I recently attended a CEO Symposium in Dallas, TX. The focus of the half-day session was winning the war for talent. If you don’t live here, Dallas is a highly competitive and tight labor market in many different industry sectors and...

I am constantly amazed at companies that ignore the atrocious behavior caused by some employees. I hear leaders say things such as, “this person has an in demand skill-set. If we lose them it will take forever to hire someone to fill their...

Within the past year research has surfaced regarding out of touch leaders. Thirty-three percent of those surveyed believe that the C-level executives and their teams sometimes appear to operate as though they are in a bubble. Not good. This is...

If you are a business owner, CEO or other executive leader you have probably learned a lot over the course of your career. I’m here to tell you that just because you reached the top or think you have doesn’t mean you should stop learning and...

We have all heard of the Golden Rule, treat others the way you want to be treated. Well the same goes for leadership, lead people the way you want to be lead. Most of us have worked for great leaders and some of us have even worked for leaders we...

Diversity is one of those words that conjure up all sorts of things in people’s heads, especially as it pertains to hiring. But, it’s not about the color of someone’s skin, or increasing the percentages in minority headcount.

It should come...

This past June, Deloitte had over 1,000 people (CFO’s, COO’s, presidents, directors, vice presidents and HR executives) attend a webcast on talent retention.

The discussion was a result of Deloitte’s Talent 2020 survey. While the results are from...

I should have titled this post:  Beauty and the Beast. Beauty; if you use assessments during (what is perceived as) the Beast of a performance review process things will go a whole lot smoother.

There are many different types of assessments that...

Is your business thriving in this economy? If so you and your leadership team most likely have already defined and developed a company culture where you allow employees to grow and contribute to the company success.

Is your business slow or...