The Criticality of Hiring “Right”
I had the opportunity to spend a good part of this week with people who are true linchpins- they make critical contributions to organizations that they are part of and that they serve.We were exploring the importance of behaviors and your “unconscious” persona in how you interact and effect others in various kinds of relationships. It was especially interesting to hear how the...
Read MoreHire Hard – Manage Easy!
I am very pleased to see interest in topics like employee engagement and employment branding gaining some momentum, even if it is just in dialogue. I have to pay an homage to the people at BlessingWhite for their recent studies and research and Dr’s Whitlark and Rhoads for their publication about the “Spillover” effect which provides concrete relationships and data; drawing a...
Read MoreCreating a Succession Plan
I just read a “conversation starter” article by McKinsey and Company on the topic of succession planning, focusing on the CEO.They reiterated again about the importance of this process and bluntly how for the most part how badly it is done.Badly is described as Ignoring it because it causes you to deal with your own “mortality” Because in many cases it is left to the CEO...
Read MoreWhen Will We learn?
I have been following a number of interesting discussions on LinkedIn and other places about the issues surrounding employee recruiting, selection, and retention.They range from the importance of the process to the idea that since we are in a recession and employees don’t have anywhere to go we can focus on other more “important” business issues.Interesting viewpoint. Studies...
Read MoreThe “War” for Talent
I read something on LinkedIn the other day that I thought offered an interesting and in my opinion incorrect perception- that the “war” for the best talent is over for the short term because of the current recessionary and unemployment conditions.It rather reminded me of a conversation that I had twenty years ago with the CEO and VP of HR at a high technology firm where I was...
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