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Speeding Up The Learning Curve With New Employees

Some new hires don’t learn as quickly as we would like. So how can you speed up the learning curve with new employees? Consider the following if you find yourself frustrated with a slow training process. Determine Skills Gaps Skills gaps of new employees are one...

How To Plan Your Employee Recruitment Strategy

The hiring process can be long and difficult. But, you can save a lot of time and energy with a thoughtful recruitment strategy. So here are a few things you should consider before your next round of interviews. Determine Your Hiring Goals/Needs Be thoughtful about...

How to Successfully Map Out Your Hiring Process

Several years ago, I was mentoring Jason Lew, one of my clients who lived in Boston and was growing chain of bilingual preschools called Pine Village Preschool. He needed to hire twelve new teachers by the end of August. In our discussion I asked these questions about...

Use A Rifle To Find Top Leaders

If you’re contemplating the use of a search firm, chances are you are looking for top leaders to join your team. There are thousands of search firms to choose from and making the right choice depends on the criteria you use in your selection process. Here are a...

Onboarding A New COO: Part 2 – The Ripple Effect

If you’ve been following along on our blog, you’ll remember my last post, where I talked about step one of onboarding a new COO. As I said in Part 1 – Resist The Urge To Let Them Do Their Job, it is essential that you immerse your new COO in the...