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"Success is every minute you live. It's the process of living. It's stopping for the moments of beauty, of pleasure; the moments of peace. Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of the journey." Jennifer James, Suc... More...

Sourcing Women focused on several elements. Over the last 20 years, the number of women in senior and board positions in the S&P 500 has remained essentially static. The number of women who have earned a Master's degree or higher over that period... More...

If you can lose weight, you can lead an organization. The weight-loss industry has given us not only a personal self-help model, but a business one as well. If you're one of the millions of folks attending these programs you have readily transferable... More...

What and who is a leader? “The Webster’s Dictionary defines leader as a person who by force of example, talents or qualities of leadership plays a directing role, wields commanding influence, or has a following in any sphere of activity or thought. I... More...

Few would want to swap shoes with David Neeleman whose JetBlue Airlines was flying high until Valentines Day. Some passengers described the experience as a repeat of the historic massacre as they sat stranded for 8-plus hours on planes planted on the... More...

"Always keep your eye on the puck. If I said it once, I said it a hundred times when I introduced my family to one of my favorite sportsice hockey. The action is at the puck. And where the puck ends up determines who wins.People new to hockey seem ... More...

Coke. It's is the real thing! That slogan captured the essence of how the Coca-Cola Company wanted consumers to perceive their cola - as refreshing, sparkling, and authentic. And it worked. Slogans change but for me Coke remains the real thing; it st... More...

Imagine--you have been working late to finish an important project when your project manager walks into your office and tells you she has been offered a better job. As she turns to depart she says, “There are others thinking about leaving too.” Wh... More...

Measuring an accurate “cost” in the cost per hire (CPH) metric must include three separate elements; direct costs, indirect costs and risk costs. Once the cost is established, the denominator of the metric, number of hires, is equally important, and... More...

The growth of e-learning has been driven by the demand for faster and effective learning processes. Although many organisations use these technologies and processes for learning, do they really accelerate the learning process? Keith Bound explains hi... More...

Measuring success is critical in recruiting. There are four general types of metrics on which to concentrate – cost, quality, quantity and time. Possibly the most overused and least-understood metric in recruiting is “cost per hire” (CPH). At its... More...

Kevin Wheeler is one of my favorite authors on ERE . It's is quite uncanny how he and John Sullivan and I seem to write on the same subjects at approximately the same times. But those observations are beside the point of this piece. Kevin's most re... More...

May is a time of heavy recruiting for graduates. Mid year corrections occur for managers and executives. What can you do as an HR professional to change the success statistics for new hires? Research regarding successful assimilation of new hires – w... More...

Coaching has been around as an established profession since the early-1980’s. However, it seems that every time I tell someone I’m a coach the response is typically this: First - a momentary pause, Next - a quizzical look, Then - an “ahh” (and so... More...

Do you want to know why your team behaves and performs the way they do? You just have to look in a mirror. Your team is an expression of you. The way you behave and perform is carefully watched by your team and they will, knowingly or not, pick ... More...

How often do you take the time to assess whether or not you are really "walking the talk"? Sure, we all say we do, we want to believe we can, and for as many times as we truly are walking the talk there are probably just as many times when we wish... More...

Actions speak louder than words. It’s a simple statement that gets right to the core of this leadership trait: leading by example. Employees take their lead naturally from what their leaders are doing. Actions often outweigh the words communicated... More...

Strong leaders understand that to successfully lead others they must first be able to successfully lead their own lives. Being the leader of your life takes the following: self-awareness, humility, maturity, self-confidence, and objectivity. It a... More...

How many times this month have you or one of your colleagues talked about how you are swamped? You don’t have enough time for this or that. There aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done. Picture this chain of events: * Jeanni... More...

The principles behind securing, maintaining, and building relationships have been a source of conversation and philosophical study for thousands of years. What’s your philosophy on relationship building? Do you consider preparing before you ... More...

At the beginning of the year good intentions run rampant. We are all setting objectives, putting together resolutions, creating goals, and determining that we are, for sure, going to do something better or bigger this year. Well, how’s it going? ... More...

Kevin was ready to get the day started. He only had one scheduled meeting all day, a real rarity. He was looking forward to a day in the office to catch up on calls, emails, filing, etc. As he walked out the door of his home he slipped on some ice... More...

I once had a colleague that would roll his eyes at almost every idea that wasn’t his own. Additional facial expressions that complemented the eye-rolling were typically easy to spot as well: puffed cheeks then a release of air, sighs, furrowed brow... More...

Part of being a strong leader is having strong listening skills. Not just hearing what someone says, but really listening with the intent to learn from the experience. What is your listening aptitude? Test yourself by answering the following true... More...

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Relationship Philosophies

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