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      09Dec
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      Part Two - Twenty-Seven Things You Can Do Right Now to Win the War for Talent - Onboarding
      By Richard Haddenin Employee Engagement, Human Resources Management, Leadership, Recruiting, Retention

      Part Two - Twenty-Seven Things You Can Do Right Now to Win the War for Talent - Onboarding

      By Richard Hadden and Bill Catlette Onboarding new talent- when done well – is probably the smartest thing you can do to preserve your investment in recruiting (which was the…

      26Nov
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      Twenty-seven Things You Can Do Right Now to Win the War for Talent - Part One
      By Richard Haddenin Employee Engagement, Human Resources Management, Recruiting, Retention

      Twenty-seven Things You Can Do Right Now to Win the War for Talent - Part One

      How about if I don’t start this out by recounting how hard it is to find and keep workers right now? That would be only slightly less useful than an…

      27Jul
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      Time for Some Straight Talk About Returning to Onsite Work
      By Richard Haddenin Employee Engagement, Human Resources Management, Leadership, Recruiting, Retention, Working Remotely

      Time for Some Straight Talk About Returning to Onsite Work

      As employers move people back to onsite work, it’s important to consider that this is an employEE’s market, not an employER’s. Swimming against the tide of the asserted will of…

      22Feb
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      Childcare = Infrastructure
      By Bill Catlettein Coaching, Employee Engagement, Human Resources Management, Recruiting, Retention

      Childcare = Infrastructure

      As much as businesses depend upon electricity, reliable digital signal, mail, roads, bridges, and airports to do our thing, we also rely on the availability of talented labor in sufficient…

      07Dec
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      5 Ways Leaders Can Catch Lightning In a Bottle Via the Power of Positive Surprise
      By Bill Catlettein Coaching, Leadership, Multigenerational Leadership, Recruiting, Retention

      5 Ways Leaders Can Catch Lightning In a Bottle Via the Power of Positive Surprise

      What workers commonly expect to happen in a job/from their boss: There will always be a few stars, a bunch of mediocrity, a few slugs, and at least one a-hole.I’ll…

      29Oct
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      Getting Serious About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
      By Bill Catlettein Coaching, Human Resources Management, Leadership, Recruiting, Retention

      Getting Serious About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

      In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, corporate America has professed fresh interest in the subject of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). I’m heartened by that, and especially so to…

      10Aug
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      Unjobbed
      By Bill Catlettein Coaching, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Recruiting, Training & Development

      Unjobbed

      Bill Catlette   8/7/20 • memphis Bored, Scared, Angry  In 2+ decades as a coach and advisor to business leaders, the very worst workplace situations I’ve encountered have almost always…

      14Jan
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      Employee Engagement: Two Reasons Why ‘Getting Sticky’ Matters
      By Bill Catlettein Coaching, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Recruiting, Retention

      Employee Engagement: Two Reasons Why ‘Getting Sticky’ Matters

      (This piece generally represents the text of a letter sent to some of our firm’s leadership coaching clients this week.) Too often I see HR professionals and the organizations they…

      03Sep
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      Never Stop Recruiting!
      By Richard Haddenin Recruiting

      Never Stop Recruiting!

      My friend, business partner, and co-author Bill Catlette is passionate about many things, not the least of which is fishing. And he’s good at it. One reason for his success…

      29Aug
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      Yes, Organizational Fit Still Matters
      By Bill Catlettein Employee Engagement, Recruiting, Retention

      Yes, Organizational Fit Still Matters

      In the work world, “Culture” represents the values, norms, aims, customs, rules, the way of life if you will of an organization. It is an amalgam of the non-talent ingredients…

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