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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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CEOs list Talent as #1 Concern for 2018
Hiring in 2018? You are not alone! Vistage Reports that CEO optimism has reached historic levels, and the percentage of CEOs (72%) planning to expand their workforce in the coming year is the highest in the 12-year history of the survey.
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Resolve to value the things you can't measure-like people
In the age of the internet, we think we're pretty unique when it comes to dealing with big change. But did you know that the quote, 'The only thing that is constant is change,' was first said in about 500 BC by Heraclitus of Ephesus? The reality is that from fire to Facebook, "we the people" have...
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Exit autopilot and hit refresh
We regularly refresh our memories, our screens, our drinks... Too often we let our relationships drift into autopilot, especially our closest ones. This is the time of year we start thinking about what we'll do better to improve our lives next year. Lose ten pounds and get more exercise are at the...
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Gratefulness and Grace. A short letter of Thanksgiving.
All year long, I dig in and drive TalenTrust to the next goal. A good trait in some ways, but it often makes me forget to slow down and remember all of the meaningful things I've done in my life so far, the wonderful people who've taught me along the way, and how much fun I've had. I'm thankful...
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