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Break a Leg

Posted on in Talent Strategy

I was on stage speaking at an event last week and was asked what is the #1 challenge businesses face today.  It’s funny to me that people are always asking for “one thing.”  It’s never one thing, no matter what the topic. That said, the biggest threat to many companies today is that they lack a modern strategic plan. A modern strategic plan is like a 3-legged stool.  The first leg is your business strategy, the second is your culture strategy and the third is your talent strategy.  These “legs” must be aligned, for if one is deficient, fractured or nonexistent, your strategic vision will be impacted (just as the stool will no longer function effectively under the same conditions). Your business strategy addresses the what….your market position, product or service priorities and financial goals.  Your culture strategy articulates your why…your purpose, mission and values and how that’s used as […]

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Chutes and Ladders? Nope! Jungle Gyms.

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I had the opportunity to present at a conference earlier this week on the topic of the future of work. It was the perfect venue to highlight several talent disruptions facing businesses in the next 3-5 years (actually, some are facing them now) and discuss how we can prepare if we take the time to plan. We covered everything from Gen Z to the gig and shared economies to how technology will eliminate some jobs, reshape the ones we have, and create positions we can’t even fathom yet. I love this stuff! One of the comments I made seemed to resonate and it centered around the need for career paths to be less like a ladder and more like a jungle gym. Let me explain. For many of us, we grew up during a time when the workforce was governed by “old rules.” One of those “old rules” is that […]

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What’s the Point?

Posted on in Recruiting Strategy

“If you were a candy bar what kind would you be and why?” Years ago, someone told me they were asked that question in an interview.  I laughed and said that I would have told them I’m a plain Hershey bar.  What you see is what you get. But then I took a step back and thought about it a little more.  This might be the dumbest question I’ve ever heard!  What does that have to do with someone’s ability to do a job?  I no longer thought it was cute or clever. I forgot about this until just a few days ago. I’m currently in the middle of a big transformation project where I’m working with a client rebuild their entire leadership team.  We’ve spent weeks getting back to basics by developing success profiles, creating marketing collateral and campaigns, and designing a high touch recruiting process that is both […]

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How I Spent My Summer

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Do you remember being tasked with the assignment of writing an essay about how you spent your summer when you were in school?  I wish I had copies of the stories I actually wrote when I was a kid. There wasn’t a lot to do in the small town where I grew up other than participating in the summer book club. Summer always seemed endless and as someone who suffered from FOMO before it was a thing, I was always counting the days until we headed back to school so I would be back in the know. As I watched the school buses drive up the street this morning, I thought this was the perfect time to recap some of my favorite content shares and posts from the summer. First up are the top 3 original posts that received the most reactions from readers: I tried a lot of new things […]

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A LinkedIn Post and a Lawsuit

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Social media has always been the wild wild west.  Companies have struggled with the boundaries between someone’s personal social media account and how it is associated with the individual as representative of the company as an employee.  In the very early years of LinkedIn, I remember an employer requiring a disclaimer on employee profiles that said: “the opinions contained herein are my own.”  I imagine that was enough to protect them from being liable for some rogue employee’s behavior back then. As social media has evolved, many clients encourage employees to post away with few if any boundaries.  We are now at a point where we receive a barrage of company photos, live tweets, and posts announcing new openings or service offerings in our feeds. It was only a matter of time until the lawyers came running and this article caught my attention. I’m sure many never considered how a […]

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