Blog Archives - TalenTrust

What’s it like to apply for a job at your company? Despite our current fierce competition for top talent, nearly 60 percent of job seekers say they have a poor…

Lead By Reaching For Your Best Self

March 11, 2019

Effective Leadership, Employees, Integrity, Level 5 leadership, Success

I’ve discovered that vulnerability is the most fundamental and hardest-to-learn trait on the path to exceptional leadership—the path I’ve tried to follow for the past 30 years. It’s with this…

What the rise of the individual means to your business

February 14, 2019

company culture, employee engagement, employer brand, leadership/CEOs

“Companies with a strong mission and purpose outperformed the S&P 500 by 8-fold over a 20 year period,” says Deloitte/Bersin in their 2018 report, “The Rise of the Individual in…

Becoming the One They Choose In 2019

January 17, 2019

Now that there are more job openings than people to fill them, 2019 is the time to get really serious about being the best company you can possibly be. This…

Strategic Recruiting Defined

November 30, 2018

company culture, employer brand, on-boarding, recruiting

No one would argue that sales and marketing are strategic business functions. They get strong executive support and the big budgets because they feature data-driven decision-making, market segmentation, powerful branding,…

Hire a Vet. Here’s Why.

November 30, 2018

company culture, diversity, hiring, Veterans

Let’s get right to it, as they’d say in the military. Every organization is fiercely competing for top talent—the people with the right mix of skills and values to…

Happily and Productively Remote

November 1, 2018

company culture, hiring, millenials, retention

Not long ago, the CFO of a fast-growing $150 million company with 80 sales reps was planning to move to a bigger, better location. I suggested that he not move…

15 Years and 15 Lessons Learned

October 2, 2018

What it means to be an effective leader has changed dramatically since I founded TalenTrust in 2003, because workplaces themselves have changed. Gone—or going—are the unbendable rules, inflexibility in how…

A Strategic Plan For Winning Talent

August 31, 2018

CEOs cannot achieve success alone. Every CEO needs partners in strategy, and I will argue for many reasons that their most important partner is a talented and trusted CHRO. The…

It Doesn’t Pay To Be Cheap

July 24, 2018

company culture, employee engagement, hiring, recruiting, retention, Vistage