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Do you have a hiring bias for industry knowledge?

September 29, 2020 by Insights to Growth Leave a Comment

If so, then is your hiring bias founded on facts or can you teach industry knowledge in a short amount of time?

Is your hiring bias founded on facts or can you teach industry knowledge in a short amount of time?

I challenge my clients to look at this, because when you limit yourself to candidates with “X” amount of experience in your industry, you really shrink the available pool of candidates.

Filed Under: Company Culture, Research & Resources, Talent Trends Tagged With: Hiring Bias, industry knowledge

Do you invest time in your employees?

September 23, 2020 by Karen Kennedy Leave a Comment

With the many demands of leadership roles, executives struggle to protect the time needed to develop and nurture their direct reports. 

Do you invest time in your employees?

With the many demands of leadership roles, executives struggle to protect the time needed to develop and nurture their direct reports. 

As executives, we get caught up in reports, staff meetings, and even customer calls. It’s not uncommon for time to go by, and we’ve not paid attention to our biggest asset—our people!

Filed Under: Research & Resources, Talent Trends Tagged With: invest in your people, invest time, leadership roles

Are People Like Horses?

May 31, 2015 by Karen Kennedy Leave a Comment

The importance of placing the right talent in the right role. Jim Collins (Good to Great, HarperCollins, 2001) talks about having the “right people on the bus” and conversely, the “wrong people off of the bus.” Some people refer to “horses in the barn” and having a few “strong horses” when they talk about the […]

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