New leaders have big mandates. The expectations are sky high. All eyes are on you. One wrong move could spell the end of your career. Or, at the very least, seriously hinder your progress. This is why defining an aspirational culture is a crucial first step for any leader. Typically, the more senior you are, …
If you’re leading a company going through a stagnant business growth period, then you know the solution is not simple to solve. A quick google search gives hundreds of possible solutions and almost all of them involve fixing strategy, sales, marketing and product innovation in some way. In this blog post I’m going to give …
Have you ever found yourself wondering why and how some companies have all the luck getting the best people? That’s how Mark felt when he reached out to me last year. As with anything in life, luck has very little to do with finding and keeping the best talent. What does help is an effective …
There are 3 clues that reveal company culture: the people, the processes and the technology. If you think this sounds too simple, then you would be right. See, the trick isn’t in learning the company culture. The trick is figuring out what to do after you’ve learned it, but that’s a topic for another blog …
Studies show 40% of executives fail within 18 months on the job due to poor or non-existent executive onboarding. Not getting a solid executive onboarding means new executives are left alone to figure out “how” things are done at the company, delaying, or worse completely missing, their ability to deliver the results they were hired …
When I started my HR career, perhaps one of the most surprising things I found was just how much there was to juggle. Now, I came form an Executive Assistant role, supporting 3 SVPs and the President, so I was no stranger to juggling multiple tasks. But going from supporting four executives to supporting a …
I’ve learned over the years that there is one thing every successful HR Business Partners does in their role. I’m going to tell you what that is in this post. Before the wide embrace of the HRBP/COE model in HR teams, most of us were HR Generalists. There were a few Specialists, mainly in compensation, …
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Many say that recruiters are the key to bringing in talent into an organization. I would argue that hiring managers are the real heroes of the story. Recruiters facilitate recruiting, but the hiring managers make the final decision. Recruiters will bring forward a number of good prospects, but hiring managers have to acquire the skill …
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If there’s one complaint I hear from HR Business Partners most often it’s how much time recruitment takes out of their already-busy days. I know, I’ve been there. After years of struggling with scheduling hours for screening resumes, phone interviews, in-person interviews, assessments, offer letters, etc., I finally came up with a way to shave …
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Leading without authority is a requirement for HR professionals, however, it’s not as difficult or elusive as people may think.