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Talent Assessment

Assessment Tools Ranked in Top 3 of Importance for Talent Acquisition

As 2017 approaches, companies are reassessing their talent acquisition needs and budgets. In preparation, LinkedIn completed a comprehensive survey of human resource professionals and compiled...

Key Talent Traits

Can Rational Thinking be Taught?

Rationality, the ability to be make judgments and decisions in a fact-based and reasonable manner, is different from intelligence and, in fact, may have little...

Talent Assessment

Secret of the Chicago Cubs’ Success? Hiring the Person, not the Performance

As Hard as it is for someone from St. Louis to say the words, “World Series-champion Chicago Cubs,” you do have to hand it to...

Succession Planning

Are you prepared for a leadership deficit?

2015 marked a 16-year high for CEOs that left their current position, leaving the boards of those companies to fill the vacancy as best they...

Leadership Alliance News

Amanda Wellford joins the Leadership Alliance team

Leadership Alliance wants to welcome the newest member of our team, Amanda Wellford. Amanda comes to us with an impressive background, working with small businesses...

Interview Techniques

6 Ways to become a better interviewer right now

What’s the goal when you sit down to an interview? It’s your job to make sure that the interaction flows reasonably smoothly, keep the questions...

Demographic Differences

Women Excel at Managing Diversity

Women in key positions within matrixed work environments may be better prepared for growth in the global economy throughout the coming century. As industries grow...

Talent Development

Career Development Programs Growing in Relevance for the Today’s Workforce

Many employers mistakenly believe that their employees are leaving the company for more pay, but in actuality, a pay increase only accounts for 12% of...

Talent Assessment

Help, I think I hired a psychopath!

Here’s a surprising statistic: studies indicate that 4% of the population are psychopaths— 1% women and 3% men. That’s 1 in every 25 Americans. If...

Interview Techniques

Avoiding Interview Bias (the boss does not want your resume)

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal, titled “Why bosses are turning to ‘blind hiring’,” raised some interesting points about our personal biases and...