At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders at all levels grappled with never-before-experienced challenges, and decisions generally came down from the top about how organizations would respond. Employees looked to leadership to clarify ambiguity and provide direction. Now, as …
A Human Resources leader was recently describing the talent challenges her organization was experiencing as a result of COVID-19. At this point, they’ll likely sound familiar: increasing workloads, job security concerns, and executive leadership “hints” about a near-term return to …
Forget the Winter Olympics. Nowadays, it seems the fiercest competition is playing out in the talent management sphere. Deloitte’s 2017 Global Human Capital Trends report identified talent acquisition as one of the most important challenges currently faced by companies – …
Most of our clients understand the pain and suffering associated with a bad hire – it’s why they invest in pre-employment assessments. According to Fast Company and the U.S. Department of Labor, the estimated cost of making the wrong choice …
I have an unfortunate chronic ailment: I am a Chicago White Sox baseball fan. I believe the biologists would say that I am the victim of imprinting; when I was boy, soon after I discovered baseball, my team went to …
Humans are inherently bad at making judgments about themselves and others In light of this, the “assessment” field was developed to try and bring greater objectivity and predictive power to these evaluations. The manner in which people are assessed varies …
We’ve all heard of organizations enticing employees with lavish corporate offices and top-tier perks. Perhaps the most well-known example is Google, which provides a breakfast bar, an onsite gym, free massages, a shuttle system, laundry services, and more. It seems …
Few people would argue that the most valuable employees with the most potential to succeed need to be retained and developed. We could fill a thousand blogs with the best strategies for retaining these high-potential folks and could write a …
A software engineering company wanted to become known for hiring the most attractive candidates in their field. For them, success was competing with peer firms for top talent. A new HR candidate was brought in for this express purpose, and …
