Posts tagged: Retention Process

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 , , , , , , , | No Comments »

3 Guarantees To Recruiter-Proof Your Best Talent

As recruiters for more than 30 years, my partner Barry Deutsch and I have intuitively known why every now and then a potential candidate we try to recruit says to us, “Thanks for the call, but I really like my position.”  Until last year though, we have never actually validated those reasons. Last year I [...]

Monday January 17th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Who Is Responsible For Hiring Top Talent In Your Company?

Was your answer HR or the hiring manager? I typically ask this question in our hiring workshops, seminars and Vistage presentations to CEOs and key executives. The answers are generally either HR or the hiring manager. Both of which I disagree with. I believe hiring top talent in any organization falls squarely on the CEO’s [...]

Thursday September 30th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

Not All Reference Checks Say Good Things – 54% Have Received Bad References

I was recently facilitating our, You’re NOT The Person I Hired, workshop with CEOs and key executives. As is often the case, the subject of reference checking came up. Most in the audience tended to agree that checking references is a waste of time. After all, candidates only give references they are sure will say [...]

Tuesday June 22nd, 2010 in , , , | No Comments »

Prepare to Lose Some of Your Best People

After each recession, there is typically a wave of turnover representing pent-up demand for employee dissatisfaction as advertised jobs increase. WHAT IF Some of Your Best People Walk Out the Door? What are you doing right now to ensure your company is capable of retaining your best talent as the job market expands? I can’t [...]

Friday June 18th, 2010 in , , , | No Comments »

Recruiters Don’t Steal People, Managers Lose People

So often recruiters are accused of  “stealing your best employee.”  While it is true that we do present opportunities to your employees, the fact is, we don’t steal them. To the amazement of most recruiters, the vast majority of the time the employee already has a resume prepared and ready to go. All we do [...]

Thursday March 25th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Leadership: How one good apple can save the whole barrel

The private equity firm was in a world of hurt. They paid over $100 million dollars for this fast food restaurant chain and it was now losing over $40 million a year. Their investment was now effectively worth zero. They called me in to find a new CEO for the company. We interviewed many candidates, [...]

Friday March 5th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

Retaining Top Talent With Non-Monetary Rewards Part 2

Part One listed four of seven things companies can do to retain their top talent without spending a lot or giving increases in compensation. The first four from Part One are: 1) Verbal Praise 2) Achievement Awards 3) Learning and Development 4) Fun and Recreation Events Each of these can be done at the department [...]

Tuesday January 19th, 2010 in , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Retaining Top Talent With Non-Monetary Rewards Part 1

As a recruiter for almost thirty years, I have interviewed and spoken with thousands of candidates.  More often than not, compensation isn’t the reason we are able to get them interested in a new opportunity. Most of the time compensation is a secondary concern. In fact, both myself and my partner, Barry Deutsch, have a [...]

Friday January 15th, 2010 in , , , , , , , | Comments Off

How To Attract and Retain Sales and Customer Service People Using In-depth Work Style Personality Testing Part 2

How do you build up your sales and customer service force in a down economy? In part one of this article, we talked about some ways to attract and retain your sales and customer service people. Below are additional ways to use personality testing in the workplace to help attract and retain sales and customer [...]

Thursday December 17th, 2009 in , , , , , , , | No Comments »
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