Talent Alley

It’s true. We tend to value extroverted, type-A personalities. But that’s business, right?  It’s a cruel world where the loud and agressive move to the head of the pack, and leadership and team work win out over solitude because it’s better than business. Well, according to Susan Cain, that’s an incorrect assumption that is actually [...]

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A lot of large companies are coming to the realization that in order to grow and thrive, they need to develop and pursue internal innovation capabilities. However, they also frequently recognize that they don’t have the internal talent needed to foster a culture of innovation. Organizations are hidebound by organizational memory that stifles innovation and continually pursues [...]

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There are times when job seekers are their own worst enemy. Doug Hardman the CEO of Sparkbase, a local technology company, shared a recent series of email communications he had with a prospective hire for an internal marketing position that illustrate how a job candidate can destroy their job prospects with reflexive and imprudent email [...]

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Google announced this week that they were increasing every employee’s paycheck by 10%, effective immediately. Their generosity appears to have been stimulated by rival Facebook’s focused efforts to poach Google employees. After surveying their employees, Google determined that base pay was the single biggest influencing factor affecting an employee’s decision to stay, so the company proactively [...]

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I’ve collected a number of articles and interviews with some of the country’s most innovative and successful executives to discern exactly how they attract highly talented and energized employees to their organizations that continually fuel their success. There was a lot of overlap and similarity between these successful hiring execs that centered around several consitent [...]

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A recent article in the New York Times captured the current employment turmoil that defines our domestic manufacturing sector. Although a number of companies do have staff openings, they’re discovering it’s very difficult to find candidates with the advanced technical skills that the company needs. Dispelling much of the media hype about our country’s decline [...]

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Sounds like a dream doesn’t it?  Every weekend a three day weekend.  No hump day.  Two Saturday nights!  It actually turns out that the dream of a shorter work week isn’t such a dream so much as a debate we are having with ourselves. Experts tell us that the average worker would have to work [...]

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Safe workplaces don’t happen by accident. They happen when safety is a primary concern and motivator for management and staff alike and when active steps are taken to plan a safe work environment. Want to make your workplace as safe as it can be? Follow these Top 10 Workplace Safety Tips: Design a safe work area. [...]

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Current economic problems and high unemployment numbers are distorting many employers’ perception of the overall happiness and satisfaction of their employees. When unemployment is high and uncertainty in the job market reigns supreme, people with jobs tend to hold onto those jobs, even if they’re not fulfilled in their current position. Finding and retaining talent [...]

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In her post ‘Staying with No‘, Holly Weeks outlines some essential advice on saying no and sticking with it.   She’s got some good advice, like staying neutral, not backing down, and not giving false hope.  There is an element here that could be expanded on and that’s putting yourself, as a manager, in a [...]

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