Recruiting and Retaining Key Talent

According to this perspective, two primary needs drive talented job seekers: survival and meaning. How do you provide both to prospective employees?

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A Glimpse at Recruiting: Microsoft

What does it take to recruit and retain today’s top talent? According to these Microsoft employees, they chose a career at Microsoft because of the following reasons:

Being challenged each day
Autonomy: Creating your own goals and defining your own destiny
The ability to be innovative and creative
Freedom to experiment
Working with intelligent people

What kind of impression does your [...]

How Hiring Can Affect Talent Retention

Are you having trouble attratcting and retaining the talent you need? Talent management strategies, if not effective, can slow business growth and effectiveness to a hault. I read an interesting article this morning that points out ways in which retention problems can begin during the hiring process:

In most organizations the recruiting function is entirely separate [...]

Human Resources Needs Effective Leadership

I have talked a lot in this blog about motivation and influencing, because no leader - no matter what their position - can be truly effective without the ability to motivate others and influence change. As I wrote in a recent white paper on creating organizational change:
“Have you had great ideas to improve your organization [...]

What Causes Project Failure?

I read a great post today from Management-Issues.com discussing what leads to project failure within organizations:
“New research carried out by training company VitalSmarts and professional services firm, The Concours Group, has uncovered five crucial issues –what they term ‘crucial conversations’ - that have an enormous impact on whether high-stakes business initiatives succeed or fail.
The study, [...]

The Employee Motivation Fairy

Having trouble motivating your employees?

Have you had great ideas to improve your organization that you were sure would be immediately embraced by all employees?
Were you left wondering why the idea withered on the vine lacking the enthusiasm and support you had anticipated?
You’re not alone. Whatever the change initiative was, based on industry experience, chances [...]