Company Culture
10 min read
Create and develop organizational values that enhance company culture
There are many ways to drive employee productivity. One way is to create organizational values and in this guide, we explore exactly how to do that.
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People Management
7 min read
Aligning employees to business strategy
Aligning employees to business strategy is a critical component of talent optimization. Are your employees aligned? Read our blog to find out.
Company Culture
1 min read
Culture Madness: Vote for the most important company value.
In the spirit of March Madness, today we’re launching the Culture Madness Bracket to find out the most important and reigning cultural value.
People Management
3 min read
How to identify engaged employees: Key habits and characteristics to look for
Employee engagement is a critical component of talent optimization. Are your employees showing these six signs of highly engaged employees?
People Management
6 min read
First time manager tips: how to survive the role
Congratulations! You’ve earned a manager title. Your role is about to get a whole lot different. Here’s a quick survival guide.
Uncategorized
7 min read
Preparing for disruption
Disruption is a gradual and insidious process—one that companies are increasingly learning to strategize around. Learn to embrace disruption in this blog.
Company Culture
9 min read
This is why Tesla needs talent optimization.
Tesla is suffering from a variety of business challenges from executive turnover to layoffs. What’s the answer to its problems? Talent optimization.
Employee Engagement
4 min read
What Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” taught me about values
Your mission, vision, and values are critical to successfully executing your business strategy. Are yours clear and inspiring action?
Company Culture
5 min read
Going to Mars: How mission, vision, and values can make or break your strategy
Your mission, vision, and values can make or break your business strategy. Here’s how to design mission, vision, and values that inspire.
Employee Engagement
6 min read
Ignore your culture and it’s likely to go away.
Companies are recognizing the critical role that culture plays in hiring and retaining top talent. But corporate culture can’t be left to chance.
Company Culture
4 min read
3 signs you have poor organizational structure
Here are three signs you have poor organizational structure. If you see that your organizational design needs fixing, we can help.
Hiring
3 min read
Benefits of talent communities for smaller companies
Phil Strazzulla is a software entrepreneur and investor. He got into the tech space while working as a venture investor at Bessemer Venture Partners. After getting his MBA from Harvard Business School, Phil taught himself to program and started NextWave Hire to help busy HR teams build and execute their recruitment marketing efforts. Phil also shares…
People Management
7 min read
Snapchat, it’s time for a talent optimization triage.
A recent article on Recode explained that in the last 18 months, Snapchat has had massive turnover at the executive level. At least 10 executives who reported directly to CEO Evan Spiegel left the company. High turnover at the top is brutal to a company. It tells the world: “Even these highly-paid people aren’t willing to…
People Management
5 min read
How great leaders inspire followership
There is an interesting leadership conundrum that’s common in business settings: informal leaders often have many loyal followers while formal leaders may have few—maybe none! Why? Because leadership isn’t something that can be simply bestowed upon someone by an organization. It’s something that is earned. “The language used for effective followership is ‘exemplary followership,’ coined…
Hiring
12 min read
20 management skills for talent optimizers
As a talent optimizer, you need to master diverse leadership and management skills. You might be naturally adept at some of the following skills—but developing competency in others will force you to stretch beyond your comfort level to close gaps. While it won’t be easy, doing that important work will set you up to be…