“A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.” — Rita Mae Brown, American novelist. The ability to consistently make good, solid decisions lies … Read more
Setting Company Culture? You Better Understand Employee Motivation
People in the business community love their clichés. “There’s no ‘I’ in team,” “work smarter, not harder,” and my personal favorite, “think outside the … Read more
I’ll Say It Again: We Need to Get Rid of Resumes and Job Descriptions
As some of you may know, I think the continued use of traditional, skills-infested job descriptions prevents companies from hiring the best talent … Read more
What’s the Mark of a Manager? Here’s a Great (But Unexpected) Example
Life is full of errands – things we must do, even if we don’t consider them fun or enlightening. I’m talking about simple things such as shopping for … Read more
Make Your Company Vision a KISS (As in “Keep it Simple, Sweetie”)
By Dr. David Vik I always advise clients that the “Vision” of a company needs to be a short, simple, and repeatable slogan that doesn’t put … Read more
Candidate Experience: Can You Keep Them Out of the “Black Hole?”
A couple of months ago I shared some data from an Aberdeen Group report about benchmarking quality of hire best practices. It’s a great benchmark list of … Read more
Want a Singular Company Culture? It Must Come Straight From the Top
Your CEO must set your company culture. He or she must demonstrate by example and reinforcement the culture they want to see permeate the organization. … Read more
Cyberloafing at Work? Maybe It Really Just Shows a Lack of Leadership
Turns out, people waste time at work on the Internet. Shocked? Probably not, because it’s likely that most of us do it (at least a little). According to a … Read more
Leveraging Big Data: HR’s Golden Opportunity to be Strategic Partners
Just as having a saw doesn’t make you an expert carpenter, having Big Data doesn’t make you an expert analyst. A recent article in the Harvard Business … Read more
Why the Candidate You Hired Isn’t the Employee Who Actually Showed Up
“But he interviewed so well!” the frustrated manager lamented at a leadership conference I presented for last week. “He was so sharp … so … Read more