We all know that great leadership is demonstrated by high engagement in the workplace. But did you know that at the core of engagement is Oxytocin? Oxytocin is commonly called the trust molecule, as well as the hormone most commonly associated with mother and child bonding. Dr Love (aka Dr. Paul Zak) is a neuro-economist at Claremont Graduate University. He’s also a…
The Succession Plan for Business Owners and Hiring Managers
CFO: What happens if we invest in developing our people and then they leave us? CEO: What happens if we don’t, and they stay? I have no idea where this quote originated. What I do know is that I posted it to my LinkedIn profile and almost instantly received over…
LIFE LESSONS OF A HEADHUNTER: The 3 Irrefutable Laws of Trusting Relationships
Our greatest good in life can only be realized when we are in trusting relationships. I recently had an acquaintance respond to a favour I had asked of him about a month ago. He’s a brilliant business man who I have watched and respect very much for his razor sharp mind, and…
Team Building Globally : A Special Guide for Virtual Managers
Globalized workplaces are fast becoming the norm. This means today’s managers are faced with a whole new landscape of people challenges. Companies are engaging teams from a wider variety of cultures. Employees and contractors may be working across oceans in other countries, or telecommuting right in the same city. As Greg Savage puts it, candidates are not…
Choosing Someone to Manage or to Lead – How Can You Tell the Difference?
If you are faced with hiring a new manager for your organisation, I would like you to think about the weight of the decision you are making. Wait a minute, what does that have to do with baking a cake? My friend Leslee Lucy, the Financial Centre Manager for Sun Life, nailed it…
Assessments are Key to Right Fit Hiring and Team Building
Pre-hire or post-hire, assessments are an ideal tool for identifying high-potential employees for your company. Assessments help you to eliminate the ‘hiring of friends and relatives’ or even just hiring people because you like them. Assessments can be used to measure a great many things – from personality types (DISC, TrueColors, MBTI, etc)…
Talent Management – 5 Ways to Build Talent Inside Your Company
If you’re a business leader, and you know your company productivity is falling, and you know your company culture is lacking morale, you have no time to waste getting started with a talent management strategy. A big part of being a good leader and a good manager is talent management…
6 Important Onboarding Tips to Build Employee Engagement
To measure your company’s effectiveness in employee onboarding, let’s start with a few questions you should be asking yourself about an employee in their first six months. These questions are designed to help you determine whether or not your current onboarding program is working: Q 1. How long does it…
What do Headhunters Look For – Advice for Owners & Managers
As a business owner, whether you love us or hate us, I’ll bet you’ve wondered: what is it that headhunters look for when they’re choosing what companies they want to recruit for. Headhunters have something you don’t have. They have inside information from the job market. They have a pool…
Easy Win-Win Hiring Strategies: Is 2013 YOUR Right Time to Hire?
For many 2012 was a banner year showing solid returns. So much so that many of you are feeling frustrated about not having enough hours in the day to get everything done. Nice problem to have, but it’s still a problem. Right? So now you’re struggling to decide if 2013…
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