attract and retain top talent

Talent Management 2.0 : Focus on the Best of the Best

Posted January 29th, 2013 in Business Smarts, Leadership Smarts, Success & Blooper Stories, Talent Smarts | No Comments »

Talent is the make-or-break issue for business success. Few leaders would challenge that statement. However, how many live and lead by it? If you are serious about improving your capacity to attract and retain the top talent, you need to develop into a true talent magnet - a term used in a Harvard Business Review blog.  [...]

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Are You Caught In A Career Comfort Zone?

Posted January 24th, 2013 in Career Smarts, Leadership Smarts, Success & Blooper Stories | No Comments »

That’s a question I asked a client recently who was trying to solve this dilemma. Should she stay in her present company where she was satisfied but not excited or a position at another company that offered her potentially greater advancement (but not guaranteed)? In a career that can now span 40 years or more, [...]

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Why Coaching Is Important For New Leaders

Posted January 22nd, 2013 in Leadership Smarts, Performance & Skill Boosters, Talent Smarts | No Comments »

Tom Hanks in his  hit movie “Big,  portrays a 12-year-old boy who asks a mechanical swami at a carnival to grant his wish to be grown up. Instantly, his wish is fulfilled and he finds himself as a little kid trapped in the body of a grown man. The trouble is, he has skipped several natural development [...]

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Employee Engagement: Are Your People Cathedral Builders?

Posted January 17th, 2013 in Inspiration & Humor, Leadership Smarts, Performance & Skill Boosters, Talent Smarts | No Comments »

Many of you have heard of this leadership story. A man came across three masons who were working at chipping chunks of granite from large blocks. The first seemed unhappy at his job, chipping away and frequently looking at his watch. When the man asked what it was that he was doing, the first mason [...]

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Personal Leadership: How Well Do You Influence?

Posted January 15th, 2013 in Career Smarts, Leadership Smarts, Performance & Skill Boosters, Success & Blooper Stories | No Comments »

When was the last time you thought about how you influence others — how you change minds, shape opinions, move others to act? The ability to influence is one of the essential skills for leaders at all levels.                           Why Influence is Important: [...]

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