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      Category: Retention

      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…

      13May
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      Coaching From a Distance
      By Bill Catlettein Coaching, Communication, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Meeting Goals, Retention

      Coaching From a Distance

      With the sudden, COVID-inspired shift to WFH, one topic that has come to the fore is productivity. How do we get it? How can we possibly verify and measure it…

      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…

      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…

      01Jul
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      Improve Your Talent Hunts… Get Good With Crayons
      By Bill Catlettein Employee Engagement, Recruiting, Retention

      Improve Your Talent Hunts… Get Good With Crayons

      Much has been written and said recently about the incidence rate of job candidates’ outright refusal of job offers, and the unprecedented ghosting of interviews and start dates. Anecdotal evidence…

      24Feb
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      You Might be Struggling to Find and Keep Good Talent If...
      By Richard Haddenin Leadership, Recruiting, Retention

      You Might be Struggling to Find and Keep Good Talent If...

      Convention season is in full swing, and if the groups I’ve been invited to speak for are any indication, one of THE heaviest concerns weighing on the minds of employers…

      21May
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      Be Quicker and More Courageous in Dealing with New Hires
      By Bill Catlettein Employee Engagement, Leadership, Recruiting, Retention

      Be Quicker and More Courageous in Dealing with New Hires

      Whether one works in the public eye or not, somewhere in the 50 to 100 day window after a person has started a new job, people around them are forming…

      09Mar
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      New "Best Companies to Work For" List Revealed
      By Bill Catlettein Employee Engagement, Recruiting, Retention

      New "Best Companies to Work For" List Revealed

      Last night, @AlanSMurray and the Fortune Magazine editors and journalists revealed for the twentieth time their annually curated list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For in America.”  The list is special to…

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