If you hear anyone talking or writing about leadership and the formula for leadership success, you would do well to pause and take a listen. That’s … Read more
HR Roundtable: What’s the Difference Between Skills and Competencies?
After the rush of the Ohio HR Conference, October’s monthly HR Roundtable in Cincinnati decided to tackle the topic of “Business/HR Competencies.” It … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Tipping Points When Employees Stay – or When They Go
Are you pushing your great employees away or is someone else taking them? A study by University of Washington professor Dr. Thomas Lee found there is a … Read more
Diversity Is a Best Practice, But Fairness Doesn’t Always Apply
The diversity perception is much different in practice. The reality is, we discriminate; we stink at giving folks a fair shake, especially when they’re not … Read more
Just What Are You Doing With Your High Potential Employees?
The Wall Street Journal had an article recently saying that only 28 percent of companies tell their employees what they are ranked in terms of future … Read more
Social Media: Smart Thinkers Take Their Shots at Conventional Thinking
Today must be the day must be the day to challenge a lot of conventional thinking about recruiting, HR, and the use of social media in both of those … Read more
8 Critical Skills: Something You Can Use No Matter What Job You Have
I love posts like this one over at our sister website ERE.net titled 8 Skills Recruiters Should Have. What I love about it is that when you dig down into … Read more
Good Customer Experience? It Depends on a Good Employee Experience
By Laurie Bassi, Ed Frauenheim, and Dan McMurrer with Larry Costello The Disneyland employees most pivotal to the famed theme park’s customer satisfaction … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: The Best, Most-Overlooked Source of Great Employees
Whenever I make a presentation that covers employee recruiting, I always tell the participants: “The #1, best, most-overlooked source of great employees … Read more
What Steve Jobs Taught Us About The Power of Following Your Passion
My daughter lives upstairs and last Wednesday night I heard her running down stairs. When she poked her head in my office, she said “Steve Jobs just died.” … Read more