Plus: The Single Most Important Question to Ask In an Interview Do you hate the interview process? Are you tired of feeling misled by the people you interview? You’re far from alone. Regardless of profession, every employer wants the same basic character qualities in...
How to Hire With Confidence and Certainty
Take the Guesswork Out of the Hiring Process in 3 Steps What’s one of the worst parts of hiring? It’s that inescapable feeling that gnaws at you through the entire hiring process, and even after you make your final choice: What if we hired the wrong person? It often...
Worried the New Year Is Going to Rob You of Your Best Employees?
You Might Be Right – But Here are 3 Culture-Shifting Strategies You Can Use to Keep Your Best Employees from Leaving Should you be worried that some of your best employees might be considering switching jobs in the New Year? Actually… yes, you probably should. It...
This Is Where Your Next Great Leader Will Come From
3 Research-Backed Methods for Hiring and Retaining Great Leaders In a plentiful job market, great leaders are tough to find because everyone is looking for work and putting on their best faces trying to stand out. In a tight job market like the one we’re currently in,...
You’ll Keep Missing Out on Top Talent Until You Use This Hiring Secret
5 Ways to Attract the Best New Employees and Win the Competition for Talent Some recent Dilbert comic strips have had fun with the tight hiring market, showing the fictitious company so desperate for talent that they hire a hardened criminal who ends up stealing all...
5-Step Soft Skills Hiring Guide
How to Hire Leaders and Team Members Who Can Adapt to an Ever-Changing Workplace Hard skills are no longer enough. Soft skill competence among your leaders and employees is becoming the key to differentiation. And that means hiring for soft skills is your new top...
4 Outdated Management Styles That Will Drive Your Employees Away
Business Leadership Rooted in the Past Won’t Lead You to the Future They say you’re not a leader if no one is following you. But in a business setting, doesn’t being ‘in charge’ automatically make you a leader? Your employees are, in a way, forced to follow...
The Single Worst Thing You Can Do to Waste a New Employee’s First Day
Plus, 7 Essential Employee Onboarding Strategies That Will Attract and Retain Your Best Team Ever As unemployment creeps ever more downward, employers are asking: “What else can we do to keep our best people?” Here’s the answer: Employee...
Negative Employee Feedback: The Secret to Retaining Your Best Employees
Giving negative employee feedback is one of the keys to business growth. Everyone makes mistakes. No one performs perfectly. Everyone can improve. So – learn how to give constructive feedback in a way that empowers employees. Here are 7 ways to give negative feedback that your
CEO confesses 5 hiring mistakes he used to make
5 Under-the-Surface Hiring Mistakes That Will Erode Your Company Culture and Growth There was a great column recently written by A.J. Mirabedini, the CEO of GKIC, a small-business marketing training company. A.J. offers the wisdom of experience, revealing several...