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2021 | Blog, General

No resume, no interview, no drug test… You’re hired! Entry-Level Hiring That Works

Looking for innovative solutions to find and develop low-skill, entry level talent? Recently, I co-authored an article on the Harvard Business Review blog about an innovative practice developed by Greyston Bakery in Yonkers, New York. “Open hiring” is an approach that...
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2020 | General

Teeing Off on Talent: A Lesson from the Masters

Watching the November edition of the 2020 Masters at Augusta provided a useful metaphor for managing talent in the Covid-19 recession. When recruiting, developing and retaining your workforce, like golf, you can’t just rely on one element of your game. In the run up...
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2020 | Blog, General, Skills Gap Solutions

Decode & Solve Complex Talent Problems in COVID-19 Recession

If your business is surviving – and even thriving – during the Covid-19 recession, then you face workforce and talent management problems that have gotten more complicated this year. Check out this brief video showing how these challenges have become more complex and...
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2020 | Blog, General

Critical Lessons From 3 Heroes Who Thrived in a Crisis

As prisoner of war, fighter pilot Charlie Plumb lived in an 8×8-foot cell for five years, after being shot down during the Vietnam War. (POWs pictured here on flight departing Hanoi.) Polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance sunk when it was crushed in...
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2020 | General, Skills Gap Solutions

Fear & Loathing in the COVID-19 Restart: Beat 3 Workforce Challenges

We’re going to see a lot of re-openings and restarts in the economy in the next few months. But a lot of your business’s success will depend on how well you handle three short term workforce challenges as you reopen or ramp up your business. These three problems have...
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2020 | General

12 Promising Workforce Trends Triggered by the COVID-19 Crisis

There are many things to lament about the COVID-19 crisis and the global recession we now face. Those problems and new threats are described endlessly in the news media. But what’s going to get us through this major economic downturn is innovative solutions – at every...
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No resume, no interview, no drug test… You’re hired! Entry-Level Hiring That Works

Teeing Off on Talent: A Lesson from the Masters

Decode & Solve Complex Talent Problems in COVID-19 Recession

Critical Lessons From 3 Heroes Who Thrived in a Crisis

Fear & Loathing in the COVID-19 Restart: Beat 3 Workforce Challenges

12 Promising Workforce Trends Triggered by the COVID-19 Crisis

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