Talent Management

Discover talent management strategies that support development, retention, and performance across the employee lifecycle.

Role Alignment is Key to Employee Engagement

Employee engagement suffers in the workplace. It stems from the inability of employees and leaders to work within their role. This...

Mar 24, 20222 min read

Acqui-Hires: Integrating Culture After Mergers

It’s widely understood that about half of America’s marriages now end in divorce . (Actually, the divorce rate has fallen in recent years.) What’s less well-known is that, as with marriage, a roughly similar proportion of corporate mergers and acquisitions— 40 percent —also fail to fulfill the hopes of those who enter them. What’s the reason for the iffy prospects for M&A success? In a nutshell: It’s placing your trust in hope instead of doing your homework. In my experience,

Feb 9, 20224 min read

Building a Winning Workplace Culture – Part 2

T rain Every person, at every level in an organization needs some level of training and development. The rate of innovation is accelerating at a mind-numbing pace, and no matter what role a person holds, the skills of today will become insufficient for the work of tomorrow. Whether it is in the area of people readiness, a deeper technical expertise, management training or an ability to take feedback as constructive guidance; the development of the workforce must be a core te

Oct 3, 20172 min read

Be A Change Agent: Disrupt Traditional HR Approaches

Today’s workforce is unfortunately more disengaged than ever. Perhaps it is because of the generational shift from boomers to millennials, or maybe because people are generally disenchanted with our changing society — whether it’s the effect of politics, government, religion, healthcare or the environment. Many employees are skeptical of their leaders, influenced by what they see or read in the media. Honestly I don’t blame them. It has become a very tumultuous and confusing

Mar 7, 20172 min read

Wisdom at work begins with ConsciousHiring™

Hello and Happy New Year! I am very excited to be in the running to speak at the Wisdom 2.0 conference for 2016 on the People’s Stage and...

Jan 9, 20162 min read

Preparing For The Behavioral Interview

We’ve all been there, sitting in the waiting room, palms sweating trying to memorize the “right answers” while we are desperately scanning our resume, looking for the right thing to say (like we don’t know where we have worked and what we have done). Interviews can be just as terrifying as public speaking, except you don’t know what’s coming! You want to be prepared, but so does the interviewer. They want to get to know you and figure out if you’re the right person for this

Sep 4, 20134 min read

The Skilled Labor Shortage-And What To Do About It.

The Problem One of the sole competitive advantages your business has is the people you hire to carry out your mission. Running a company effectively now and in the future is directly related to your ability to choose the right people for the right roles and retain them for the right period of time. Your ability to stay in the marketplace and stay on top hinges on how well you maximize the returns on your people investments, leverage the strengths of your mission-critical play

Aug 29, 20133 min read

Employee Involvement: What’s All The Fuss?

If people are the fuel for business engine, a high performing group of people is key for business success. Creating a Talent Strategy that puts people first encourages high performance. With studies, news anchors and special programming all geared around the lack of employee engagement savvy business leaders are working diligently to harness the power of employee engagement and unleash the potential of their workforce. Employees who are respected, valued and motivated to perf

Aug 7, 20133 min read

Is Employee Retention An American Fable?

Never before have US companies had a harder time keeping their employees ALIVE and PRESENT at work. Maybe this FREE Agent mindset people are talking about has some real perks for both sides of the equation. I have been studying employment and work-place dynamics for over twenty years and one could say that I have seen my fair share of “best places to work” as well as, my fair share of “where is the excape hatch” places to work. If a hire is made and it is not a fit, then i

Jul 30, 20133 min read

Margaret Graziano Receives Industry Innovator Award

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Jul 30, 20131 min read

New Manager Training

The difference between success and failure is simple. It’s all about execution; before, during and after the solution has been applied. KeenHire’s New Manager Training program works with you to design, implement and reinforce new supervisor and new manager training programs that result in increased performance, organizational productivity, increased effectiveness of strategic initiatives and an even greater capacity for workforce engagement and retention of your top talent

Feb 25, 20132 min read

Jake’s Take: How Bad Managers Bungle Employee Engagement

Why do people leave your employ? Why do they think about it? Various estimates indicate that somewhere between 60-70 percent of...

Oct 10, 20122 min read

Taking Your Top Talent Straight To The Top!

The economy has shifted; the world is changing- we all are trying to do more in less time and with less money. Less than 15% said they...

Sep 22, 20112 min read

Does your Organization Work to Keep Its Top Performers?

Think about it: Your company’s only truly sustainable competitive advantage, which cannot be copied by competitors, is your corporate culture and the strength of your leadership. Does your company reward innovation, reinforce positive results and cultivate relationships with its top performers? Or do you find yourselves consistently losing top talent? If so, ask yourself another question: How actively does your organization identify, invest in and motivate leaders? If you ign

May 17, 20113 min read