Are You A Monster or a Resource?

Are You A Monster or a Resource?

Head of HR at ABB on talent management and good leadership

Head of HR at ABB on talent management and good leadership

One More Time: What Do People Want At Work?

Getting the very best (or most) from employees has become the holy grail of business. Millions of dollars are spent to determine how to achieve a state where workers function at high levels of productivity and, supposedly, satisfaction.

Every employee survey I’ve seen over the past 30 years shows the same results as this, conducted in 2007 by Towers Perrin. The survey population was 90,000 employees, worldwide.

Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You?

My Dad was a blue-collar worker. His favorite job was working on the railroad, but the only job I really remember him having was at an oil refinery in Oklahoma. It was a dangerous, dirty job, but he never complained.

Little Overlooked Things Can Destroy a Company Culture

A company culture trumps its products, services, or even people. It is that important.
I was reminded of this over the weekend when I was talking with someone who
recently joined a local company. This company even has an external positive buzz
about it. But it still has a negative culture.

Retained In A Recession

Often times companies don’t understand the true leverage you can give a professional recruiter by retaining them. Forget about the fact that your search goes straight to the top of the priority list and everyone else gets pushed down the ladder. It’s not even about the fact that retained clients get the top candidates first. Just the sheer power of being able to market your opportunity as one that is retained says a thousand words. Let me tell you why.

5 New Ways to Interview College Grads; Move Past the Interrogation and Towards a Proactive Approach

Have you ever seen the Fox hit television show, 24?’ It is gripping, action-packed and beyond unrealistic, yet I am hooked every season.’ 24’s hero and main man, Jack Bauer, is infamous for his 9 lives and vicious interrogation tactics that pry anything he wants out of his unsuspecting victims.” Looking back on a few interviews I have been on…maybe Jack Bauer was the one who was sitting on the other side of the table, not the Hiring Manager.

“Help, I have 4 job offers!” Evaluating Offers, Career Decision Making and Employee Motivation…

Last Thursday, one of my clients, who is a Graduate MBA student called me. He sounded very anxious on the phone and requested an Emergency Career Counseling session.