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Taking Your Employees on Trust: How to Develop a High-Trust Business Culture

Taking Your Employees on Trust: How to Develop a High-Trust Business Culture

What place does trust have in your business culture? Do you trust your employees with freedom and flexibility in their working environment, or do you Read More

Innovation Leadership Re-invented

Innovation Leadership Re-invented

Innovation is constantly taking place around us, from the mundane and simple, to the abstract and grand. Last night I was watching a video for Read More

Four Steps to Improving Your Employer Brand

Four Steps to Improving Your Employer Brand

You know about personal branding—what makes you unique to the workplace and how to leverage that for the best career opportunities; you also know about Read More

Embrace Project Management to Enhance Organizational Efficiency and Profits – First in a Series

Embrace Project Management to Enhance Organizational Efficiency and Profits – First in a Series

This is the first article in an extended series presenting project management concepts, along with detailed instructions on how to improve project outcomes.  This series Read More

Outsource or Insource? Beyond Your Core Competency

Outsource or Insource? Beyond Your Core Competency

As the business press is buzzing about companies bringing back call centers and other services to the U.S., businesses should be thoughtful about what services Read More

Quick Start Guide to Hiring Effective Executives

Quick Start Guide to Hiring Effective Executives

© 2012 Johanna Rothman 

The good news is your company is growing. The bad news is time to bring in more executive management.

Why is Read More

Consider Emotional Intelligence Before Making That Hiring Decision

Consider Emotional Intelligence Before Making That Hiring Decision

As we all know, intelligence is an important factor in success. However, there is more than one type of intelligence, and one being considered more Read More

3 Steps to Give Your New Hires a Terrible Onboarding Experience

3 Steps to Give Your New Hires a Terrible Onboarding Experience

Do you want to make sure that your new employees are dazed and confused from day one? Do you know the secret to keeping them Read More

The High Performance Business – More than Running Lean and Mean

The High Performance Business – More than Running Lean and Mean

Look around your workplace. It may appear that everyone is busy; there’s activity, no one’s hanging out socializing, no one appears to be deep into Read More

On Boarding Can Mean More To Company Than New Hire

On Boarding Can Mean More To Company Than New Hire

“On Boarding” is the structured way a company brings newly hired employees into their “fold.”

Many organizations have orientations meant to orient newly hired employees. Read More

[Infographic] Hiring on the Minds of CEOs, Survey Says

[Infographic] Hiring on the Minds of CEOs, Survey Says

The employment picture in 2012 is looking pretty bright. Companies have kicked off the year by hiring more as the economy shows some strong signs Read More

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Are You Working on Your Business, or FOR Your Business?

Too often, CEOs’ time is spent on everything but what it should be spent on — working on the business. Our tendency — especially for Read More

This is NOT the Marine Corps! In Business, It IS Okay to Leave Someone Behind

This is NOT the Marine Corps! In Business, It IS Okay to Leave Someone Behind

The United States Marines follow the motto of Semper Fidelis, Latin for “always faithful.”  One example of this intense loyalty is on the battlefield, Read More

A Gift for the Holidays- Hire a Veteran

A Gift for the Holidays- Hire a Veteran

I believe this is a defining moment in our history. Our nation is in a fight for its soul. What kind of country do we Read More

Are Your Employees At The Risk Of Being Poached?

Are Your Employees At The Risk Of Being Poached?

I sure hope so.  If your answer is no, then I might ask if it’s because your employees are not worth poaching.  If you have Read More

Hiring Mistake #3: Inappropriate Prerequisites

Hiring Mistake #3: Inappropriate Prerequisites

Hiring top talent is not the same as ordering through the drive-through line at your favorite fast food restaurant.

In many companies, the hiring process Read More

Your job is like a Stradivarius

Your job is like a Stradivarius

I have spoken to many employees who have taken their positions for granted. And not surprisingly, they have taken their employers for granted, too.

This Read More

Right People in the Right Jobs

Right People in the Right Jobs

Over the last 27 years, I have spent the majority of my professional life as a serial entrepreneur. I have been a long time member Read More

Hiring Failure: Hiring Mistake #2 – Superficial Interviewing

Hiring Failure: Hiring Mistake #2 – Superficial Interviewing

Next to not defining success, which I covered in my last blog post, superficial interviewing is the second most common mistake made in the hiring Read More

SEO for the CEO | 5 Basics to Understand

SEO for the CEO | 5 Basics to Understand

Ever hire a consultant and realize: I’m not getting much out of this! It happens in the SEO (search engine optimization) world, too.

When a Read More

Why Hiring Fails: Hiring Mistake #1: Inadequate Job Descriptions

Why Hiring Fails: Hiring Mistake #1: Inadequate Job Descriptions

In one of my last blog posts, I mentioned that I would take the Study we did within the Vistage/TEC Community on Hiring Failure before Read More

Hiring The Right Way

Hiring The Right Way

Despite some headlines, a number of businesses are poised to hire. With unemployment as high as it is, there are many good people looking for Read More

Job Interviews – What should I wear?

Job Interviews – What should I wear?

Believe it or not, that is the first question you should ask yourself!  Why?  Studies have proven it takes us about five or six seconds Read More

It’s In The Bag!

It’s In The Bag!

After being victim of a layoff back in 1990, I spent six-months looking for a job.  Even back then, I felt I had strong credentials, Read More

Filling A Role or Making A Difference?

Filling A Role or Making A Difference?

I ended my last post by saying, “In today’s new economic reality, or new normal, you’re  no longer hiring people to fill roles; you’re hiring Read More