I was in Phoenix last week at the Summer Conference for TTI Performance Systems.  Always in pursuit of how we can help our clients manage their businesses and their talent better, a select group of 50 of us put our head down and went to work: branstorming, collaborating, sharing knowledge, and listening to experts in [...]

If a job could talk, what would it say about itself?
What would it say are the behaviors, key motivators, and personal skills necessary for superior performance?
 
Job Benchmarking is a process that tells you that very thing, about any position in your organization. 
 
80% of turnover is caused by bad hiring decisions, and a job analysis is the most [...]

In my last post I talked about disengagement.  Let’s continue the discussion, first, by giving you a “state of the people” address.  Then let’s look at some actions you can take to proactively position yourself for the next battle:
Some things you should know:  

According to a recent study by the Washington-based Corporate Executive Board, the [...]

I just returned from Phoenix, where a few hundred of the world’s top management consultants were gathered for our annual conference.  The theme of workplace engagement kept coming up; so much so, that we decided that our February 2010 theme is “Re-Engaging the WorkForce”.
As much as you might be thinking “What?  Anyone with a job in today’s [...]

Job Benchmarking
 
We see layoffs in the news every day.  The principle of supply and demand says that companies with available positions are finding the right talent to fill the jobs more easily now than ever.  Not according to many of my clients!  Finding good talent is still a top problem!
According to the Aberdeen Group, in [...]

I talk to at least 50 people a day, and here is the most interesting thing I’ve learned recently.
1. Many people have been laid off in recent weeks and months.
2. One of the top challenges my executive clients have is the small talent pool to choose from.
Something doesn’t measure up.  There has to be lots of great [...]