Last Thursday while vacationing with my family in a small Colorado mountain town, I suffered a personal crisis when one of my highly visible dental crowns … Read more
Organizational Values: Live Them and They — the Talent — Will Come
“For us this lawsuit has always been about something much more important than patents or money. It’s about values. We value originality and innovation and … Read more
Is Your Hiring Test a Joke??
When something looks good on the surface, but completely without merit, it is called a joke. You might not have thought of this before, but many hiring … Read more
The Anchorman Guide to Building a Recruitment System
Ron Burgundy and his merry band of reporters may have their share of dysfunctions – especially Brick – but together they make a pretty good team. It might … Read more
The Immense Power of Your Employment Brand
What is the single most important part of your entire talent and HR strategy? Is it your leadership development? Your process for goal alignment? Your … Read more
5 Ways to Evaluate Top Talent and Eliminate Job Search Bias
Evaluating top talent for open positions becomes much simpler when you eliminate one commonality of the job search – biases. The majority of the materials … Read more
Handling Feedback: It’s About Being Transparent, Not Getting Defensive
If you need to give constructive feedback or challenge someone, try prefacing it with authentic self-disclosure. I recently witnessed a great example of … Read more
Building Company Culture: To Make it Work, It’s Gotta Start at the Top
Out of everything I read on a daily basis, interviews with CEOs tend to be among my favorites. Case-in-point: this recent SmartBrief interview with John … Read more
Continuous Feedback: It May Be a Better Approach Than the Annual Review
I’ve done a lot of research and reading lately that really cemented my view that feedback delivered via the formalized annual performance review, is not … Read more
Good Boss, Bad Boss, How to Be the Right Kind of Boss
Are you a good boss, or a bad boss? Sounds a little bit like The Wizard of Oz, we know. Similar to that classic story, what type of boss you are can … Read more