Peer-to-peer coaching lets each team member try out leadership. Photo: Adobe Stock. Learning to lead can be a matter of jumping in and trying it out. But there needs to be a safe environment for trial-and-error and experimentation – a space where first time leaders...
We never lose the feeling of back-to-school time, do we? Even if you don’t have kids or your kids have already graduated, we seem programmed to feel that urge to focus more on achievement in late August. Of course, in the Jewish calendar, the new year starts in the...
We’re amazed and inspired. Larissa Cerqueira is CHRO at Fluence, a leader in renewable energy with a significant focus on electric vehicle power storage. Larissa is constantly recruiting, selecting, and onboarding new talent around the world. This is in a...
Women are still left behind when it comes to advancement in Donna Warrick’s Viewpoint column in The Business Journal: “From glass ceiling to glass cliff, leadership succession for women is too often a mirage.” Half of Donna’s solution is best practices –...
When small businesses staff up, they don’t always know what or who they’re looking for. They may have titles in mind, but not clear agreement on the traits and motivation that are needed to do the job. This is not being slack. It’s the norm. Written job descriptions...
Agile intern, Susan Miller is a student at University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. When a student can visualize and pitch their own internship, we like to hear about it. After all, we’re in the business of helping companies select the best matched talent based on...
