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Hiring and retention remain top priorities for small and midsize businesses

Joe Galvin — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 19:10:00 +0000

The intensity of the Talent Wars may have eased, but hiring remains both a key focus and priority for CEOs of small and midsize businesses (SMBs). The economic cycle’s uncertainty and volatility have made CEOs hypervigilant about their markets and...

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4 ways to future-proof your hiring and retention strategy

Joe Galvin — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 17:20:00 +0000

Many are returning to the office this spring, perhaps for the first time since March 2020, but it is not the same as when we left it. The COVID-19 pandemic spurred rapid behavioral change forcing people to rethink their priorities...

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The Wild West of hiring: What, why and how to measure results

Kathleen Quinn — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 09:58:29 +0000

Who’s the best hire? Where does the best talent come from? Who will stay the longest? Who’s thinking about leaving? An entire new industry of vendors has sprung up to answer your every question about hiring the best talent. Employers...

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Strategic HR: Your secret weapon in the talent war

Kathleen Quinn — Mon, 07 May 2018 17:00:58 +0000

Talent tops the list of major decisions CEOs will make this year, with 87% of Vistage survey respondents citing this issue as #1. Talent should be a strategic priority for your organization because a tight labor market, coupled with expectations...

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Winning the hiring war

Marc Emmer — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 18:45:58 +0000

In my speaking engagements, I talk to hundreds of executives every year who gripe about their inability to attract and retain talent. In the war for hiring talent, most of them feel like they are losing. As of this writing,...

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Get this skill right or nothing else matters

Colleen Stanley — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:55:11 +0000

Whether you are a new sales manager or veteran sales manager, you recognize that the skills needed to lead and direct a sales team, are very different than those required to be a top sales producer. Sales management requires skills...

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Stumped by a BAD Hire? How to Net Top Sales Producers

Colleen Stanley — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 05:11:44 +0000

Have you ever been stumped by a bad hire? The resume looked good, the interview was solid, and the references checked out. You hired the salesperson with high hopes, only to discover six months later that this “dog don’t hunt.”...

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Why is it Difficult to Find Outstanding Sales Professionals?

Barry Deutsch — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:35:23 +0000

In my last blog post on hiring sales professionals, I introduced the concept of why it is difficult to hire great sales professionals and we drilled into defining success as the starting point of best practices in hiring.

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