December 16, 2015 Ashley Sutphin
Foot Locker, a well-known retailer of athletic gear and footwear, has announced it will move toward using predictive analysis to hire employees, particularly as they face limited growth in sales and a high turnover rate.
read moreDecember 7, 2015 Ashley Sutphin
Remote employees are no longer an anomaly—they’re becoming more of the norm not just in the U.S., but the world, and while the advantages of these employees can be tremendous, talent management leaders are looking at how to ensure they’re well-trained, part of the company culture, and appreciated.
read moreNovember 16, 2015 Ashley Sutphin
In the U.S. right now, the hourly employee is a part of the labor segment frequently discussed but often misunderstood.
read moreNovember 16, 2015 Sherman Morrison
Whenever two companies come together through the merger and acquisition (M&A) process, something many forget to consider are the difficulties that arise when two different company cultures come together. Oddly enough, even though it is this difference of cultures that often leads to M&A failure in delivering expected outcomes, surprisingly little attention is paid to […]
read moreNovember 11, 2015 Ashley Sutphin
Netflix has revolutionized the way people watch TV and movies. This on-demand streaming media service is available throughout the globe, and it now has more 69 million subscribers, with 43 million of those being in the U.S. Netflix has been so successful it’s also launched its own original programming line-up including the highly popular House […]
read moreNovember 11, 2015 Ashley Sutphin
When we talk about talent management trends and leaders we often look to large mega-corporations, but the U.S. is home to amazing small and medium-sized businesses as well.
read moreNovember 6, 2015 Don Weobong
Research highlighted by the Wall Street Journal shows something surprising: not only can performance reviews cause a bit of anxiety for employees, but this stress can actually be harmful. The Findings The Wall Street Journal is bringing to attention the findings of a paper in Strategy + Business written by a team of researchers from […]
read moreNovember 5, 2015 Don Weobong
The term overachiever can draw sharp and distinctive reactions from people, particularly in the workplace. On one side are people who view overachievers as the dream employees, while there are some who feel the term is one that’s not necessarily positive. While “overachiever” isn’t a new term, it’s become more prevalent in talent management, particularly […]
read moreOctober 23, 2015 Ashley Sutphin
While the average person may barely even be considering the holidays right now, for businesses that need to hire seasonal employees the time is now.
read moreAugust 18, 2015 Sherman Morrison
As a talent management professional, you know how important it is to make sure the managers in your company have the skills to bring out peak performance from their direct reports. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again here: Your middle managers are the key to your organization’s successful future, but they’re overburdened […]
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