Tag Archives: strategic growth

The Cost of Poor Diversity Recruitment – Hiring for Qualifications and Not Just Protected Class

As I ramp up to reviewing data for an upcoming revision of the affirmative action plan document I created last summer, this article couldn’t be any more timely. In her blog, Sabrina Baker discusses the challenges of the affirmative action balancing act: hiring qualified candidates while incorporating hiring for diversity. The high level take away is this: ALWAYS HIRE THE MOST […]
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The Smoke and Mirrors of Job Descriptions

The Smoke and Mirrors of Job Descriptions. Love this article. At a time where one of my focuses is working on career development for a specific department for my current employer, I found this article incredibly relevant and validation that I am ont he right track in my strategic approach. I am currently in the […]
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How to Successfully Implement a Succession Plan in a Recovering Economy

Alexandria Brown http://www.ere.net/webinars/succession-planning.asp In the ere.net hosted webinar “Succession Planning: Why It’s Important as the Economy Recovers,” hosts Tony Kubica and Sara LaForest discuss the importance of implementing a strong succession planning process in your organization during the economic recovery. Kubica and LaForest identify that while the economy is recovering, we are seeing an increase […]
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Be the CHANGE: Perfecting Organizational Change: Defining the Role of the Change Leader by Walter McFarland

Perfecting Organizational Change: Defining the Role of the Change Leader by Walter McFarland. I woke up this morning with one of my favorites Mahatma Gandhi sayings on my brain: “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” During a time where I am changing both personally and professionally, I truly have conceptualized […]
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Succession Planning and Career Development

http://www.ere.net/2012/03/13/unless-no-one-gets-sick-quits-or-dies-a-plans-in-order I almost fell out of my chair while I was reading this article this morning. I was literally just having a conversation with my organization’s hiring managers about this very topic late last week. I find it incredibly detrimental to the success and growth of a company when hiring managers and/or Sr. Managers fail […]
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