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How to Hire the Right People

Jock Purtle, Founder, Digital Exits Any good business leader understands employees are the key to success. You may have a great product, and you may have a solid business model, but if you don’t have the right people in the trenches, then your success will be short-lived at best, if it ever comes at all. Because […]

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Interview Questions to Find Your Rock Star Marketing Executive

Jennifer Davis, Chief Marketing Officer, Leyard You are looking to grow your business and your executive team.  You want to add another voice at the table to represent strategic marketing.  Communications and brand are becoming more important and you want the organization to be more thoughtful and integrated in your approach.  You want to add some

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Laughter

When was the last time you had a good belly laugh. I mean one of those laughs that consumes  every part of your body, that literally stops you in your tracks, almost gasping for air… that  kind of laughter. Have you ever thought about it? When was the last time you laughed like that? Or

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Don’t Blame the Test

As the Baby Boomers face retirement, the federal government faces the problem of replacing them. Government officials must address the consequences of a bad hire, just as corporate companies do, with one important exception. Firing a civil servant is nearly impossible. That’s why decision makers are once again considering the use of tests, something that

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Heresy in HR

Last month a CEO client contacted me to evaluate Dean, an executive who had come to him through a referral from a trusted source. The man who referred him knows both my client and the candidate and assured the CEO that the two should meet to explore how Dean could work for him. Hold on.

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Succession, Synthesis, Survival: Leveraging Demographics for Corporate Survival

Paul Nourigat An unprecedented wave of staff turnover will rock most industries for the next 15 years. The retirement of CEOs, their direct reports and many highly skilled positions will create an unprecedented vacuum of human capital. As the economy improves and productivity improvement tapers off, robotics and sourcing strategies will hit their ceiling and

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