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Seven Ways to Motivate Top Talent in De-Motivating Times

To retain your top talent it is absolutely critical to ensure they are motivated. In difficult times this is often not high on the priority list of managers or CEOs. Most people are working long hours and doing the job of two people. Salaries are frozen, pay cuts have been implemented and forget about any bonus. For many companies this is their current culture.

 Brad Remillard CEO Briefing Newsletter , Talent Management August 9 2012

Why Traditional Job Descriptions Don’t Attract Top Talent

The single biggest hiring mistake and one rarely considered is that employers don’t define success for qualified candidates.

Brad Remillard CEO Briefing Newsletter , Recruiting , Talent Management August 16 2012

Two Reasons Interviewing Fails So Often

Can you guess what percentage of hiring managers actually review the details of the job description with the co-workers that will be interviewing the candidates? If you guessed less than 10% you are correct. Here’s a simple way of improving the process.

 Brad Remillard CEO Briefing Newsletter , Talent Management September 27 2012

Skills and Experiences Are Irrelevant When Hiring

Of course, having the right skills and experiences are important to performing the job, just not relevant when hiring. Skills and experiences are simply the tools one brings to the job. It is one’s ability to use these tools effectively that counts. Just because you have a hammer and saw in your garage, doesn’t make you a fine finish carpenter.

 Brad Remillard CEO Briefing Newsletter , Talent Management November 8 2012

Skilled Executive or Psychopath?

Do you have a psychopath employee in your organization? Here’s a six-step action plan to follow if you find that you do.

 Ronald Schouten and James Silver Talent Management June 15 2012

No Matter How the Court Rules, Healthcare Benefits Will Remain Key

For those of us who work in businesses that require the best and the brightest individuals in order to do our jobs well, the issue of healthcare benefits looms large.

 Sudhakar Kesavan Health/Benefits , Talent Management June 15 2012

Time to Automate Human Capital Management

Emphasis on the strategic management of human capital will continue to be the hallmark of successful companies and is, in part, made possible by the rise of HRO 3.0.

Mike Ettling Talent Management June 25 2012

Why CEOs Are Taking on More Direct Reports

The CEO’s span of control has roughly doubled over the past twenty years, from almost 5 to just under 10. Two immediate questions come to mind: Why? And is this making CEOs more—or less—effective?

 Gary L. Neilson Leadership & Strategy , Personal Effectiveness , Talent Management April 9 2012

The CEO as Head Coach

Too many corporate leaders don’t understand that changing corporate culture is shaped by every decision they make. The tone is set by their words and cemented with their actions, every day—when the CEO establishes a strategy and follows it, sets rules and abides by them, not only says he or she is “one of us,” but acts like one of us.

Christopher Otto Culture , Talent Management April 4 2012

Why Wait for Healthcare Reform?

Finding the best healthcare plan for your company is no easy feat, but there are ways to tailor a plan to your needs, as well as pitfalls to avoid in navigating the healthcare marketplace.

 Ralph de la Torre Governance/Compliance , Health/Benefits , Regulatory March 5 2012

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