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Phrases that Indicate Your HR Team Needs New Recruiting Tools
After working with hundreds of companies to teach them new age recruiting and employee development strategies, one thing has become clear: HR needs new tools in this environment. With the workforce being short (somewhere between 6.5 and 8 million people for the next 10 years, based on demographic shifts), the
Why Winning the War for Talent Workshops Focus on Recruiting & Developing HOURLY Employees
Why does our work focus on teaching you new ways to recruit, engage, retain, and develop hourly employees and trades people? Because no one else does… If your company is having trouble attracting and retaining great hourly employees, where can you turn? Staffing agencies will happily charge you a 30%
It’s Time to Start Treating HR as a PROFIT CENTER
For decades, traditional business models have divided their businesses departments into two categories: PROFIT centers, and COST centers. This model, popularized in the 1980’s, designated each department as a place where money was MADE, or where money was SPENT. Profit centers (or revenue centers) were typically areas such as sales,
What is the COST — and ROI — of a Winning the War for Talent Workshop?
Over the last five years, I’ve had the honor of leading Winning the War for Talent training workshops for organizations across the country — from small family-run companies to large, complex organizations with multiple locations. When companies reach out, they usually ask two questions: What does it cost? And what’s the return?
How Will AI Affect the Worker Shortage?
In my 2 Vistage presentations in Cleveland this week, we had a really interesting conversation about the possible effects of AI on the workforce shortage we will experience for the next decade. I’d like to share my thoughts on that topic here. There is little question that AI will have
It’s EASY to Leave a Company, but HARD to Leave PEOPLE
Let’s talk about retention. Times at work get tough and stressful, yet people still stay at their jobs. Why do you think that is? I’m sure you remember the times where the stress at work was enough to drive you out the door. …When customers were upset, you were missing
