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8 Reasons You Need a Talent Acquisition Strategy
Executive recruiting today can be a minefield or a motherlode Let’s start with the minefield. Worldwide reports tell us that 70% of business leaders believe the existing talent pool is shrinking (2018 Talent Acquisition 360). Many key employment niches (lawyers, physicians, business executives, tech leaders, financial managers) are at 45-year low levels. And more companies […]
How to Lead with Diligence
The literature of ancient Israel invites any leader to consider the following: If you have the gift of leadership then lead with diligence. We don’t often speak of diligence in connection with leadership. Maybe we should. When is the last time you did a personal assessment of your competency to lead, and the outcomes of […]
The Elephant in the Recruiting Room
What happens to recruiting when there is no-one to recruit? In another 12 years, says a global survey, the world will be missing more than 85 million skilled workers. That’s more than the current population of Germany. The survey is the most recent of Korn Ferry’s “Future of Work” series. It’s one of many recently […]
Storm Clouds Gathering for Recruiters?
The world has become less friendly to recruiters in recent months. Surveys have singled out many and growing challenges facing those who search to find top talent in virtually any field. Allegis Group, a $2B giant in the field, put it in memorable terms a few days ago in the new 2018 Global Workforce Trends […]
A Wise Decision Trumps A Quick One
(Ed: Part 2 of a recent HBR article “Why a new leader should be wary of quick wins” by former CEO Dan Ciampa. Read Part One here ) In Thinking, Fast and Slow, the psychologist Daniel Kahneman explores the intricacies of judgment and argues that different tempos of decision making are better for different challenges. Fight/flight/freeze […]
The Hidden Danger in Quick Wins for a New Leader
(Ed: Ginger Duncan (Cornerstone Nashville) is at the leading edge of new integrated onboarding strategies to get a new leader up and running quickly. But there’s a downside. Ginger sends along this curated article from HBR on the danger of quick wins. 1st of 2 parts. As soon as a new leader steps into […]
Asking Open-ended Questions Brings Clarity
Asking open-ended questions is one of the most productive coaching techniques. Conflict shows up every day in our lives in one form or another. It can be over which route you take to a destination or a tough situation at work. Taking time to think it through and ask more questions is typically when […]
Learning Agility Can be More Important than Experience
Learning agility is an important universal indication of top talent. Paired with adaptability it is one of the essential characteristics of innovative leadership and agile talent.” Recently in Thailand, on the occasion of the annual global conference of Cornerstone International Group, I presented to a group of local CEOs on how to select tomorrow’s Top […]
The strategy where only one person counts – the customer
This is the fourth of four articles digging into cultures aligned with the four fundamental strategies: Independent design, Stable production, Interdependent delivery and Flexibility. A culture of flexibility is – wait for it – flexible. Its people are going to be all over the map. When you focus people on service or customer […]
Are Company Values Delaying the Gig Economy?
ATLANTA, GA. August 16, 2018 – Concerns over the loss of company values may be delaying adoption of the gig economy, according to a new survey. In the gig economy, freelance and contract workers will replace much of the salaried workforce. The Harvard Business Review finds 150 million salaried workers have already been displaced, with […]
2018 Global Business Survey Results
Are you gearing up for the gig economy ? Although HBR believes 150 million workers have already left the organized workforce to work as independent contractors, our latest survey finds business leaders are still more comfortable with full-time employees. Their biggest concern is a decline in knowledge and sharing of company values by freelancers and […]