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With leadership development a top talent management priority this year, a recent study found that many employers plan to increase their investment in this area. In fact, 54% of employers surveyed by Lee Hecht Harrison expect to increase spending on leadership development in 2015, followed by 41% maintaining the same level of spending, and 5% […]
By Rickard Hansson, CEO and founder, Incentive When employees aren’t engaged, they start looking elsewhere. Employee turnover can end up costing a company big bucks, between recruiting, salary and benefits, onboarding and training and more. In a report by Training magazine, companies spent an average of more than $1,200 annually per employee in training costs. […]
By Hudson Global The era of unprecedented insights into personal preferences and behaviors has made its way to HR and recruiting. Tools now exist that show which candidates and employees are on the job hunt in real time.
By Catherine Moreton Gray, JD In a conversation I had with one of my colleagues following the Pope’s visit, we talked about his apparent rejection of the trappings of his position in favor of staying true to his values. We also talked about the Pope’s communication skills, and about his focus on staying in touch […]
By Aaron K. Olson, Aon plc & B. Keith Simerson, Ed.D Few leaders can be successful if they are alone in championing their goals; ideas—particularly big ideas—need a broad coalition of support. Strategic leaders are aware of this and take intentional efforts to secure buy-in, commitment and advocacy from their most important stakeholders.
by Jan L. Fox As you began 2015, you probably made resolutions and promised yourself you would do better in the new year. As 2015 comes to a close, it’s still not too late to improve your professional practice. Here are five things an HR manager can do to bring 2015 to a successful conclusion. […]
Sports reporter Colleen Dominguez is 54 years old and has enjoyed a successful career in sports journalism including a lengthy stint at ESPN. Dominguez recently jumped to Fox Sports 1 and believes her age and gender are the only plausible reasons that FS1 has cut her broadcasting assignments and diminished her career. These are her allegations in […]
by Carla Oliver We’ve all seen it. Maybe when looking around while stuck in stop-and-go traffic on a highway. Maybe when noticing that a car in front of us doesn’t move when the traffic light turns green. It’s the distracted driver—texting away on his or her handheld device instead of paying attention to the traffic […]
Searching for employment often feels like one of life’s most difficult challenges. The job seeker has to find a suitable position, go through the application process, hope to advance to the interview stage, and then find a way to stand out in what may be a crowd of applicants vying for the same job. Employers […]
by Mark I. Schickman Racial tensions in America have been dominating the news for several months. Not surprisingly, a new CBS/New York Times poll finds that over 60% of Americans believe that race relations in America are bad and getting worse—the highest percentage in 25 years. Some responses to these statistics will argue that arrests […]