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What is Skills-Based Hiring, and What Does it Mean for You?
College degrees are a common signal for hiring managers. They’re better thought of as noise. So argues Dan Finnigan, whose career spanning many of the web’s largest early online hiring platforms — from CareerBuilder and HotJobs to a decade as CEO of Jobvite — led to him being called the “godfather...
When and How Monitoring Employees Can Help Boost Productivity
Tracking your team’s computer usage offers valuable insights on where there could be room for improvement. But be mindful of privacy issues and micromanagement risks. As work habits evolve, some managers are opting to monitor employee computer activity and the movement of company data. In fact,...
How to Make Better Decisions
Decision-making is one of the most important things leaders do. We expect leaders to be decisive. We expect them to make good decisions. Unfortunately, most of the writing on decision-making and a whole lot of practice is oversimplistic, with “bias for action” replacing good sense. There are...
Engage Your Employees with Better Cybersecurity Training
Cybercriminals use a variety of tactics all at once and are constantly innovating. Organizations need to do the same and take a multidimensional approach to cybersecurity because biannual training videos aren’t enough to engage employees or protect your business. Is your cybersecurity strategy...
How to Improve the Development of Your High Potential Employees
Part of the development process for high potentials should include a focus on wellness and the importance of work/life balance. Although it may seem like a modern problem, the truth is that employers are always in drastic need of more inclusive and collaborative leaders who can drive business...
Never Answer the Question You’re Asked Until You Do 3 Things
You love giving answers, but great answers to wrong questions are wearisome. Irrelevance is annoying.Wrong questions: Don’t expect honest responses for accusations. “Why did you do that?” might feel genuine to you, but coming from the boss it’s an accusation. Don’t deflect with fake curiosity....
6 Habits of People-Centric Leaders
Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time talking to executive leaders about how they run their businesses. I’ve noticed something interesting in these discussions: Even though there’s universal agreement that business success is centered around finding the right employees, many leaders use a...
Are You Taking Shortcuts?
These days, we’re under a lot of pressure to move quickly. Things are changing rapidly, so it’s tempting to jump on the fast track. Or try for a quick fix. Facebook’s motto from a few years ago captured it well: “Move fast and break things.” In today’s culture, people expect quick results. We live...
The Most Common (and Preventable) Mistakes Businesses Make — and How to Avoid Them
Here's what your business can do now to avoid problems in the future. On a weekly basis, I have the opportunity to work with business owners in a variety of ways. Unfortunately, I am often helping them to overcome a challenge that they really didn't need to have happen in the first place. For...