This “think piece” is designed to get you to better appreciate the value of failure during innovation and how it can be a powerful teacher. There are few things in business that have a higher economic value than innovation. But unfortunately, along with that economic value come a lot of …
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Slides – Directly Improving Business Results through Bold HR Leadership And Innovative Actions
This presentation – – Will show you how bold HR practices directly impact the bottom line – Expose you to some innovative leading edge practices in HR, and – Show you simple HR actions that could increase your firm’s rev. by $1 million
Read More »(Slides) Silicon Valley Workforce Performance Secrets
High performance from the silicon valley hr from Dr John Sullivan
Read More »The Future Of Predictive Analytics – The Next Generation of Talent Metrics to Consider
A comprehensive list of current and future predictive talent metrics The use of predictive analytics is a hot issue and a developing trend in talent management. But unfortunately as a longtime thought leader in the area, most of the current prediction efforts are extremely shallow. And as a result, they …
Read More »Hire Self-Motivated People — the Single Smartest Thing a Hiring Manager Can Do
How recruiters can become a hero of your hiring managers by dramatically reducing the number of hours that they have to spend motivating and watching their employees If you are a corporate manager, you already know that you routinely spend a significant portion of your time trying to motivate your …
Read More »Increase Hiring Manager Performance and Compliance With Service-level Agreements
I estimate that hiring managers are responsible for more than 60 percent of all delays and errors during hiring. So if you want to improve your quality of hire, reduce position vacancy days, and improve process compliance, it only makes sense to try to get hiring managers to put a …
Read More »Ebola — Are Your Corporate Leaders Prepared for All Upcoming Employee Issues?
You might initially think that Ebola is only a medical issue, but corporate leaders, HR, and recruiting professionals should realize that the likely upcoming Ebola-related panic and anxiety will also negatively impact an organization’s employees and candidates. Take a moment to visualize this possible scenario where during the upcoming flu …
Read More »Recruiting to Avoid a Rocky Mountain High — the Impact of State Marijuana Laws
How a state law becomes a recruiting issue I recently visited Boulder, Colorado, and guess what: everyone there was talking about the new marijuana law. If you are recruiting leader for a large corporation, you may fail to realize how much the laws of individual states can either positively or …
Read More »The Top 1% Recruiting Gap — Why Most Firms Have Surrendered to Google
A think piece designed to stimulate your thinking on competing against the top 1 percent firms for top talent If you’re an executive interested in recruiting, here is a scary thought to consider. For the first time in your lifetime: As a result of their compelling approach to managing talent, the …
Read More »Talent Management Lessons From the Super Bowl for Corporate Leaders
A couple years back I was asked to outline “the future of talent management” in a talk at Google headquarters. Then as now, I predicted the future of talent management will follow the “professional sports model,” which many of you undoubtedly witnessed during yesterday’s Super Bowl. Some in HR carelessly …
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