By Eric Chester Imagine that you are walking alone across a vacant parking lot on a breezy day, when out of the corner of your eye you notice a crumpled-up … Read more
Employee Ideas: A Good Source of Innovation – If Companies Will Listen
Call me jaded, but hearing that companies are now mining their employees for innovative ideas makes me chuckle. That’s not because it’s a funny … 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
Building a Top 20 Workforce: The Secret to Successful Hiring and Promotion
Editor’s note: Each Tuesday here at TLNT, Dr. Wendell Williams will detail the seven different obstacles that need to be addressed by management before any … Read more
Are Employees Griping About Your Product? Maybe You Should Let Them
So the stars have aligned, you’ve worked weeks on end to release a product, and it finally goes live. You get the press you want, some criticism, and … 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
Time To Face The Facts: Social Media Sourcing Is Social Media Screening
A year ago, I did a presentation and I asked how many people Googled a candidate or checked their social profiles. Many of them had and one of them said … Read more