Trucking giant launches women’s leadership program
Women's leadership initiative? The first step is to get women to STAY with the company. That’s the approach at Volvo here in Greensboro. Needless to say, trucking isn’t the first place you look work women in leadership positions, but Volvo just wrapped up an...
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Why you need assessments for talent acquisiton
For talent acquisition, mere trust is never enough to assure a great match. Don’t start trusting until you can verify that the candidate really is who they say they are in every facet of their résumé. That's the gist of Donna Warrick's article in this week's edition...
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Culture is key to attracting talent
Companies are taking innovative steps to attract talent in a competitive hiring environment. Traditional measures of compensation are not enough, as younger generations shop for employers who offer positive work environments, interesting products and a chance to make...
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For moms in the workplace, gender inequity goes up
The National Science Foundation offers us a Mother's Day gift of research! But the story's not all roses. Mothers who work are perceived as less committed to their jobs than other women. Shockingly, employers are 100% less likely to proceed with the hiring process for...
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Donna Warrick in TrainingMag.com on multi-generational workplace issues
From TrainingMag.com ... The goal in cross-generational communication training is not to study Millennials like aliens from another planet, but rather to improve interpersonal skills among diverse age groups to everyone’s benefit... ...When a seasoned, soon-to-retire...
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Leadership & Training walk into a coffee bar…
Kudos to Starbucks for making a statement against racial bias. Closing all their stores for an afternoon of training will cost millions in lost revenue, but pay off in the end. Unfortunately, that payoff is more in the area of public relations than in actual changes...
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Character counts, so remember the three Cs
Character counts. It's true for organizations as well as individuals. Recently this question was posed: what are the biggest HR turn-offs you want to avoid in your company's recruitment efforts? The biggest turn-offs for millennials and Generation Z often are often...
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Bias against candidates with the highest GPAs…among women
Chalk up another example of gender bias in America. For women looking for jobs, having the highest GPAs may work against them. We're not suggesting that job candidates dumb down their résumés. Instead, we'd rather make a case for smarter hiring. But first: what the...
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Can you train away the gender gap?
Women and women's issues continue to make headlines. From the grassroots of the #MeToo movement to the first all-female panel at the lofty World Economic Summit in Davos, media awareness is high. This covers workplace harassment, "glass ceiling" issues that prevent...
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Hone your organization for success with greater soft skills through talent acquisition and continuing development
People skills, emotional intelligence and agility — development terms that fall under the umbrella of soft skills — are generally accepted as vital to advancement within an organization. They are important to a company by supporting succession and lowering turnover....
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Not your father’s Human Resources. Training can get your organization up to speed.
Donna writes in Training Industry about Human Resources becoming a bigger user of corporate training to succeed in a newly competitive environment. Read the full article here. Talent acquisition is becoming more competitive as America is closer to full employment than...
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Vive la différence! Workplace diversity contributes to innovation and how training can help
A new study from North Carolina State University suggests that organizations that make strides to achieve workplace diversity are also more innovative. This innovation manifests in more new products and, in some cases, even more patents and new uses of technology. “We...
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HR may need some hand-holding to compete for younger “employee customers”
Employee customers? More and more, organizations are wooing new talent with techniques more akin to marketing than human resources to reach young people who brand themselves by their work. Competition for talent is getting tougher as the economy improves and...
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Optimized hiring helps HR fine tune its talent acquisition: but do a little research first
Optimized hiring is getting a lot of coverage in business and news. Basically, this refers to the use of assessment in the hiring process. It’s a fundamental change from earlier HR practices wrought from the continuing refinement of assessments. We’re proponents of...
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Generational baggage and how you can check it
Last week’s New York Times Magazine features a sobering and thought-provoking article about a reported increase in the number of adolescents suffering from anxiety. In “The Kids Who Can’t,” Benoit Denizet-Lewis documents a period in the life of a high school student...
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The way you thought you needed to talk to Millennials is all wrong
Press Release: The way you thought you needed to talk to Millennials is all wrong— new communications skills course addresses generational differences in business and the workplace Greensboro, NC— In many industries, relations between manufacturers and their dealer...
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Ever bomb an interview?
Fess up. Ever bomb an interview? Maybe it was for a job your really wanted. Or a talk with your boss about a salary increase. Or critical performance review. Or an important sales call. It's a little bit like a bad dream, because you probably know you're bombing,...
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DISC helps talent acquisition tools do double duty for team development
Jamesson Solutions got into the talent acquisition arena earlier this year by establishing a value-added associate partnership with TTI Success Insights, maker of the TriMetrix assessment suite. We consider the suite to be very powerful, delivering scientifically...
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Assessments and feedback for “back-to-workplace”
Chances are your office is pretty slow right now, as coworkers wrap up their summer vacations and your vendors and clients have automated "I will be out of the office until..." messages on their e-mail. If you do business with European companies, it's even harder to...
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How to read body language
Current politics is a boon for network, cable and internet news because every event is so visual. And we're not even talking about spectacular footage of space launches or significant human achievements, either. These days it's downright compelling to just watch two...
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Five ways to use your body to get what you want in the workplace
Selling an idea, leading a team, winning new business and getting a raise are just a few of the situations in which presentation skills can make a big difference in the outcome. In the three-minute video clip below you can learn about five body language techniques...
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From the Beer Game to Paper Planes, business simulations continue to be popular
We're not sure what the first business simulation was, but when you research the topic, you'll find ample references to the Beer Distribution Game. Unfortunately for some players, the "Beer Game" isn't supposed to involve any drinking, just simulated distribution from...
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You too can be Wonder Woman
Or, if you don't want to be Wonder Woman, you can be Superman. In her talk, "High Performance Presentation Skills: Body Language," Donna reveals some of the secrets behind her ability to influence and win over a room. There are postures and gestures that are easy to...
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The power of good presentation: body language
From winning a job to winning new business for your job, presentation skills are both fundamental and an area for continual development. Body language is key. Body language impacts and sends messages to people all the time. We need to be aware of what our bodies are...
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Assessing motivation: Does it match the mission?
A new employee started at a high-level corporate organization. Talented, well-versed in the field, and eager to succeed, all of her previous experience implied that she would excel in her new role. She participated in mentoring opportunities. She completed work on...
read moreRecommended reading: Andrew Chamberlain on the importance of motivation
Writing in the January 2017 Harvard Business Review, Andrew Chamberlain provides fodder to make the case for motivation and motivational assessment in your organization, backed by studies, facts, figures and even Adam Smith. One of the most striking results we’ve...
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30 years of marriage = talent acquisition, training and development
(Photo: Mike and Donna Warrick) With our new Talent Acquisition services officially launched, we went to see reporter Steve Huffman at The Business Journal. He wanted to know about running a family business. So we told him. Reading the article, it becomes clear that...
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Jamesson Solutions partners with TTI Success Insights for TriMetrix assessments for talent acquisition
We're excited to add a new facet to the Jamesson Solutions products and services: talent acquisition using TriMetrix assessments. Industry thought leader John Sullivan says 2017 is "the year of the algorithm." Sullivan asserts that the recruiting function will finally...
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Who Cries in a Business Presentation?
At a recent Advanced Presentation Skills workshop, we spent a day with the senior vice presidents of sales representing a global manufacturing organization. We asked these SVPs if they regularly used stories as part of their business communications, from informal...
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“Son, I’m A Storyteller.” Why Business Needs Stories.
This article is the first of a series that will discuss storytelling’s unique power in business communications. We recently talked business and storytelling with Chris Laney, President and CEO of Greensboro, NC-based Zenergy Technologies, a software delivery solutions...
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Part 1 – Presentation Basics
Almost all of us will have to speak in front of an audience at some point or another. Whether it’s an internal report to colleagues, an external presentation to current or prospective clients, or a fundraising ask to the local PTA, speaking in public can be nerve...
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Part 2 – 6 Elements of Successful Presentations
We've all sat through presentations that are boring, poorly organized, or hampered by overuse or misuse of audio visual tools. And what happens? We tune out. And we might be missing information we really need to have. Sometimes we have to give presentations that are...
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Part 3 – Talk Your Walk: Leverage Your Behavior Style for More Effective Presentations
Understanding your behavior style can help you play to your strengths and find ways to anticipate and even mitigate your challenges. At Jamesson Solutions, we have found the DiSC Profile to be a powerful and easy-to-understand resource to learn about your behavioral...
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Training ROI: learning and leadership development is becoming more tangible
Training ROI? In our decades-long careers in learning and leadership development the question of return-on-investment has been answered with (highly) educated guesses often pointing to case studies that indicate employee development engagements do improve...
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