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Right-on-the-nose recruiting for top people
Employment today is as much about purpose and relationship as it is about the job. Why do you do what you do—can you express it clearly? And what’s so special about your leadership—why would people want to follow you into …
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Setting Crucial Expectations for Remote Work
Wi-Fi makes location irrelevant. No matter how much the distance between you and your remote team, setting expectations provides the road map you need to achieve your goals. Clear, mutual expectations enable you to establish milestones and celebrate progress; delegate …
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How can I be a GREAT leader in a virtual world?
By Kathleen Quinn Votaw When everyone is working in the same place and the culture is positive, leadership is magical. You feel like the charismatic boss you are as you build relationships, observe behavior, take the team out to lunch, …
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Oh Yes, You Can!
By Kathleen Quinn Votaw Do you believe that anything’s possible? Or do you see roadblocks in your way? When you change your predominant mindset from a fixed to a growth orientation, everything in your life—and your business—can change. It’s your …
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You’re not still asking those weird interview questions (are you?)
by Kathleen Quinn Votaw Because Google started asking quirky interview questions a few years ago, so did just about everyone else. Google soon realized that the answers to questions like, “How many golf balls can you fit in an airplane?” …
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The ageless workplace: let’s rebrand retirement
by Kathleen Quinn Votaw "I'm 55-years-old … do you think they'll hire me?" asked the candidate tenuously. “Why wouldn’t they hire you? You've got the credentials,” I assured him. But I knew he had a point. Many candidates and companies …
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Post & Pray—widely used and useless
By Kathleen Quinn Votaw “Post & pray” may have been a good way to get what you wanted from Santa Claus, but if your company is still using it as a hiring strategy, as many do, it’s time to grow …
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Jobvite Article Features TalenTrust
Jobvite turned to TalenTrust CEO Kathleen Quinn Votaw for her perspective on the difference between recruiting and talent acquisition. Here's the full article and below are excerpts. … If your company expects faster than normal growth for the next several …
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Employees don’t fit neatly into algorithms
So let’s rethink performance reviews By Kathleen Quinn Votaw When you think about the change that’s happening almost everywhere at a pace we’ve come to accept, there are still some critical areas stuck firmly in the past. One of those is …
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Monkeys, geese, cans and talent strategy
By Kathleen Quinn Votaw Denver’s Infinite Monkey Theorem’s canned wine (yes wine in cans) has been praised in Wine Spectator, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. Maybe their cans are produced in Boulder by Wild Goose Canning, whose revolutionary …
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