Posts tagged: Rewards and Recognition

Stopping Recruiters From Taking Your People

Q. Our industry is one that is actually growing during this recession.  Some of my people are getting calls from recruiters offering them new positions. We can’t afford to lose anyone at this time. Is there any way to keep recruiters away from my people? The short answer is no. Good recruiters are as good [...]

Thursday August 25th, 2011 in , , , , , , | 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 , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Basic Common Sense in Generating Smiles Through-out Your Workforce

As an Executive Recruiter, Trainer, and Hiring Process Consultant, I have the privilege of visiting over 50 companies a year and getting to know their executive and managerial teams. I’ve been doing this for over 25 years. That’s a lot of companies. Is Your Culture De-Motivating? I am dumbfounded why so many company environments and [...]

Friday October 15th, 2010 in , , , , , , | 2 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 »

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 [...]

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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 »

Letting Employees Go Is A PR Event

Most have heard that hiring is a PR event. You should make sure that, whether you hire the person or not, they leave your company wishing they got the job. That way, they will speak highly of your company to others that might want to work there. This is especially true in small industries and [...]

Wednesday December 16th, 2009 in , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

How To Attract and Retain Sales and Customer Service People Using In-depth Work Style & Personality Testing – Part 1

How do you build up your sales and customer service force in a down economy? The quick answer is don’t be a dodo bird. While researching our book, Cracking the Personality Code, we examined the essentials of what managers and business owners need to know about hiring and managing sales/customer service people with the help [...]

Monday December 7th, 2009 in , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »
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