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Understanding Why We Hire So Fast & Fire So Slow

I participated in a leadership workshop for other CEOs and business owners several years ago, and the speaker shared one poignant remark that has stuck with me ever since! In many organizations, we have a tendency to hire very fast

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Plus Delta’s CEO to Lead Strategic Performance Management Workshop for NHRA

How often have you heard a business leader grimace or otherwise complain when HR announces it’s time to complete annual performance reviews? People often think of performance management as that thing they have to do for HR at the end

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Succession Planning Webinar – “The NextGen of Talent Management: Ensuring Your Success with Succession Planning”

With four generations of men and women in the workforce, we are in an unprecedented period in organizational life these days – one never experienced before. Beyond that, nearly 10,000 Baby Boomers are now reaching retirement age every day. That

Posted in Baby Boomers, Career Motivators, CEO, Conference, Generations, HR, HR.com, Leadership, Mentoring, Retirement, Succession Planning, Talent Management, Webinar, Workforce, Workshop

Six Surefire Ways to Recruit Top Talent

Have you ever noticed how we tend to do whatever we make important? There are probably lots of things on your mental To Do list that aren’t getting done. That may not be a bad thing. When it comes to

Posted in Change management, Hiring, Hiring Manager, HR, Interviewing, Interviews, Job Definition, New Hires, Recruit, Recruiting, Recruitment, Talent, Top Talent

Webinar on Best Practices for Designing Your Always, Ongoing Performance Management Process

How often have you heard a business leader complain when HR announces it’s time to complete annual performance reviews? People often think of performance management as that thing they have to do for HR at the end of the year

Posted in Conference, Feedback, HR, HR.com, Performance Management, Webinar, Workshop

What a Performance Review Is – and What It Isn’t!

So what is performance? Performance is the results we get (the what) plus the behaviors that give us those results (the how). And why do we care about managing performance in organizations? It’s the only reliable way to assure our

Posted in Best Practices, employee engagement, Empowerment, HR, Human Resources, Leadership, Motivation, OD, Organization Development, Performance Assessment, Performance Management, Performance Review

Plus Delta CEO Leads Discussion on Organization Design and the Evolving Roles of HR & OD in Getting the Right People in the Right Place

Later this month, ASTD Los Angeles and the California School of Professional Psychology are partnering together to host a panel discussion on organization design and the evolving roles of HR and OD in getting the right people in the right place in

Posted in HR, Human Resources, OD, Organization Design, Organization Development, Organizational Alignment, organizational culture, Professional Development, Training, Workshop

Leadership Coaching as a Present, not Punishment

I was speaking with another leadership coach yesterday, and we began discussing how the culture for executive coaching is slowly shifting in organizations but is still well-rooted in the past. Several years ago you see, coaching was seen by many

Posted in Executive Coaching, HR, Human Resources, Leadership, Leadership Coach, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Development, Performance Improvement, Performance Management

5 Must-Dos to Create a World-Class On-Boarding Experience for You and Your Employees

So much time and energy goes into finding top talent and then wooing these rockstars into our companies, so why is it that typically so little time and energy is devoted to on-boarding these folks once they do accept our

Posted in HR, Human Capital Strategy, Human Resources, Integrated Talent Management, New Hires, Onboarding, Orientation, Recruitment, Recruitment and Selection, Talent Management

Plus Delta’s CEO to Co-Host HR.com Presentation on Implementing Cost-Saving Benefit Strategies While Increasing Employees Perceived Value

  Many of today’s employees are accustomed to employer-provided rich benefit packages with high employer contributions. They are also more benefit savvy as more vendor benefit communication is being directed at the individual versus the employer. In a time where

Posted in Benefits, Employee Benefits, Employee Morale, Employee Satisfaction, HR, HR.com, Human Resources, Insurance, Job Satisfaction, More with Less, Value

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