by Jim Schleckser | Sep 2, 2020 | Talent
Tough times require difficult decisions about the size of your payroll. As the government begins to scale back its financial support for businesses impacted by the pandemic, leaders will be forced to do some hard analysis of their labor force. Many of us will be...
by Jim Schleckser | Jul 5, 2020 | Talent
There is an existing playbook we can use, and it works There has been a huge amount of conversation and energy in recent months about the Black Lives Matter movement and the lack of diversity in many organizations, especially in businesses. This lack of organizational...
by Jim Schleckser | Jun 22, 2020 | Talent
Your Next CEO Search Should Come From the Center of the Business At some point in the life cycle of every business, the topic of succession will come up. That might come when a CEO decides to move on to a new opportunity or maybe retire. It could also come when the...
by Jim Schleckser | Feb 18, 2020 | Talent
The 1 percent solution. In his bestselling book, The Advantage, Patrick Lencioni stresses that the only real competitive advantage any organization has is its ability to learn. And the faster your organization learns, the bigger and faster your competitive advantage...
by Jim Schleckser | Dec 14, 2019 | Talent
It’s easy to be impressed by a big resume — but you’ll make a fatal hiring decision if you aren’t careful. I can’t tell you how many times I have talked to an entrepreneur who, when they were on the verge of making their first senior...
by Jim Schleckser | Dec 3, 2019 | Talent
It’s a high-risk answer — you want to get it right. One of the most unfair questions you can be asked during a job interview is: What salary were you expecting? This question is not only potentially unethical, but it also violates one of the cardinal rules...
