Mar 12
Jeff Hyman Contributori #LikeABoss (https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffhyman/2018/03/10/whenheadhuntercalls/#7b30a6bb1008) As if it wasn’t already painful to recruit great people! Now, with the economy in full gear, you also must actively defend your company against headhunters seeking to lure your best employees to greener pastures. Make no mistake. This is the strongest employee-driven labor market in decades. If you don’t make …
Mar 05
By The Young Entrepreneur Council (https://smallbiztrends.com/2018/03/creative-ways-to-share-new-job-openings.html) Finding potential job seekers can feel like a hopeless task. No matter where you put up your job posting, it just doesn’t seem to turn out the caliber of candidates that you are looking for. While your efforts are in the right place, the results can be fruitless unless you …
Mar 04
Employee Engagement Is The Difference Between Success And Failure By Gordon Tredgold Founder and CEO, Leadership Principles @gordontredgold (https://www.inc.com/gordon-tredgold/8-daily-habits-that-boost-employee-engagement-improve-results.html) Employee engagement is running at around 32%. Which means that a staggering 68% of staff, potentially your staff, are either disengaged or even worse actively disengaged. According to Gallup, this costs the US economy anywhere between $450 to $550 …
Mar 02
Make meetings work for you with these two tactics. By Nick Hobson Behavioral scientist@NickMHobson (https://www.inc.com/nick-hobson/how-emotionally-intelligent-people-run-meetings.html) For many founders, meetings are the ultimate time-waster. More than ever, meetings are being forced down people’s throats. It’s OK. You can say it: They’re a royal pain. Personal gripes aside, research has shown that meetings have increased in both length and frequency over the …
Mar 02
There are all kinds of images people have when they think about a leader, but there is one you should forget. By John Eades Author, podcaster, and CEO of LearnLoft @johngeades (https://www.inc.com/john-eades/want-to-be-a-better-leader-stop-giving-orders-do-this-instead.html) If I asked you to close your eyes and visualize a leader, what image would come to mind? When I originally did the exercise, the first thought …
Aug 31
(https://hbr.org/2018/03/research-do-people-really-get-promoted-to-their-level-of-incompetence) You’ve probably encountered managers you admire more for their technical skills than for their actual leadership skills. Perhaps it’s the familiarity of this experience that lends the Peter Principle its popular appeal. The Peter Principle, laid out in a 1969 book by Dr. Laurence J. Peter, describes the following paradox: if organizations promote the …
Aug 06
In their phenomenal Annual Letter released yesterday, Bill and Melinda Gates take us to leadership school. By Marcel Schwantes Principal and founder, Leadership From the Core @MarcelSchwantes (https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/bill-melinda-gates-just-wrote-an-extraordinary-annual-letter-that-teach-us-7-powerful-leadership-lessons.html) Bill and Melinda Gates pose in front of the Elysee Palace before receiving the award of Commander of the Legion of Honor by French President Francois Hollande on April …
Aug 06
We asked readers for their favorite interview questions — and we weren’t disappointed. By Jeff HadenContributing editor, Inc.@jeff_haden (https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/15-favorite-interview-questions-to-completely-disarm-job-candidates-in-a-really-good-way.html) Maybe your favorite interview question is one of the most common interview questions. Maybe it’s one of the most common behavioral interview questions. Or maybe you have a less conventional interview question you like to ask, like those asked by these company …
Jun 24
Paul Tremont is president and chief executive officer of SRC Inc., which is aggressively recruiting high-tech talent to Central New York. The company is known for its community involvement, especially in helping local schools to succeed. (Courtesy SRC) By Stan Linhorst StanLinhorst@gmail.com, syracuse.com (http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2018/01/paul_tremont_leadership.html?ath=e91b3e9fcbeefa9b028bbb56a9ead8bd) Paul Tremont is president and chief executive officer of SRC Inc. The company …
Jun 24
Rasmus Hougaard Jacqueline Carter Vince Brewerton (https://hbr.org/2018/01/why-do-so-many-managers-forget-theyre-human-beings) In our assessments, surveys, and interviews of over a thousand leaders, many comments stood out, but one in particular was especially powerful and thought-provoking. “Leadership today,” Javier Pladevall, CEO of Volkswagen Audi Retail in Spain, told us, “is about unlearning management and relearning being human.”
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