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Five Strategies for Hiring Success

Chart Your Course

The National Association of Colleges and Employers estimates the average cost-per-hire in 2011 and 2012 was $5,100. The results were part of the NACE’s 2012 Recruiting Benchmarks Survey. What if you have an introvert interviewing candidates for a sales manager position; or an extrovert interviewing people for an analyst’s position?

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Female Leadership on the Decline in Canada :: Women on Business

Women on Business

found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% of upper management positions were held by women (up from 14.4%

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When is Spinning the Message a Good Thing?

Marshall Goldsmith

A: Every company that sells products or services "spins" these in a positive way to clients. The sender describing the benefits truly believes that the overall impact to the receiver of the message is positive. In the short-term, positive projections for the future may motivate people to buy products, services or stocks.

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A Leadership Checklist: 10 Things To Do Right Now To Make It A.

Terry Starbucker

Over the course of my career I’ve assembled a very handy annual New Year’s “Checklist&# that helps get me focused and ready for the challenges to come in the days and months ahead, and well positioned for success. Formal power is entrusted to them by virtue of their position in the company.

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4 Ways to Retain Gen Xers

Harvard Business Review

A 2011 survey from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) showed that 37% of Gen Xers have “one foot out the door” and were looking to leave their current employers within three years. Ding, ding, ding. The clock is ticking. Encourage entrepreneurial instincts.

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Attitude Reflects Leadership

N2Growth Blog

While this sounds simple enough at face value, I have consistently found that one of the most often overlooked leadership attributes is that of a positive attitude. This is a relatively new client, but I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt his positivity sets the tone for the entire organization and has produced incredible results.

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

This hasn’t gone unnoticed by some leaders, and a new generation of CEOs taking a cue from this last bastion of the Protestant work ethic. But are Bunge and other like-minded fitness executives really correct to assume that office work is comparable to sports, or that they can positively influence one another?

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