Some think that the key to increasing performance is to hire top performers. An even better way is to create a culture of performance. A culture of performance generates higher levels of performance—and productivity—just by its very existence. In other words, the desired performance is generated by internal factors, as opposed to external ones (i.e., […]
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What To Do If You’re Underpaid – 6 Strategic Career Steps
Once you’ve ascertained that you’re being underpaid, your top priority should be to prevent your wages from stagnating even further. This is the prime time for building and developing your career, and you’ll want to cast as wide a net as possible.
Branding Your Career: Your Online Identity is Affecting Your Employment
Discussing the link that exits between your online identity and your personal brand, especially as it pertains to your career. But first, a word about your “personal brand” vs. your “professional brand.”
The ‘New Math’ of Recruiting & Hiring in Today’s Marketplace
Today’s marketplace comes with unique challenges for those companies continually seeking to hire only the best and brightest candidates. Hiring the best and brightest has always presented obstacles and challenges, but events within the economy since 2008 have created special circumstances that have made hiring superstar candidates even more difficult for some companies. The reason: […]
Have You Reached Your Peak Potential?
Maximizing your resources and reaching your peak potential as a team is the goal of any good manager, and while many companies have been attempting to do more with less over the past couple of years . . . is that the best approach to achieve that goal?
Be All That You Can Be
“Be all that you can be.” It’s not just good advice for members of the armed forces. It’s also good advice for members of the workforce. Being all that you can be is not just for the Army . . . it’s for you, too. Let’s face it, the modern marketplace can be likened to […]
Retaining a High-Performance Workforce: The Clock is Ticking
Where are you going to come up with a high-performance workforce to implement your plan? Ordinarily, these are routine matters, but unfortunately, these are not ordinary times. Are you going to have the staff required to run your company for the long term? The clock is ticking!
Are You Really a Top Candidate?
Are you really a top candidate? This means that you’re in the top 30% of your industry. Be honest with yourself and with me. Let me articulate what it means to be in the top 30%. If you’re going to get top dollar, you’ll need to show the following…
4 Ways to Exploring your Career Options and Maintaining Confidentiality
“Loose lips sink ships” and often get people fired. When exploring job options, don’t let the word get to your employer, boss, customers or vendors. You might not find the right opportunity and no good can come from the people I just listed knowing that you’re not fully content at work. If you want to […]
Common Hiring Mistakes: Neglecting to Sell the Job & the Opportunity
Adequately selling the job or opportunity to a candidate. There are some common hiring rules that should never be broken, regardless of the situation or circumstances. Unfortunately, this is all too often the case. Even during good economic times, companies often fail to sell their opportunity to those who have already shown interest. Then, during […]