Take a moment to consider the following: If your company hires 100 people in the next 12 months, that’s an annual increase in compensation costs of at least $10 million if you factor in average total compensation of $100,000 per person. Clearly, the total cost of…

Amazon now employs more than 750,000 people around the world. In 2019, the e-commerce giant hired nearly 100,000 workers in the third quarter alone. But only 25 years ago, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was looking to make his very first hire for the…

After spending nearly a decade helping Fortune 500 companies with organization development, Matt Hoffman decided he’d rather work on a smaller scale where he could have an even bigger impact. He’s since helped numerous startups and small businesses to…

One major reason for a company to not have business success despite high vision and planning is because of the negative behaviour of a few of its employees. Negative behaviour is an outcome of emotional imbalance within an employee which with time can be overtly…

I found the following story that speaks volumes why traditional reference checks simply don’t work. Not long ago, I received a call from a furniture-store owner who was checking the references of one of my former employees. He introduced himself, and got right to the…

“People leave managers, not companies.” We’ve all heard it. Many of us have experienced it. But what makes people want to leave a manager in the first place? And if you happen to lead a team, what qualities can make you better? Those are the types of questions…

At the intersection between a leader’s personality and decision making, there is a pressure point where personality style will be the ultimate influence on business judgment. “Leaders with higher learning orientation are more likely to embrace ambiguity, complexity…

When it comes to selecting and assessing CEOs, other C-suite level executives or board members, the most important criteria for boards to consider are competencies, commitment and character. This article focuses on the most difficult of these criteria to assess –…

USA Swimming’s long-time high-performance consultant Russell Mark has his fingerprints on many of those 123 medals. Russell studies video and data then makes suggestions to swimmers and coaches to help them achieve faster times. In fact, The Washington…

It was a time of deep loss, psychological questioning and bitter in-fighting over leadership and business that would ultimately end in the band’s split.  Companies need to be aware not to become the Beatles with low performers playing the role of Yoko Ono’s in…

How can organizations better prepare for what’s coming? Organizations should embrace a more expansive and dynamic view of their talent supply—one that tosses out the usual preoccupation with titles and traditional roles and looks instead at the underlying skills…

Recruiters have a front-row seat to the ever-changing mix of skills most prized by the business world. Understanding what those skills are early on can give you a leg up on the competition. And while the soft skills valued by companies tend to change gradually, the…

Interviewer: Do you easily get agitated?Candidate: No, not at all. Interviewer: What would you do, if you do not agree with your teammate’s idea on a certain assignment.Candidate: I would listen to his ideas and then try to convince him but if he does not get…

Traditional Reference Checks Don’t Work In today’s job market, references are an essential part of the job application and hiring process. An outdated practice still common in many organizations is the method of checking references at the end of the hiring…

Traditional Reference Checks Don’t Work In today’s job market, references are an essential part of the job application and hiring process. An outdated practice still common in many organizations is the method of checking references at the end of the hiring…