Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” Zig Ziglar It really matters what lens we look through in life. How we walk through this life, sends a ripple effect. For ourselves and for others. Who you are being, not so much what you do, shapes the world around… Read More
4 Ways to Avoid Hiring the Wrong Humans
Isn’t eyes wide open the best way to approach life? I’m going to give you the truth about avoiding mis-hires and avoiding the biggest landmines that will deplete not only your margins but quite possibly, and most likely, your company’s success. Studies show that less than 10% of Startups succeed. So why do so many wait and risk getting it wrong before they get it right, and repeat history? Talent… Read More
Startups – Yes! You Can Win the Talent you Need in This Market.
[3 min read] Less than 70 percent of the workforce is actively looking for a new career change. Unemployment is at a 10-year low, and startups are at a disadvantage hiring the talent they need within the right time frames. [data via Linkedin] Or are they? Roughly 87 percent of people are open to learning about an opportunity. [data via Linkedin] The catch? Only if you come to them first…. Read More
Startups! The New Way to Win Talent Acquisition: Be a “Human” and a “Resource”
[3 min read] Like Abraham Lincoln once said: “Whatever you are, be a good one.” I firmly believe that we are all on the journey of life together. It’s better to approach life as a collective rather than a bunch of individuals unaware of their impact on others. Never once in history have I read about a leader who conquered anything on her own or a founder who built his… Read More
Why Early Intentional Investment in Talent Strategy pays off hand over fist
[3 min read] “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. – Albert Einstein As Albert Einstein so powerfully states, doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different outcome, sentences you to the same results, and inevitable failure. So why is it that so many new founders and leaders of early stage companies do just that when it… Read More
The Pendulum Effect: The Winning Strategy
Your Company. Your People. Talent Acquisition. Your Results. “A pendulum is a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely. When a pendulum is displaced sideways from its resting, equilibrium position, it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that will accelerate it back toward the equilibrium position.” – Wikipedia “For companies at any stage, like the Pendulum, it is the “power in balance,” the… Read More
Where Retention Really Starts in the Hiring Process
[3 min read] “If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.” ― Simon Sinek Imagine running a company of employees who want to work for your dream just as hard as you. They’re not interested in the dangling carrots offered by recruiters… Read More
How to Hire The Best, Even as a Startup (hint: It’s not about getting more resumes)
What? But how can we scale if we don’t receive volumes of resumes? As John Ruskin perfectly said: ”Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.” In early to mid-stage startups, lost or bad hires take up a disproportionate amount of time. Each hiring team member is not only taken out of their zone of genius but their happy (and retained) place. Missed hiring opportunities… Read More
Great Leaders Focus on Self Actualization
(3 min read) Advocated by Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Simon Synek when he speaks about how great leaders lead, employees are more apt to perform better and enjoy what they do for work when their values resonate with the workplace values and their personal needs are being met by the company they work for and their leaders are proactive advocates for their dreams. In Maslow’s theory, it is integral… Read More
To Scale Up or Not In a Down Economy?
(4 min read) Is your startup prepared? It’s no secret that the caprices of the economy can lead to a hard turn downward sometime in the near future. Unfortunately, there will be companies left wishing they had prepared for navigating difficult economic scenarios successfully. They will wonder whether or not to stop hiring or stay the course. One organizational function that is often cut first is Talent Acquisition. The biggest… Read More