by Warren Bobrow | Apr 29, 2014 | Commitment, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Performance
Employee engagement is getting a lot of attention now. The thinking is that this will lead to higher productivity and lower turnover in ways employee satisfaction never did. The question is really what employers can do to foster engagement. Engagement is a two-way...
by Warren Bobrow | Apr 25, 2014 | Performance, Talent Management, Training and Development
OK, it’s not much of a blog post, but I am excited to be presenting today with Google, Amgen, Paramount, etc at Pepperdine’s Talent Management Symposium http://tinyurl.com/mye2rck. If you’d like a copy of the slides, please send me an e-mail...
by Warren Bobrow | Apr 15, 2014 | Leadership, Legal Issues, Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Talent Management
First, welcome to all of the new subscribers! As I’m sure you have heard, Brendan Eich was forced out as CEO of Mozilla (best known for its Firefox browser) when it became public knowledge that he gave $1,000 six years ago in support of California’s Proposition 8,...
by Warren Bobrow | Mar 20, 2014 | Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management
Those of you who follow professional basketball (and maybe just live in LA or NY) know that Phil Jackson has been hired by the New York Knicks to be their president of basketball operations. Mr. Jackson was a role player on the Knicks’ championship teams in the 70s...
by Warren Bobrow | Mar 12, 2014 | Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management
The Big Round Table I had a chance to participate in a very large roundtable discussion on hiring last week. Also participating were CEOs, other consultants (none I/O psychologists), students and executives of medium-sized businesses It was a pretty free-wheeling...
