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Why do people say one thing and another person hears another? Why when team members witness the Boss misstep do they walk away...

You must decide if people are your competitive advantage, and if they are, you must strategically cause a corporate transformation, adopt...

Improving employee performance and raising the engagement of the workforce requires both strong leadership and a constructive culture....

Project Aristotle – What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build The Perfect Team. It is not about how smart you are, or how much you...

About the Program This virtual program has been HRCI approved for 16 credits (16 hours) The KeenHire™ Behavioral Interviewing...

Many companies—from multinational mega-corporations to neighborhood markets—are still using outdated hiring techniques. Clinging to the ways of the past when constructing a workforce leads to high turnover, stagnant engagement from staff and quarterly reports in the red. In some cases, it is as if they are staffed by a host of HR drones, these businesses are going about the practice of hiring in a completely automatic, unconscious manner. Solving the hiring problems of the 21

ConsciousHiring™ is about creating workforce alignment, where employees choose to work for the organization because they are excited...

Employee selection (and the use of assessments) is one of the fastest-growing sectors in human resources. Assessment tools of various...

The third & fourth secret: Active listening & being curious. Being present is something many working professionals struggle with. The...

With the generational and workforce demographic challenges adversely impacting everybody’s ability to attract, hire, engage, develop and...

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

Employee Engagement There is tremendous chatter in the media about the lack of employee engagement in the workplace and a large emphasis in leadership circles on raising workforce productivity—both of which can be solved through a ConsciousHiring™ mindset. When the majority of people on a project team are high quality engaged workers; it raises the energy and output of the group, and when the opposite occurs, it lowers the energy and output of the work. Most people are like s

Many companies—from multinational mega-corporations to neighborhood markets—are still using outdated hiring techniques. Clinging to the ways of the past when constructing a workforce leads to high turnover, stagnant engagement from staff and quarterly reports in the red. In some cases, it is as if they are staffed by a host of HR drones, these businesses are going about the practice of hiring in a completely automatic, unconscious manner. Solving the hiring problems of the 21

WHY DID WE MAKE SUCH A BIG MISTAKE? HOW CAN WE AVOID MAKING FUTURE BAD HIRES? The two most common hiring traps are hiring in a hurry and...

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Successful businesses give employees the power to play to their strengths, rather than forcing specific behaviors and skill sets on them....

Have you ever thought you hired the workplace version of John Wayne, only to find out you have been duped and ended up with a Woody...

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

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

You know that a mis-hire carries with it a financial impact that can last for months on end. But there are other more subtle costs...