Talent Management

Why You Shouldn’t Judge a Candidate by Their Background Check

by Eric Chester on May 22, 2013, 7:00 AM | 1 comment

Imagine that you have one opening you’re trying to fill, and 16 eager applicants aged 17 to 22 — all with more than adequate skills for the job — awaiting their second interview.

Before the interviews begin, you discover that among those candidates are five recovering addicts, two pregnant unwed teens, three who are on probation, eight high school dropouts, four who have earned only a G.E.D., and one who’s recovering from a traumatic brain injury.

And those issues are just the ones listed on the background checks of the young people you are about to meet. There are many that aren’t listed, to be sure. Read more…

Talent Management

The Trick In Getting Buy-In From Employee Engagement Skeptics

by Reese Haydon on May 21, 2013, 11:25 AM | No comments yet

Of the many obstacles to improving employee engagement in an organization, creating buy-in for employee engagement surveys and respective change initiatives is perhaps one of the most challenging — and the most prolific.

Are senior executives actually indifferent about employee engagement? Are managers too close-minded to realize the positive effects of engagement? Are employees too needy or too hard-to-please?

The answer to any of these questions is simply “No.” Don’t believe me? Keep reading. Read more…

Culture, Talent Management

In Today’s World, All Your Employees Must be Company Strategists

by Derek Irvine on May 21, 2013, 7:00 AM | No comments yet

Strategy is one of my passions. I’m fortunate that helping clients formulate strategy is also my job.

Indeed, my title is Vice President, Client Strategy and Consulting. I greatly enjoy my work helping organizations of all stripes develop a strategy for proactive management of their company culture. Yet, I also believe that everyone is (or should be) strategist in their organization.

Two pieces on strategy I read last week helped me coalesce my thinking. First, from Strategy + Business comes the ideas of Cynthia Montgomery, Timken Professor of Business Administration and former chair of the strategy unit at Harvard Business School. Read more…

Recruiting and Staffing, Talent Management

Hiring Wisdom: 10 Steps to Hiring and Retaining a Great Team

by Mel Kleiman on May 20, 2013, 8:10 AM | No comments yet

Take and stay in control of your team.
Share your desire, vision and purpose with your team to move them in the right direction.
Let only positive people on your team.
Your attitude is contagious, so keep it positive.
Don’t waste your time with people who don’t want to be on the team. Read more…

Leadership, Talent Management

Most Companies Fail at Innovation – But Here’s What to Do Instead

by Derek Irvine on May 20, 2013, 7:00 AM | No comments yet

What’s the most powerful word in business today? Innovation.

Read any blog, any news source, any prospectus and you will quickly stumble over “innovation” — how the company pursues innovation, how innovative the products are, and how “innovation” is a core value of the company.

And this is all well and good because innovation truly is what propels industries and markets ever forward.

But the real question smart companies should be encouraging every employee, in every role, to ask is: “What can I do, in what I do every day, to be more innovative? How can I innovate our product, our service approach, to better serve our customers, change the market, or push the company forward?” Read more…

Talent Management

10 Tips For Reducing Employee Turnover

by Heather Huhman on May 17, 2013, 11:20 AM | 1 comment

Many people agree turnover is a growing issue, particularly as hiring picks up.

But what are most organizations doing about it, aside from implementing some short-term solutions when they discover it’s a problem?

Reducing employee turnover actually starts with the hiring process — but there are important management aspects to consider as well. Here’s what several experts had to say about the issue: Read more…

HR Insights, Talent Management

True Work-Life Balance? It’s a Myth We Need to Quit Worrying About

by Eric Chester on May 14, 2013, 8:10 AM | No comments yet

Work-Life balance.

As a Baby Boomer teen born to Depression-era parents, I never heard that term once.

It didn’t exist back then and, if it had, it would have never come out of my father’s mouth. Hard work was his life, and when he had a day off, he worked. To my dad and those who were his age and older, balance was something you did to your checkbook when the statement arrived.

It wasn’t until the late 1980s when this three-word term entered the American lexicon, and it wasn’t popularized until the late 1990s. Now, those three words are said in conjunction as frequently as pass the salt. Read more…

Talent Management

Forget Yahoo – Here Are 8 Benefits of a Distributed Workforce

by Bill Kilpatrick on May 13, 2013, 10:20 AM | No comments yet

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer got the world talking earlier this year when an internal memo was leaked, effectively announcing her intention to put an end to the company’s work from home policy.

Beginning in June, employees who work from home will be expected to start working from the office:

To become the absolute best place to work, communication and collaboration will be important, so we need to be working side-by-side. That is why it is critical that we are all present in our offices.”

Of course, this announcement was greeted with a lot of criticism from the tech community and proponents of flexible work environments. Read more…

Talent Management

Important Message For Your Workers? Make It Short, Sweet, and Entertaining

by Eric Chester on May 10, 2013, 11:25 AM | 2 Comments

When you fly, do you actually pay attention to the airline safety announcement?

Neither do I.

These FAA-mandated announcements are, for the most part, monotonous, mundane, and insulting to the intelligence of anyone with a fifth grade education. Instructing passengers on how to fasten their seat belt by inserting the end with the clip into the metal buckle? PLEEZE!

However, this past week I experienced one that made me drop my USA Today Sports section, as it captured my undivided attention for nearly five minutes. Read more…

Culture, HR Insights, Talent Management

I Still Don’t Think That You Work 80 Hours Per Week

by Tim Sackett on May 10, 2013, 8:05 AM | 4 Comments

I have to say that one of my most well-read posts, ever, and one that I continue to take the most crap about, is What Would it Take to Get You to Work 80 Hours Per Week?

People actually take this post as a personal attack on their work ethic. So, I’m here to say – I still don’t believe you!

And now, I have research to back up how you don’t really work 80 hours in a week. This is from Fast Company and titled The Truth About How Much Workaholics Actually Work: Read more…

Talent Management

Why You Shouldn’t Judge a Candidate by Their Background Check

The Trick In Getting Buy-In From Employee Engagement Skeptics

In Today’s World, All Your Employees Must be Company Strategists

Hiring Wisdom: 10 Steps to Hiring and Retaining a Great Team

Most Companies Fail at Innovation – But Here’s What to Do Instead

10 Tips For Reducing Employee Turnover

True Work-Life Balance? It’s a Myth We Need to Quit Worrying About

Forget Yahoo – Here Are 8 Benefits of a Distributed Workforce

Important Message For Your Workers? Make It Short, Sweet, and Entertaining

I Still Don’t Think That You Work 80 Hours Per Week

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