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  • Grow Young Professional Employees Who Create a Calm Company Culture

    As a manager, it\’s important to create an environment in which all of your employees can thrive. You should strive to develop employees that are positive and proactive—from day one. For your young professionals, the most coddled generation in our nation\’s history, it can often be tricky to dance in the uncomfortable and very necessary…

  • Do Resumes Go Into a Black Hole? 3 Ways to Get Noticed

    The Top 3 Ways to Get Your Resume Noticed in an Applicant Tracking System In today\’s competitive marketplace, applying for a job can be an exercise in frustration.  The endless resume submission process can feel like a black hole when you don\’t receive a response. What can you do to get your resume past the…

  • 7 Steps to a Successful Performance Appraisal

    The old adage tends to be true: you get out of things what you put into them. This advice applies well to employee performance appraisals. Managers and employees tend to complain about them and their value, but sometimes, putting in a little bit of effort means you’ll get better results. You may think you\’re a…

  • The right people in the right seats

    We talk often about having the right people in the right seats. However, the step that is commonly skipped in that metaphor is what to do with the incumbent workforce. In this guest post for my buddy Glenn at the Young CXO blog, I talk about the three options for making talent fit a priority. Check…

  • Kevin Eikenberry-The Virtues and Vices of Consistency

    Today we have a guest post from Kevin Eikenberry, all-around brilliant guy and author of the new book From Bud to Boss. Let’s roll! Most people value and admire consistency. From Cal Ripken, Jr\’.s consecutive game streak in baseball, to business longevity, to celebrating anniversaries and even birthdays; humans look for consistency, for plans and…

  • Business Brilliance from Jerry Maguire

    I have a fun post up on TLNT today called “Everything I Know About Business I Learned from Jerry Maguire.” They are running a fun series over there because there’s some special celebrity movie awards ceremony coming up. :-) I don’t pay attention to that stuff but it’s worth checking out the other great posts!…

  • Nothing “Human” in Human Resources

    Once a Vice President level colleague shared with me their perception of Human Resources. And I quote, “There is nothing Human in Human Resources.” Now I am not sure what prompted this statement, but I can only imagine. Pause a moment. Think of a decision(s) that has been communicated to your organization that might lend…