthia Marshall said, “It makes good business sense to have an employee base that … Read more