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Happily and Productively Remote
Not long ago, the CFO of a fast-growing $150 million company with 80 sales reps was planning to move to a bigger, better location. I suggested that he not move everyone into the new space and, instead, arrange for some of the reps to work remotely. I was shocked by his answer: “No, because I don’t...
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15 Years and 15 Lessons Learned
What it means to be an effective leader has changed dramatically since I founded TalenTrust in 2003, because workplaces themselves have changed. Gone—or going—are the unbendable rules, inflexibility in how and where to work, micromanagement, pedestals and hierarchy, minimal time off, and virtually...
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A Strategic Plan For Winning Talent
CEOs cannot achieve success alone. Every CEO needs partners in strategy, and I will argue for many reasons that their most important partner is a talented and trusted CHRO. The chief reason is our increasingly fierce talent war, which means that finding and keeping the right people has never been...
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It Doesn't Pay To Be Cheap
If there is one word that cuts through the complexity of employee compensation, it's fairness. Fair pay for the actual work, and fair pay in relation to colleagues and market expectations. There are many reasons to make fairness the cornerstone of your compensation philosophy and practices, not the...
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Six barriers to finding and keeping great people
Here are two things you should know about today's candidate-first talent market"
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You and everyone else are competing for top talent-so what should you do?
Talent management has become much like trying to fill a bucket with a hole in it. According to Vistage and our clients at TalenTrust, more than 70 percent of small to medium-sized businesses plan to add headcount this year. While you're out there competing for new people on the market, 71 percent...
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Culture + employment brand = talent advantage
Culture permeates every workplace, but it's invisible if you don't pay attention to it. How would you describe yours? Would employees say the same? Becoming a "best" company, "cool" company, or whatever you want to be, will not happen by default. You have to make it happen based on your particular...
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Why you need a strategic HR
Until now, high-level strategy meetings ended with an afterthought something like "...and, oh yea, we better tell HR ..." HR was traditionally seen as a cost center, relegated to administrative and transactional back-room responsibilities like finding and training employees when needed and managing...
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Valuing sexuality while keeping our heads
I believe in men and women leading together. Everything is better when we do. That said, if you're a woman you probably have a #metoo story of one kind or another. Me too! And that fact complicates things. My fear is that if we don’t keep our heads and resolve workplace harassment issues together,...
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