By Mindy Bortness, Women on Business, April 2015
Brands targeting the teen market have a business model to produce and price goods inexpensively, anticipating the mentality of “disposability” that exists within their target audience. Sadly, many businesses work from that same mentality in their approach in hiring employees. And, unlike a pair of shorts from Forever 21, replacing employees is very costly.Read More
Look Carefully, Dig Deeper, Connect the Dots
Let’s get real: a talent strategy isn’t about musical chairs and who sits in what seat and when. It’s about building an authentic culture around people—all
people—honoring them and enabling them to unleash the best they have. Given the opportunity, everybody brings something to the table.
Managing talent is not easy. But companies that do it right—invest the time to make the process an integral part of strategic imperatives and
align it to their purpose, requisite leadership skills, mission and goals—thrive. Moreover, in the age of the humanization of the workforce,
a robust talent strategy has become the impetus for innovation and sustainable competitive advantage.Read More
Jon Stewart is not only a brilliant comic, he’s also a fearless leader. Why?
He continually hires talented performers that are as good as if not better than he is, allows them to develop comic diversity that complements his own, and then watches them walk out the door to star in their own shows. (Comedian Larry Wilmore is the latest Daily Show staffer to get his own show after John Oliver and, of course, Stephen Colbert.)Read More
I recently gave the opening keynote at a conference focused on the Future of Leadership. My presentation discussed the best tools leaders use to take the terror out of hiring and promoting.Read More
Our careers are important, but how many of us are willing to invest in ourselves in the same way that we expect companies to invest in us? Instead of being proactive about their own professional development, many employees sit back and wait for HR to tap them on the shoulder for mentoring programs, leadership seminars, even feedback about performance evaluation. The truth is, there can be significant benefits in seeking these things out on your own.Read More
We are very excited to “officially” introduce the Smart Assessment Tool™ (SAT), an affordable new way to deliver DISC throughout your entire organization.
SAT is an exclusive, online, video-based solution utilizing the DISC behavioral assessment to help individuals, teams and organizations boost productivity and improve interpersonal skills.Read More
We first sponsored the Best Places to Work in Idaho program in 2008, teaming up with Populus and the Idaho Business Review to encourage organizations to get involved and become a stronger workplace. Since then, the number of companies participating has increased and we have received more good applications than ever before.Read More
Author of The Why of Work, Dave Ulrich is also a Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and a partner at the RBL Group, a consulting firm focused on helping organizations and leaders deliver value. He studies how organizations build capabilities of leadership, speed, learning, accountability, and talent through leveraging human resources.Read More
China is in need of top native talent to lead its businesses, whether they are domestic corporations or multinational enterprises. However, there is a serious skill gap between the need for Chinese leadership and the preparation of mid-level managers to step forward and succeed at the top of their organizations.Read More
For those who don’t know, Kellen Moore is a 4th year Jr QB for Boise State. He is 6’0″ 180-ish. Out of his uniform, he looks a little bit like Napoleon Dynamite. In his uniform, he looks like he borrowed it to go trick or treating. Last night under the enormous pressure of expectations, he was a little off – no interceptions but some poor throws and a fumble. Until the final drive – where he threw completion to a 3rd string TE and a 3rd string WR.Read More