When Interpersonally Inept Managers Lead Companies
Too many of those in positions of power are self-absorbed, arrogant and interpersonally inept. When it comes to subordinates, most managers are blissfully comfortable with themselves, blindly...
View ArticleThe Principles of Interviewing and Attracting Top Talent
The virtual stack of resumes in your inbox is winnowed and certain candidates have passed the phone screen. Next step: in-person interviews. How should you use the relatively brief time to get to know...
View ArticleLeadership and Management
Most of us are familiar with the word ‘leader’. The word leadership can refer to the process of leading, the concept of leading and those entities that perform one or more acts of leading. In our day...
View ArticleJob Satisfaction and Reward Management
Job satisfaction can be defined as an individual’s overall attitude towards his or her job. It is a positive state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job or job experience. It is regarded both as a...
View ArticleAuthority, Power and Politics
Organizations or voluntary associations, though rational entities, often do not follow strictly their own well defined system leaving scope for power play and politics. It is therefore necessary to...
View ArticleMicroaggressive Hiring Managers: The New Racism
Recently, I was invited to a job interview with the president of a company who is a licensed attorney in California. The first question she asked me was “Where are you from?” I was both puzzled and...
View ArticleThe Most Common Mistakes Hiring Managers Make
Over the past five to 10 years, companies have launched diversity hiring programs with the greatest of intentions but limited success. Many managers believed that achieving a diverse employee...
View ArticleThe Most Important Role for an HR Executive
The most important role for an HR executive to fill is that of counselor to the CEO and senior management. In that role the executive can advise on hiring people who are best qualified to meet company...
View ArticleCritical Functions for Today’s CEO
The critical functions for today’s CEO are to listen, listen, listen…and communicate, communicate, communicate. Many people have written about how the CEO role has evolved, so I won’t go into depth...
View ArticleNew Requirements for the Chief Human Resource Officer
Despite widespread acknowledgment that talent is integral to competitiveness, HR still struggles to gain clout in the C-suite. The HR role has long been viewed as largely administrative, except in the...
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