by Warren Bobrow | Feb 14, 2017 | Recruitment, Talent Management
When a consumer brand, especially a national one, looks for new hires, they are doing more than acquiring talent. They are making an impression on their customer base as much as any other piece of advertising. That in and of itself is not a revelation (or, at least...
by Warren Bobrow | Jan 30, 2017 | Performance, Talent Management
I’m always curious to hear of innovative (or, crazy, depending on one’s viewpoint) methods of increasing employee engagement and productivity. I wrote about a year ago about a company in Seattle where the CEO increased the minimum wage to $70,000 (and they are still...
by Warren Bobrow | Jan 24, 2017 | Assessment Centers, Performance, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, ROI, Skills Assessment, Talent Management
Something I hear frequently from clients is, “I wish I had a day/week/month to see my candidates do the job. Then I would make fewer hiring mistakes.” It is, of course, an intriguing idea. We test drive cars before we buy them. Why not try out people before we...
by Warren Bobrow | Jan 9, 2017 | Employee Engagement, Leadership, Performance, Talent Management
I could fill up this post with examples of CEOs that got raises when the performance of the company they were running got worse. But, that’s too depressing. Rather, here’s a story about Tim Cook and other Apple executives getting their pay cut because the company did...
by Warren Bobrow | Jan 4, 2017 | Leadership, Performance, Talent Management
I have some family owned businesses as clients. They do have an extra critical dynamic which makes them different from other businesses. As one owner said to me when trying to make a difficult retain/fire decision about a family member, “If Pat goes and then works...
