Category: Leadership

How Small Companies Can Compete Against Larger Companies For Talent

Q. We are a small growing company. How do we compete for talent with larger companies, since we can’t pay as much as they do? In my search practice I have placed people in small and large companies. The main issue is rarely compensation. In fact, if that is the primary issue then you will [...]

Thursday October 20th, 2011 in Company Culture, Hiring Methodology or Process, Hiring Mistakes, Leadership, Non-monetary rewards | No Comments »

Should Human Resources Be Responsible For Hiring?

In many companies the answer to this question is, “Yes.” I believe that this is the wrong answer. HR may be accountable for  hiring and working with managers to provide candidates, but responsibility for hiring is not HR’s. Especially since the vast majority of companies don’t even have an HR function so what would they [...]

Thursday September 1st, 2011 in Hiring Methodology or Process, Leadership | No Comments »

What Have You Done to Develop Your Team?

Lack of training, development, and growth is one of the primary reasons your best talent might walk out the door on you sooner than you think! Last week I presented to a group of CEOs who were shocked that I was suggesting they spend any time with their direct reports talking about development, training, engagement, [...]

Wednesday April 20th, 2011 in Leadership, Retaining Top Talent | No Comments »

Your Current Team Might NOT be the Right Team

In working with thousands of companies over the last two decades, I’ve discovered a limiting factor for most entrepreneurial-to-middle market companies:   The team that got you to one place may not be the team to get you to the next place.   A team that is incapable of taking you to where you desire [...]

Monday April 18th, 2011 in Defining The Job, Leadership | No Comments »

Do you Inspire Others to Self-Motivate?

I am firm believer that you cannot motivate others – they need to self-motivate. In looking back through my archive of motivational articles, I re-stumbled across this blog post on inspiring others by Scott Ginsberg. Scott wrote an article on his blog “Hello My Name is Scott” titled “The Matt Foley Guide to Motivating The [...]

Saturday March 26th, 2011 in Interviewing, Leadership, Retaining Top Talent | No Comments »

If you’re looking for a job – don’t apply here.

Candidates looking for a job need not apply. Candidates who take responsibility, are willing to be held accountable and are looking to be part of high performing teams might have a chance here.

Tuesday May 25th, 2010 in Company Culture, Finding Candidates, Hiring Methodology or Process, Hiring Mistakes, Leadership, Success Factor Methodology | No Comments »

Growing and Retaining Productive Employees

Recently, on one of the e-mail lists to which I subscribe, a colleague mentioned that he had been counseled by one of his mentors that the best thing he could do for his good employees was to fire a bad employee. Sounds harsh, yet it is true that for the greater good, we have to [...]

Monday March 29th, 2010 in Leadership, Retaining Top Talent | No Comments »

New Toyota vs. Old Toyota – It’s All About Soul

I was recently sent a blog post by Peter De Lorenzo, “The AutoExtremist”, on Toyota’s recent recall woes, or as Peter put it: “Toyota’s got trouble alright…Trouble with a capital ‘T’.” Let me share a few paragraphs: “The harsh reality for Toyota is that it went too far overboard in striving to become the biggest, [...]

Sunday March 21st, 2010 in Company Culture, Leadership | 1 Comment »

Making Successful Changes – Part 2

As we mentioned in part one of this article, change is very difficult no matter what we want to change. Now we will look at other components for making successful changes in our lives. Taking small steps to change Consider taking one small step that you can take to begin the change process. An old [...]

Tuesday March 16th, 2010 in Company Culture, Validation and Verification, Workstyle assessment | No Comments »

Making Successful Changes – Part 1

I’m sure you’ve had times in your life when making a change becomes a big challenge. Perhaps you want to change how you deal with certain situations or a part of your lifestyle like your diet or exercise. Change is very difficult no matter what we want to change. We start out with good intentions [...]

Tuesday March 9th, 2010 in Leadership | No Comments »
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