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Workforce Strategy


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


Understanding — and Dealing With — Free Agent Mentality
The occupants of today’s C-suites face a younger workforce whose expectations of life and career often differ significantly from their...
Jan 19, 20223 min read


Why Employee Engagement Is the #1 People Strategy
Companies that have not caught up to modern employee engagement strategies often feel frustrated their vision is not shared and executed by all of the people on their team. But effective business leaders know that in order for that to happen, employees need to feel valued, engaged, and like their work contributes to the greater whole. Where many go wrong, even in forward-thinking companies, is in assuming employee engagement means bigger paychecks, better benefits, and more f
Aug 23, 20162 min read
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ConsciousHiring™ – The Key to Workplace Optimization [INFOGRAPHIC]
ConsciousHiring™ is the lynch pin to workplace optimization and engagement and employee retention, as well as an overall boost to your...
Jan 20, 20162 min read
Shift Your Perspectives About Work
Magi Graziano is an Award winning Speaker, Author, Business owner and advocate for 21st Century workforce strategies. She is a Certified...
Nov 16, 20151 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


Stakeholder Alignment And Business Strategy
An effective business strategy needs more than an arbitrary directive from the CEO. Developing and implementing an effective strategy...
Aug 13, 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
Jun 25, 2013
Conscious Hiring is a proven system designed to hire the right person for the right role. It is comprised of 5 steps: Benchmarking the Role, Evaluation of Work History Analytics, Uncovering Candidates Career Triggers, Assessing Candidates DNA & 3-Dimensional Compatibility Matching. Conscious Hiring has helped hundred of companies successfully hire and on board thousands of candidates for over a decade. Through technology and science KeenHire has automated this process to brin
Jun 24, 20132 min read


Margaret Speaks
Keynote Speaking from Margaret Graziano Margaret Graziano is a torchbearer in the staffing and recruitment industries. Her visionary...
Mar 8, 20131 min read
Webinars
AAs experts in the “people business,” it’s our job to share our knowledge with the world. Our commitment is to positively impact the industry, empower stronger employee-employer relationships, and transform the way businesses interact with their people. We do this on the corporate level, independent professional level, and the candidate level. We help businesses scale for growth and hire key contributors in customer-facing roles We give industry professionals the tools and kn
Mar 5, 20132 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
Executive Assessment
As a leading decision maker at your company, it’s almost certain that you need to be sure your executive staff is corporately aligned and...
Feb 17, 20131 min read


Organizational Assessment
No matter what your industry is, your business operates on multiple levels that are crucial to bottom-line success. The effectiveness of...
Feb 11, 20132 min read
Talent Strategy And Workforce Optimization
If you have been concerned about how your company can compete for key talent now and in the future, it is imperative to sit down with the...
Feb 11, 20132 min read
Talent Strategy or Competition? How to make all your people feel like they’ve been promoted
I recently read an article for employees about how to position themselves for a promotion. In a corporate culture where the path to the...
Oct 18, 20122 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


Workforce Strategy 3.0 – Position Your Company As a Leading Place To Work
With a rocky economy, emerging industries on the rise, four generations in the workforce, Sr. level leaders on the verge of retirement or...
Aug 11, 20112 min read
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