One of the reasons I love teaching business strategy at a couple of local universities is because my class is the last stop before students graduate. There is something so fulfilling about knowing those students are about to...
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Welcome back for Part III of our eQ blog series on elite talent! As we were discussing yesterday, the benchmarking process serves as an opportunity to realign each position with the most up-to-date strategic business...
If you were with us yesterday then you’ll remember that when tasked with picking the best, most elite, representation of a team the consensus at eQ was the Navy SEALs. What better image evokes feelings of resolve,...
My high school English teacher always used to tell me (more scold me) to never start a paper with a quote. So today, I’d like to start my blog with a quote - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the famous theologian and staunch opponent of...
You check your LinkedIn and yet another recruiter wants to connect with you. Depending on the status of your job, many things run through your head. However, the courtesy of what you should do, or how you should respond, may...
“Thank-yous” and Praise, Empty Verbal Calories Without the Nutritional Value of Specifics People who know me well know that many of my favorite analogies involve food. So, it’s not surprising when my first thoughts about...
Today marks the final part of eQ’s first blog series on elite talent. (Cue sad music.) Part 5 of our series discusses one of our biggest philosophies: the Talent eQuation. Selection is just one part of the eQ Talent eQuation....
Admit it; you’ve been waiting all day for Part IV of our eQ blog series on elite talent! Well, wait no longer. As promised, today, we’ll take you beyond the benchmark and into the assessment sciences. Beyond the benchmark of...
An old boss once told me that you get what you measure. At the time, I was a young and inexperienced manager. My boss was trying to teach me the criticality of establishing performance metrics, standards of accountability, and...
