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Does your organization distinguish between management training and leadership development? In Western economies, more so than emerging markets, the lines between the two have become blurred. As Joanna Kozubska, in her book, The Seven Keys of Chari...

At the start of the school year, my third-grade daughter came home with a practice math test. The test is given at the end of each month and contains a range of math problems. It starts with very simple addition and ends with more elaborate addition ...

Employee survey programs can provide organizations with the unique and invaluable opportunity to link human capital metrics to survey results. This linkage may simply provide specific information about where one works in the organization and who they...

If you are the only one she has, make sure you are one in a million. –Irish Folk Song Imagine, while at a charity event, you had an opportunity to buy one of 15 lottery tickets that were to be sold to 15 different individuals for $20 a ticket....

Critical to the function of an organization is, of course, its people. Job descriptions give hiring managers a powerful tool to help ensure that individuals with the right background and skill set are matched to the appropriate role within the organi...

The use of biodata, information about one’s life experiences, as a means of predicting future performance in corporate settings has been prevalent for over a hundred years. Using knowledge of someone’s past behavior to predict their likel...

In today’s market, branding is everything. It’s no longer just corporations and businesses that need to brand themselves well to sell their products—it is equally imperative for individuals to build their personal brand to give them...

Buy low, sell high is sage advice. However, what is low and what is high? Certainly if you look at the cost of buying shares of a company, they are lower now than they were a few months ago, but are they as low as they are going to go? What is the re...

"There is a shortage of good technology talent. It is impossible to find engineers.” If you are in staffing, you have more than likely noticed the common themes in current industry publications. Are these themes fact or fiction? The answe...

Once the decision has been made to conduct an employee survey, it is important for the organization to begin building momentum. A well-done employee survey will rely on participation from the members of the organization on its design, administration,...