Recruiting the Best Team
Don’t settle for hiring the first qualified people who apply. Try treating your job candidates like customers and take time to generate a large candidate pool. This will increase your chances of building a great team.
Posts Tagged ‘human resources’
Don’t Let Success Destroy your Culture – Tajima Creative
Each business possesses a unique culture. Clients and jobs that work against that culture present a danger to the employees’ morale and to the foundations of the company itself. Elaine Tajima, CEO of Tajima Creative, made a courageous decision to preserve the heart of her business.
Surprising Non-Performance by Executives
You should be able to rely on your top team members, but how do you know that the executives you’ve hired really are competent? Learn how to prevent last-minute surprises, and what could happen if you don’t.
To Serve or to Lead?
The CEO leads and their underlings serve them. Or at least, that’s the traditional business paradigm. Back in 1982, Robert Greenleaf wrote a book that turned this structure on its head.
Shifting Gears from Startup to Scaled Enterprise – Cruiser Customizing
Every successful startup goes from an entrepreneurial stage to a professional enterprise. Not all of the founding team can make the transition.
Recruiting through Mutual Respect – ProCM
Sometimes the best teammates are the ones that worked before. CEO Eric Scheible of ProCM digs through past connections to forge a “dream team” of talent.
Branding Your Vision
Branding your marketing vision is a great way to get your team behind a common goal. Here are some guidelines for turning work into passion.
Learning from Pure Innovation – WAGIC
Hard work is required to stay ahead in today’s environment, but ongoing innovation can produce powerful results. Here’s how Ron Johnson, CEO of WAGIC, fosters a rich culture of innovation and gets the most out of his top team.
Your Legacy or Your Money – Fehr and Peers
Companies don’t need to sacrifice their reputation for money. By planning ahead for an ownership transition and hiring possible successors, the founders can build long-term value in the enterprise. Matt Henry, now President and CEO of Fehr and Peers, shows us how it worked in their case.
Firing Key Employees; When You Must, and How – Availigent
CEOs have the duty to stay on mission and pursue the firm’s vision, even if it means firing a troublesome employee with critical knowledge. This article talks about how to reduce the risks to the company and prepare to make the change, using CEO Bud Michaels of Availigent, a software firm, as a case study.
Robert Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance. He was chief executive of Bentley Publishing Group from 1984 to 2006 and steered the firm to become a leading player in its industry (decorative art publishing).