According to a study by the Center of Creative Leadership, nearly 40% of senior leaders fail in their first 18 months on the job. Nearly 40%! The primary reasons for this astoundingly high number is not so much a reflection […]
When private equity firms and growing companies make an acquisition to augment their competitiveness in the market, to grow revenue, to expand into new markets or to acquire a new technology,—many times new talent is needed to advance the company […]
Consider this scenario… You started a business that is thriving, successful and well run – and you are ready to retire but your kids who work in the business are not experienced enough to run the company. You want to […]
How Can Small and Mid-sized Companies Benefit from Fractional & Interim Executives? Small and medium-sized organizations often lack the scale and budget to add full-time, experienced employees to deal with emerging changes in their businesses such as: High seasonal demands […]
Today’s graduates, coming out of our finest universities and some with their international internship experience, are entering the workforce with questionable communication skills. Many of them excel at texting, gaming, PC skills and learning systems quickly but have not quite […]
Today’s recruiting systems and methods for large companies like Cisco, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, 3M, GM and countless of other companies large, medium and small are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence (AI) to sift through myriad applications and resumes […]
Have you ever hired a key leader who appeared to be a great fit for your team, only to find out too late that the fit wasn’t as good as it looked? It happens a lot—they check all of the […]
Is your company growing at a fast rate, experiencing rapid customer growth, or adding new products or services in the coming year? How do you gauge your staffing needs to meet your growing business needs and challenges? Do you need […]
Do you have a plan for your leadership team in the event that a key person leaves for another opportunity? Or retires suddenly? Or gets hit by the proverbial bus? Or suffers a debilitating health issue that makes it impossible […]
Did I Hire the Right CEO, COO or President? Hiring the right CEO is a critical decision and one that includes a number of complex factors. Previously we talked about the practice of hiring an external successor for the CEO, […]
