Employers
3 Questions the Most Exceptional Bosses Ask Daily
Ever worked for a boss that left an indelible imprint in your life? I’m talking about thetype of boss that took the time to mentor and coach you, was always available for you, and had it as a high priority to grow you as a person, entrepreneur, leader? I have — Bruce was that guy.…
Read MoreOnboarding Expectations: The New Hire View
CHRO’s need to make sure their organization is doing enough to fulfill their new employees’ onboarding expectations. This should start before the employee even steps foot in the door on day one, providing them with an advance view of company policies, information about the team they are joining, the ability to get started on new…
Read MoreHow Long Does Talent Acquisition Take To Fill a Position?
One goal of talent acquisition is to fill vacant positions in a timely manner. The longer it takes to fill a position, the more it costs: spending on the hiring process, and loss of revenue that would otherwise be brought in from the position waiting to be filled. A recent study from Bersin by Deloitte…
Read MoreWhat’s Missing from Your Job Descriptions?
Posted by HR Solutions Blog Team on June 20, 2016 at 9:30 AM Job descriptions play an important role in the employment lifecycle and serve as a useful tool to help you manage your employees. It’s a best practice to develop and maintain job descriptions for all positions in your company for several reasons: Hiring: Employers…
Read More9 Things That Make Good Employees Quit
It’s pretty incredible how often you hear managers complaining about their best employees leaving, and they really do have something to complain about—few things are as costly and disruptive as good people walking out the door. Managers tend to blame their turnover problems on everything under the sun, while ignoring the crux of the matter:…
Read More3 Things Your Employees Are Too Scared to Tell You…
As former PayPal CEO (and current Gawker lawsuit funder) Peter Thiel told theWashington Post a few years back, “As CEO, you’re somehow both the total insider and the total outsider at the same time. In some ways you’re at the center of the organization. In other contexts, you’re like the last person to know anything.”…
Read More12 Leadership Mistakes Good Bosses Avoid
Good bosses approach their leadership positions with the best of intentions to do the right things. But mastery requires avoiding mistakes whenever possible as well. If you’re in a leadership position — at any level of the company — you can improve your leadership skills by watching out for these 12 mistakes to avoid: Being…
Read More7 Reasons Why Emotional Intelligence Is One Of The Fastest-Growing Job Skills
According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, emotional intelligence will be one of the top 10 job skills in 2020. The awareness that emotional intelligence is an important job skill, in some cases even surpassing technical ability, has been growing in recent years. In a 2011 Career Builder Survey of more than…
Read MoreCan I Get Fired For Doing My Job Too Well?
Dear Liz, I am going through a difficult period at my job. I was hired a year ago to launch a National Accounts program and that program is going really well. The company overall earned $72 million in revenue in 2015 and our national accounts were responsible for $19 million of that sum so the…
Read More7 Traits of OVER ACHIEVING TEAMS!!!
According to Deloitte’s Human Capital Trends 2016, “A new organizational model is on the rise: a “network of teams” in which companies build and empower teams to work on specific business projects and challenges. These networks are aligned and coordinated with operations and information centers similar to command centers in the military.” The “military”? Are…
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