Start Educating, Stop Training
How people learn and how they are taught are often not in sync. This shows up as inconsistencies in execution, untapped market potential, and the need to get “back to basics.” ...
The Tesla Approach to Staffing and Recruiting
Car fanatic or not, there is a lot to like about a Tesla and how this electric vehicle is a model for better business. Acceleration from zero to 60 miles per hour in just 3.1 seconds, ...
Let’s Display Professional Sportsmanship
College football is now over for the season, but one game still stands out to me, and not in a good way. That was the Rose Bowl. Watching the Florida State football team lose to Oregon ...
Lean Recruiting
People are not the only ones getting on the scale as staffing and recruitment firms across the globe are trimming the fat as a catalyst for growth. Lean Recruiting initiatives across ...
Removing the Repetitive
The staffing and recruitment industry remains stuck in a past with a reputation that is often no better than that of used car salesmen, attorneys, and politicians. While it’s easy ...
Avoiding Dependent Leadership
Last week I watched a common example of one individual serving as the intellect and conscience for another. It happened at Publix, our local grocery store, where my 17-year-old son ...
Are You Hiring Right?
Are you hiring right? “Of course we are,” answered Dan, a CEO who is a new advisory client from the West Coast of the United States. Then, he took the Hire Right Assessment and ...
Why Strategies Fail
Whoever said that “a failure to plan is a plan to fail” didn’t understand planning. Unless mentally impaired, no one actually plans to fail; what really happens is they fail ...
Is It Best? Or Is It Merely Repetition?
While speaking at a recent industry event I met lots of smart and talented people who were sharing valuable information and learning good practices. Embedded within those good ideas, ...
Who’s the Next Contestant?
Like a game show where it’s anyone’s guess who’s going to win, it’s difficult, if not impossible, to predict which companies are going to buy next. At any moment in time, ...