Executive Search
14 Oct Going With Your Gut: When Instincts Override Data
Which “A” player is best for you?
Wedged between a recession and a recovery, most organizations have reduced their workforces to save money and remain viable. Many corporate bosses are evaluating talent to identify and retain top performers, and recruit the “A” players who will position them to be competitive in the years ahead.
14 Oct Plan To Keep Your “A” Players, Or Plan To Lose Them
It’s a fact—towards the end of a recession, when the economy starts perking up—the most talented people start looking around for other opportunities.
14 Oct The Real Reason Nonprofits Need A Succession Plan (But No One Ever Talks About It)
Are you an Executive Director of a nonprofit agency? Do you have a succession plan? If you’re like many you don’t. Why don’t more nonprofits have succession plans?...
14 Oct “A” Managers Hire “A” Players; But It’s OK If You’re Not Perfect
You’ve probably heard that saying: “A players hire A players, and B players hire C players”. But does this mean you can’t hire someone who has ever made a mistake? Absolutely not. Or that you have to have a perfect hiring record or else you are a failure? Emphatically not.
14 Oct How To Tell Your Story And Achieve The Success You Seek
Having a well-defined corporate culture, i.e., having a good story to tell, is by far the best way to help you recruit and retain the people who can help your company achieve the success you are seeking.
14 Oct It’s an employer’s market. Or is it?
If you don’t know who you’re looking for, you’ll easily find him (or her)
The unemployment rate rose from 6.5 to 6.7 percent for the Month of November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics—the economy shed 533,000 jobs in one short month. That’s up 2% from the same time last year.
14 Oct Hire a Headhunter? Are YOU Kidding ME?
Sound familiar? Your Human Resource team is small, underpaid, overworked and they think you can find a hard charging Vice President of Sales on your own. Plus, your company wants a sales leader who will make an IMPACT.
14 Oct Joining a Search Committee?
6 Considerations for Nonprofit Board Members
Imagine this scenario: You’re sitting on a nonprofit board where you have invested your time, talent and money over many years. The CEO has unexpectedly resigned leaving behind a dramatic leadership crisis. Because of this sudden change, employees are concerned and keeping the staff focused and maintaining morale proves to be a difficult task. You wonder, “What are we going to do without a leader? What will happen to our funders, foundations and other stakeholders that invest in our programs and services?”
14 Oct Recruiting Requires Research?!?
Great companies hire great people to do great work. Life happens, people grow, they move on. The empty seats they leave behind must get filled. Top Human Resource pros never stop searching for outstanding new talent that can grow, innovate, invigorate and make their company more successful.