By Amanda Brady
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April 23, 2012 | 09:08 AM
Dignity, Respect, and the Bottom Line
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In United Airlines’ pre-flight welcome video, President Jeff Smisek, announces that United’s employees and customers are “treated with dignity and respect.” “Treat others as you
want to be treated,” he says. While I have no insight into United’s culture beyond the smiling faces ensuring that my seatbelt is fastened and my Blackberry is turned off, as an executive recruiter I’ve learned a lot about how company cultures can impact the business. Indeed ... -
January 09, 2012 | 04:19 PM
Hiring a “Change Agent?" Here Is What Will Change
2012 has arrived full tilt and along with it comes new goals for personal and business success. Just as personal resolutions abound, business leaders are following suit, resolving to relentlessly and purposefully move their companies forward.
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As noted in our blog last week, hiring is expected to increase this year. We have already seen evidence of this as the unemployment rate has recently dropped to 8.5 percent. Add to this mix, CEO turnover among ... -
October 18, 2011 | 02:04 PM
Rockin’ References: Getting References That Make a Difference
Recruiting is inherently a risky business because you are dealing with an unstable product – people.Though we try to reduce risk with a thorough interview process, it is still an imperfect science . Resumes, at least the good ones, highlight successes and minimize negative experiences; According to Paul Croteau, up to 30 percent of resumes contain exaggerated information. Most executive level candidates are also good at marketing
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themselves in personal meetings, one-on-one and panel interviews. Meetings ... -
June 21, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Sleepless in DC; surviving a master's without tanking a career
MORE >For several years I looked at master's programs, evaluated curriculums, read alumni comments, considered the credibility factor - and saved money. When by chance I came upon the program that finally grabbed my interest enough to get off my derriere and do something, there was no doubt - well, a smidgeon - that I would be accepted into the program. And there was no doubt I was up to the task. That was, until I received the ...
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April 19, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Gender Quotas on American Boards? Outrageous! Or Good Business?
MORE >Several months ago, I watched a PBS To the Contrary episode discussing Norway's 2004 law requiring that 40 percent of public company board seats be filled with women. A quota. I'm not a fan of quotas except when evidence reflects there is just no other way to right some injustice. Apparently Norway's corporate leaders were none too happy about this government intrusion. Their obligations are not to the government or even to ...
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January 04, 2011 | 12:00 AM
2011 - Ready? Set? Go!
MORE >New Year's day began for me with the early morning sun streaming through the hotel windows, blue sky and puffy clouds floating above
a choppy Gulf of Mexico below, the Rose Parade on the television in the background and a few brave sailors tacking their way across the water. The scene simultaneously offered a calming peace - assurance that life is good and all is well - and promised excitement - while the sailing may not be ... -
October 26, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Hit Us With Your Best Shot, Please ...
MORE >Much has been offered of late about the myriad uses of this amazing tool called online social networking. Whatever your interests and regardless of your proficiency level, there is a place for you to connect with others on the World Wide Web.
Of course, a major draw of these Internet sites is the opportunity and relative ease of staying connected to friends or business associates or even people you don't know and may never ...
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August 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Soldiers Aren't Supposed to Make You Cry
MORE >I don't usually cry in airports, particularly when, as was recently the case, I am traveling on business. As usual, the St. Louis terminal was a hub of activity, a mix of focused business professionals and vacation travelers squeezing in one last piece of summer. Everyone in their own worlds, lost in conversation or in the CNN news blaring on the multitude of television monitors or in their handheld technology of choice. Which is ...
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July 13, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Strategic Hiring: Argg!
MORE >"Strategy...fugetaboutit!. Making good hires is all luck."
That isn't true, of course, it's just how one very frustrated soon-to-be-client felt after yet another new addition to his team failed to deliver any wow. The company had developed an impressive five-year strategic plan and this business unit leader was tasked with finding the right people to make it happen for his group. Things weren't going very well and he was convinced that ...
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April 27, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Employer of Choice: What Does it Mean? What Does it Matter?
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Over the last 15 or 20 years, companies have spent time, money, and effort to become an employer of choice. Many companies strive to win multiple awards from a variety of public and private organizations that establish the criteria to be an employer of choice. Employer of Choice, Inc., a Division of The Herman Group, registered the trademark, Employer of Choice. Similarly, the Great Place to Work Institute trademarked the phrase Great Place to Work ... -
November 02, 2009 | 12:00 AM
Sweet Serendipities of a Bad Economy...It's About Time
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It was quite a surprise several weeks ago when Ben Bernanke announced that the recession was likely over. Yea! ... Really? I must confess my skepticism at the news. True, we've certainly seen things pick up in the executive recruiting world as companies apparently decide that they can't hold their breath forever. But I still hear daily from friends, colleagues, professional acquaintances, and strangers about their interest in finding their next "opportunity"...read, find ... -
September 01, 2009 | 12:00 AM
Voicemail purgatory
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I'm not much on New Year's resolutions. Don't like making promises I'm not likely to keep. But my dilemma was weighing on me and it had been for years. That seemingly never depleted list of calls to be returned. It's a perpetual game of phone tag, where at least one party, if not both, quickly and sometimes repeatedly ends up in a kind of voicemail purgatory. And, thanks to that ...
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