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Here is a nice article by Travis Bradberry on Fobes that looks at the 12 habits of exceptional leaders. However, what really struck me about this article were the quotes that Travis used to illustrate each habit. “Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible.” —Aristotle “The more elaborate our means of[…]
We are now well into 2015 and I noticed an interesting article 7 HR must haves for 2015 winning the talent war by Susan Galer on Forbes this week. Susan looks at the seven must haves to attract top talent based on findings from the Oxford Economics report entitled Workforce 2020. Get your leadership in[…]
I have been talking a lot about building talent pools lately. Here is a great article How to uncover the 3 hidden talent pools you already have by Jack Zenger on Forbes. Jack found just like we do that Executives in many companies are concerned about their ability to attract and retain managerial talent. He[…]
I have just finished reading this article Smart recruiting drives relationships and conversations by Meghan M. Biro on Forbes. Meghan makes the point that passive recruiting is kind of like the darker, more mysterious sibling of active recruiting. Because it is so different from traditional recruiting and usually involves targeting people (headhunting) who don’t have[…]
Here is a beautiful story from Geoff Loftus at Forbes about Ernie Banks. Last week, on January 23rd, Baseball Hall of Famer Ernie Banks, the man known as “Mr. Cub”, died. He was 83 years old. Banks played for the Chicago Cubs, and only the Cubs, for 19 seasons. The Cubs had a losing record[…]
I have just finished reading the LinkedIn 2015 Global Recruiting Trends Report and one of the points I found interesting was that the majority of global professionals consider themselves ‘passive’ in terms of looking for the next career opportunity. Yet only 61% of companies recruit passive candidates and in Australia it is only 49%. Or[…]
Here is a great article The blame game hurts employee retention from Roberta Matuson on Forbes. Roberta looks at employee turnover and asks organisations what contributes to high employee turnover. The answers fall neatly into 10 topic areas. Have a look at the article, do the answers sound familiar? If you have any questions or[…]
Here is a great article Too familiar to question a flaw in recruiting corporate leadership from Dina Medland I found on Forbes this week. Dina looks at reputational risk and in particular the lack of appropriate due diligence and screening at top levels in UK boardrooms. Dina found that out of 140 HR directors in[…]