Finding qualified applicants for open jobs is a real challenge, even more so when the labor market is tight. Then it becomes even more difficult to find applicants who have the desired levels of honesty and integrity. Dishonest employees and those lacking in both integrity and work ethic can have a huge negative impact on…
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Hypothetically all team members are autonomous, intelligent, generous, and hard-working. Cooperation is instantaneous and effortless. Personality conflicts are nonexistent. NOT! It sounds nice, but the real world is a bit different. Real people are imperfect human beings with a collection of prejudices, ambitions, and personality foibles that affect their relationships with other people. On real…
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Have you ever tried to put a square peg in a round hole, fit a 1/2” bolt into a 7/16” nut, or pour 36 ounces of beverage into a quart container? How about wearing a pair of shoes that was a size too small? If you’ve attempted any of these things, you not only know…
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According to SHRM, “succession planning is an important talent management strategy to help identify and foster the development of high-potential employees. Succession plans focus on positions that are the most critical to the future needs of the organization” whereby “the goal is to ‘keep talent in the pipeline’ and have people in place for future…
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Retaining and Hiring Top Talent Amidst a Talent Shortage Globally, countries are reporting an average talent shortage of 77%. In other words, there are only 0.77 job seekers for every job opening. Based on Manpower’s Talent Shortage Annual Report, this is the highest reported global talent shortage in the last 16 years and this shortage…
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