Talent Tips: Motivation is the most important factor in choosing any job candidate

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Many times people ask us about motivation. What is motivation? Generally, motivation is what drives a person to do things. There’s very basic motivation, a very simple level of motivation, which is driven by a need to survive in terms of basics like having...

How to give women employees upward mobility in your organization

Assessments, Leadership development, Uncategorized, Women In Leadership

We hear this from clients of all sizes. That is, that women employees are demanding more from work, and they’re leaving all companies in unprecedented numbers to get it. Too often, women hit a “glass ceiling” on advancement. They get discouraged and go somewhere else....

A leadership sandbox – How a peer-to-peer program builds leaders on the job

Development, Leadership development, Uncategorized

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...

Take your teams back to school with simulations

Simulations, Uncategorized

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...

How Larissa Cerqueira keeps Fluence competitive

Development, Leadership development, Uncategorized

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...

A blend of best practices and women-focused initiatives can improve equity in the workplace

Diversity, Uncategorized

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 –...