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28/08/2015

Giving constructive criticism is a delicate matter. How do you talk to your employees on improving their skills at the workplace?

People need our feedback to grow into their best selves, but if its not given in the correct manner, it can be meaningless and/or destructive.

25/08/2015

One of the hardest tasks in HR is letting someone go. How do you keep things amicable?

An employment termination is fraught with potential damage for an employer. But you can perform damage control to limit your internal and external risk.

21/08/2015

What advice do you typically share with new hires on their first day at your organization?

There’s a saying: An opportunity sustains an enterprise for a year; good management sustains an enterprise for a decade; good corporate culture sustains an enterprise for a century. A company intent on long-term development needs executives who can fully understand and pass along its corporate culture to other employees. I share my viewpoints with every senior executive I work with every day. Below are the seven features I think qualified executives should have while working at Fosun.Entrepreneur SpiritWe hire talent not for doing what they’re told, but for

04/08/2015

What do you personally think of networking events? Helpful, or intimidating....

I recently attending what would traditionally be called a networking event. It was a event put on by a non-profit focused on women in a particular industry where somewhere around 125+ people attended. So it was large enough that you wouldnt know everyone. In fact, I didnt know anyone. And, I went alone. Now, would I have liked to bring a friend along? Sure. It is always fun to go to things with friends and certainly in a place where I knew no one, it would have been a great security blanket. But, heres the thing - had I brought a friend

28/07/2015

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27/07/2015

How often does your organization hire independent contract employees?

On July 15, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor issued an interpretive memorandum stating its view that an increasing number of workplaces are misclassifying employees as independent contractors. Calling this a problematic trend, the DOL issued its memorandum to provide additional guidance to employers.The standard of whether a worker is “employed” under the Fair Labor Standards Act is determined in part by the “economic realities” test, which focuses on whether a worker is economically dependent on the employer or in business for him or herself.

23/07/2015

What is your advice to managers to motivate a team without micromanaging?

Most managers want to motivate people to peak performance, but their approach often backfires. In their fervent desire to teach people what they know to be true (after all, it worked to get them promoted to management, right?), some managers enthusiastically over-manage.Over-management can manifest as micromanagement. When you tell staffers what to do, how to do it, when to do it and why your way is better, you undermine their ability to think for themselves. Instead of enjoying some control over the way they work, they begin to feel powerless and controlled. They many even start to doubt the

23/07/2015

Every intern wants to make a good impression while they're a part of the team. What advice would you offer to young interns?

A reader writes: I’m a college student headed to my first internship this summer and your blog has been so helpful in the preparation for that. I wrote a g

21/07/2015

Interesting idea: prevent exit interviews by offering stay interviews. Would you try something like this?

We haven’t thought about them for a while, but stay interviews might be making a comeback. They’re defined as structured interviews designed to learn the reasons that employees stay with a company or the conditions that might cause them to leave. As the talent wars continue, stay interviews can be a valuable way to engage

21/07/2015

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18/07/2015

Successful people share a lot of similar qualities, like discipline and drive. What quality do you tend to notice in the most successful people around you?

Anyone can succeed without capital, without a business plan, without a mentor, and even without a great idea.But no one can succeed without one essential ingredient. There is one trait every successful person possesses:Irrational optimism.Why? To be successful you must embrace belief, which means pushing aside all those self-doubts: Feeling you arent smart enough, dedicated enough, adaptable enough, or simply that, in spite of your best intentions and best efforts, you wont succeed.Often other people make it even harder to maintain that belief. Family and friends tend to shoot multiple

16/07/2015

Do you have a new hire onboarding system? Do you use onboarding technology?

Onboarding technology should do more than just process new hires. Your onboarding solution can be used for many things. SilkRoad shows us how!

14/07/2015

When you are having a hard time searching for a new job, how do you correct what is actually hurting you?

Are you getting tripped up by one of these five common and deadly job-search mistakes? Liz Ryan will help you out!

10/07/2015

The best career advice I've (personally) heard has to be "don't be afraid to speak up when you don't understand something". What's the best career advice someone has offered to you?

Being old is generally seen as a bad thing in American culture. But I want to interview more older women. And when I say older I dont mean 55 or 65. I mean 80 or 85 or 95. I mean bona fide old ladies. Women whove lived long lives, made mistakes, had successes, had families or not had families, and who are willing to talk about all of it. Women who might be described as badass.I spoke to former Vermont governor Madeleine Kunin recently for my podcast on women and work, The Broad Experience. Shes 81 and still working part-time. Here are five career insights from our conversation that I bel

09/07/2015

Have you ever (or would you ever) purposely change up an interview to see how the candidate reacts?

Dont be rattled by these five common surprises.

07/07/2015

I always have music playing in the background when I work. What about you? What kind of music helps you focus on school work?

Finding out what type of music applied to what type of studying habit was vital for me. I hope today's infographic can help you find yours.

02/07/2015

How busy, is too busy?

Have you ever noticed that some of the most successful people in history were extremely good at getting other people to work for them? Sure, there are plenty of examples where an individual, or a small team, launched an idea, product, or company, but these individuals or small teams cannot scale. It is a success essential to have the right people around you. This is the only way you can extend and grow your creation to reach new markets, develop new opportunities, and continuously innovate.Now look at your own role. What do you spend the vast majority of your time doing? Is it leading and gui

30/06/2015

What myths are you hearing (if any) about hiring Millennials?

Millennials are the up-and-coming generation of working professionals. Born between 1980-2000, Millennials now make up over half of the workforce in Canada and the United States. As a Millennial myself, I am well aware of the sweeping statements and large generalizations that are often made about this generation. Ranging from partial truths to downright ridiculous, some of these myths can negatively impact Millennials in the workplace.Here are 5 myths about Millennials in the workplace and the truths to set the story straight:Myth: Millennials are lazy and do not want to work hard.Truth: Mill

26/06/2015

What's your advice for someone to move from making goals to accomplishing those goals?

Article originally posted at Cave SocialChecking Off Your GoalsWe have goals that we want to accomplish, but how we go about actually completing them is different among everyone. One thing that is common between people who are successful in achieving their goals is that they write them down.You are 42% more like to achieve or accomplish your goals just by writing them down. Here are some stats from a study conducted on the 1979 Harvard MBA program.Students were asked if they have written down their future goals, 3% did, 13% had goals, but did not have them written down, 84% had no goals at al

24/06/2015

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23/06/2015

Have you ever used assessment testing in your hiring process? What are your thoughts?

Assessments are often used in hiring and career development. What are some of the best practices to know about them? Lily Lin at PAN tells all.

19/06/2015

A lot of businesses make an effort to give back to local communities. What's one thing your organization does to support the local community?

Andrew Thornton, owner of a community supermarket in London, talk to Dawna Jones about putting the heart back into business and how to be a different kind of business leader.

15/06/2015

Do you have hiring peak times? Does summer slow down for you?

As the weather gets warmer, the sunshine gets longer and the days grow long, we believe employment cycles slow down... Is this an urban myth or the truth? We do believe many managers start taking their vacations in the summer (it is high season after all) and recruiters and candidates cant seem to get any responses.What should we do? Give up? Wait till September when all the managers are back to work... Im sorry to say that I believe that the Summer slow-down is an urban myth. In the 10+ years of recruiting, the volume of recruits have been steady. Although summer time is when most o

12/06/2015

What do you think is the biggest nonverbal mistake candidates make in an interview?

Sometimes you see someone for the first time and you automatically like him or her. In 99% its because of the nonverbal messages. Be sure to know the most com…

11/06/2015

Interesting concept: giving interview questions to the candidates ahead of time. Would you try it?

Rethinking InterviewsI know it goes against the grain for hiring but why not give the candidates the interview questions before they come into an interview. Why?It’s not the 1950’s (or 60’, 70’s, 80’s, or 90’s). Our candidates expect more from the interview. The traditional interview doesn’t have the same impact as it once had. Candidates know they have a choice. They don’t feel the need to beg for a job and companies know that hiring mistakes are costly. Job seekers want to know what they are 

09/06/2015

Would you be willing to negotiate salary with an entry level position?

It doesnt hurt to ask.

09/06/2015

What's your policy on hiring friends?

They say the politically skilled folks always get ahead, and a recent article featuring LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman endorsed hiring friends, if all qualifications are nearly equal between candidates. Perhaps on some levels that is comfortable for the executive that is the friend of the new project manager. Yet is it comfortable for the rest of the staff? Of course not. Ultimately, is it comfortable for you? No, and here is why.In hiring friends, a message is sent throughout the organization that the probability of being promoted is decreased because most employees

04/06/2015

This is something a lot of HR Managers struggle with. How do you find the balance between criticism and feedback?

It’s easy to assume that pointing out a mistake constitutes as feedback, and to an extent it does, but that’s similar to telling your partner it’s raining outside and not handing them an umbrella. Feedback is instructive language that positively influences behavior. It has an assumed intrinsic benefit: it provides knowledge on how to improve what we do and how we do it. It helps us grow and become better.

02/06/2015

What's the best way to approach the "I can do it better" attitude with employees?

A reader writes: I have a great, well-rounded employee who can do everything asked and be creative when needed to find solutions. The problem is that she s

29/05/2015

Our work environments contain many characteristics. How do you draw out the introverts in your organization?

Being an introvert means a lot, but it doesnt necessarily mean they arent any fun to be around. Here is a list of 10 activities to do with introverts.