April 4, 2016 Ashley Sutphin
You probably already have an onboarding strategy in place. It likely involves employee training, perhaps some mentorship opportunities, and general ways to help employees feel welcome and help them learn about your corporate culture.
read moreMarch 11, 2016 Don Weobong
There are so many ways to use videos as part of your overall talent management strategy, and it is becoming increasingly popular as there are more tools and resources to create professional-quality videos without a great deal of technical knowledge or a huge production budget. Regarding talent management, videos can be incredibly useful for not […]
read moreFebruary 22, 2016 Sherman Morrison
As I’ve mentioned throughout this series about bias in the workplace, you’ll never eliminate it altogether, but you can certainly minimize its often negative impacts that derail your best talent management efforts and decision-making. Howard Ross, whose ideas and writings I’ve relied on heavily for this series, lays out very practical steps to take throughout […]
read moreFebruary 15, 2016 Sherman Morrison
I hope it’s clear by now that when it comes to bias, it’s not something we can eliminate entirely, nor should we try to, because it’s an essential aspect of how we go about making decisions in our daily lives. But it’s also true that bias can get in the way of making good talent […]
read moreFebruary 14, 2016 Don Weobong
An Overview of HubSpot Hubspot, based in Cambridge, MA., is a company that delivers and sells inbound marketing software. Founded by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2016, the company earned $100 million in funding at its launch from companies like Scale Venture Partners, Salesforce, and Fidelity. The company […]
read moreFebruary 8, 2016 Sherman Morrison
If you are human, you are biased. It’s the most basic point author and diversity expert Howard Ross has been making for years, most notably in his most recent book, Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives. How these biases affect the talent management process and what you can do about […]
read moreFebruary 1, 2016 Sherman Morrison
It’s fairly common knowledge at this point that businesses and organizations like to think of themselves as committed to diversity, and yet far too many diversity efforts fail. I’ve written in the past about how one of the reasons this happens is by leaving inclusion out of the equation (see Why Diversity and Inclusion Efforts […]
read moreJanuary 11, 2016 Ashley Sutphin
Is anyone that fond of the traditional resume? Would-be employees feel like they’re being judged on a snippet of their job experience or life, and they often cite the fact that it doesn’t adequately represent who they are as a person or an employee. Employers find resumes provide very little information about the important things, […]
read moreDecember 9, 2015 Sherman Morrison
I’ve written two articles related to your talent brand, one focused on defining The Talent Brand and Value Proposition, and one about the Talent Branding process. Looking back at the first article, it seems I really only introduced the concept and gave a few questions to stimulate your thinking about beginning to formulate a talent […]
read moreDecember 9, 2015 Sherman Morrison
If you read my last article about The Talent Brand and Value Proposition, you already know the value of a strong talent brand that is aligned with your consumer brand. Companies that achieve strength and alignment between the two do better than companies that don’t. If you’ve worked your way through establishing a strong talent […]
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