Managers receive many benefits after they learn how to create higher levels of employee excitement. For a manager, there are few things more stimulating than working closely with a team full of highly energized and excited employees. Workers that, because of their usual high energy and excitement levels, are eager …
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Deepfake Candidates – Yes, A Single Deepfake New-Hire Will Cost You Millions (Have you had a remote worker log in their first day and then disappear?)
On their 1st day, a deepfake remote hire will steal your secrets, plans, data, and install ransomware. Also, if a single North Korean deepfake new hire continues to be employed for months, the damages they can cause will continue to grow. And they won’t stop growing unless you accidentally stumble …
Read More »Assess Your Talent Competitiveness – And Learn If Your Takeaway/Giveaway Score Is Positive? (This most powerful under-reported strategic talent metric reveals your net talent gain.)
CEOs are fierce competitors who expect you to win literally every talent battle against top firms. And because CEOs see everything through an “Us against them” lens. Their desire to win every time extends beyond product competition and into talent. However, to CEO’s, not all talent battles are equal. The …
Read More »Talent Lessons From The Super Bowl – Prioritization Leads To Excellence (Allocating resources to high-impact areas will improve your results)
I’ve found that the highest impact transferable practice from the NFL to business is prioritization. And if you’re not familiar with the concept, when something receives a higher priority. The organization places a laser focus and narrowly targets an area where allocating more resources is essential in order to be …
Read More »Recruiting During 2023 – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Even the most optimistic need to prepare for another difficult year in recruiting. So, if you’re the Pollyanna type who only wants to hear positive news, I suggest that you immediately stop reading. Because from a recruiting perspective, 2023 is likely to be even worse than the last two years …
Read More »The Most Effective Retention Tool… Is An Employment Contract (Eliminate turnover among your targeted employees)
Few know that the sports and entertainment industries have essentially ended key talent turnover. And because corporate retention is currently at a record low, it makes sense for corporate talent managers to more closely consider their approach, which reduces voluntary turnover to near zero. This “most effective” retention tool that …
Read More »The Most Read Talent Management Articles In 2022 – A Powerful Learning Opportunity
Your knowledge of best practices may be your strongest asset during the upcoming recruiter layoffs. However, during this hectic year of rapid change in talent management, I have found that many professionals have simply been overwhelmed. So they could find little time for their essential reading. To those who have …
Read More »Talent Management Lessons From The World Cup – The Top Five Action Items (Learning from sports industries)
The “professional sports model” is the next step in the evolution of corporate talent management. So given that the FIFA World Cup is currently underway. It’s now appropriate for corporate leaders to devote some of their strategic thinking time to understanding how the top global football teams reach such extraordinary …
Read More »Recruiting Dropped From Second To Eighth On HR’s Priority List – So Focus On Increasing Your Job Security
With this painfully low priority ranking now is the time to build your job security as a recruiter. Yes, after years of literally being number 1 or 2 on the list of CEO/executive concerns. It’s now, unfortunately, true that a recent survey revealed that HR leaders have dropped recruiting down …
Read More »Are Layoffs Coming To Your Company? Use This Checklist To Find Out (A comprehensive checklist of the warning signs of a pending layoff at your organization)
It’s better to be prepared than surprised, so track the warning signs of your upcoming layoff. It’s important to realize that in today’s volatile business environment, each week, large-scale layoffs are becoming increasingly common. And unfortunately, the current ones can occur with little formal notice to the impacted employees (Note: …
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