Likeability and Women’s Leadership
In late February, as Hillary Clinton embarked on her last ditch attempt to rescue her faltering campaign she decided to showcase her superior " leadership credentials." In high profile speeches on foreign policy, which featured an impressive mix of hard-nosed realism and encyclopedic knowledge, she sought to differentiate herself from her soft-focused rival. She fell flat on her face. For the umpteenth time, the press described her as hectoring, abrasive, and shrill
Do You Have the Courage to Get Hired?
Since when do you have to be brave to get a job? Since the job market became so challenging to conquer! Layoffs - old news, high unemployment - old news! Newsflash - companies are hiring. They never really stopped and although the numbers of job openings have significantly increased in the last 60 days there continues to be all those great candidates. I was not surprised when I heard that a company had received 600 resumes for a Director of Logistics/Supply Chain Management opening. So the puzzle continues to be how one gets the attention of the decision makers toward the ultimate job offers! Someone will get hired! If you job search is stalled and you either know of job opportunities or need to find those needles in haystacks, do you have the courage?
Sourcing Insight: Control Freaks Hate Community
Control freaks hate community. And most recruiters are control freaks
Obama, Gates, Crowley, and the Baggage We Each Carry
Much of my work over the past several years has wrestled with issues of diversity, specifically among the generations. My research has shown me time and again how powerfully and unconsciously our past experiences color the way we perceive events today — and how easily we form the wrong conclusion by judging another person through our lens.
Hire People Who Disagree with You
Emma Sky is a British pacificist dedicated to getting the U.S. out of Iraq. In 2007 she also became a key aide to General Ray Ordierno, the operational commander of U.S. forces. "People always thought we were funny," she tells Thomas Ricks in his book, The Gamble , "this huge man (Ordierno is 6'5) and this tiny British woman who went everywhere with him." Sky represented a civilian sensibility and voiced oppositional views that she felt senior officers needed to hear.
The Importance of Being Authentic
There is a lot of talk these days about how job seekers can “market themselves” and “build a personal brand” and, a phrase I often use, “communicate their value proposition.” All of this can sound intimidating when you’re faced with finding a job in a tough job market.
Would Boots ever do this with their e-commerce site?
I can only image the Boots Resourcing Team must be pulling their hair out with a delay like this. I can understand a few hours but days.....! I know candidates are not exactly in short supply but this is a bit of a shocker.
Onboarding new hires
A long time ago we put in place a system for a client called the First System. It was designed to improve retention of new hires as they could show that where someone stayed beyond 12-months, they would often stay 3+ years. But, 70% of new hires left BEFORE the first 12-months! The First System went something like this: On the First day their Manager would come and say "hello". At the end of the First week HR would call and say "hi", how's it going".
