Winning the Right Talent

3 STEPS TO WINNING THE RIGHT TALENT The economy over the past several years has moved the c-suites heads in the direction of the human resource department, specifically, talent acquisition.  The buzz word over the years has been finding “top talent”, but the companies of choice are moving towards finding “the right talent.”  With this […]

Staying Alive in the Job Search

Staying Alive in the Job Search John Travolta’s character, Tony Manero, in Saturday Night Fever and Staying Alive exuded perseverance and tenacity in the pursuit of a dancers seat.  He proved that if an individual aligns their personal talent with their natural personality that the impossible becomes possible.  In Staying Alive, audience members watched Tony […]

21st Century Recruiters: Hire the Superhero-Whackadoodle Lites

We learned in blog II last week from Linda Swindling, influence and negotiation strategist, how to avoid the Top 5 energy drainers during the interviewing process.  In the final blog, I would like to share stories and thoughts on the Top 5 energy drainers and wrap it all up in a final message to the recruiters. […]

How to Avoid Workplace Complainers & Energy Drainers (Part 2)

We touched the surface in the first part of this series last week on how each of us operates in a Superhero or Supervillian mode as a recruiter.  Linda Swindling, influence and negotiation strategist teaches us how to avoid the Top 5 energy drainers.  In blog II, she shares with us how to define each […]

How to Avoid Workplace Complainers & Energy Drainers (Part 1)

The New Global Economy – Finding Motivating and Productive Talent In the past six years, all of us have experienced the global economic turmoil through layoffs, salary cuts, perpetual unemployment, and have now settled into the new economic norm.  Are we happy with all the changes?  Frock no!  In order to survive, we have been […]

The Difference Between Transcaction vs. Transformational Recruiting

In the 1991 World Series, the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves proved to the world that a team can go from worst-to-first by practicing transformational leadership.  Unlike the well-known transactional approach, it is not based on a “give and take” relationship, rather a focused approach on the “leader’s personality, traits and ability to make a […]