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Creating High Performing Teams

“I think I’ve got a pretty good team,” you say to yourself. Your key players are smart, qualified, and have proven track records in their fields. Maybe you even feel you’ve got some real all-stars on your team. Yet, research shows that 60% of all teams fail to accomplish their goals,[1] 70% of organizations have suffered at least one project failure in the last 12 months,[2] and 77% of completed projects fail to deliver their intended results.[3] Why is this happening and how can it…

The Real Cost of Your Essential Hires

For decades, the world’s best companies have utilized retained search firms to hire their top executives. This is because they know that making a great hire versus a mediocre hire at this level is critical, and the cost of making a mis-hire can be catastrophic. But what about your company’s essential hires? You know, those Senior Manager and Director-level hires that your company has deemed essential — who will be on the front lines delivering on your company’s strategy, leading your…

Ready For The New Workforce? Hiring For Newly Created Jobs

At A Glance:  Hiring today is very different than it was just five years ago.  Digital transformation is changing the way we work and live, and the U.S. has more job openings than unemployed people—a situation some economists call “full employment” since most job seekers land a job fast. Today’s high-tech environment has created many career opportunities and job positions that didn’t exist before.  The U.S. unemployment rate has been hovering around four percent, which…

Succeeding at Leadership Transitions

 Succeeding at Leadership Transitions After two years, nearly half of all senior leadership transitions are regarded as failures or disappointments. Executive transitions, whether at the Director, Vice-President, or C-level, create uncertainty and are typically high-stakes, high-tension events. When asked to rank life’s challenges in order of difficulty, the top one is “making a transition at work” – ahead of bereavement, divorce, and health issues according to…

The Human Side of Your Digital Transformation

    Welcome to the age of digital disruption. The Gartner 2019 CEO and Senior Business Executive Survey, qualified and surveyed 473 business leaders of companies with $50 million or more in annual revenue.  60% of these 473 business leaders were at companies with $1 billion or more in annual revenue.  According to this survey, 82% of respondents agreed that they had a management initiative or transformation program underway to make their companies more digital – up from 62%…

How are you winning the war for talent?

It’s not a secret that there are an abundance of new recruiting tools and services available to help you find talent for your organization. However, according to the KPMG U.S. CEO Outlook 2019 report, the adoption of these new recruiting technologies and services has only heightened the war for talent. Further, according to a recent study by MRInetwork, a majority of job openings are for newly created positions. This shift, combined with the aforementioned use of new technologies and services…

Why do 40% of all new leaders fail within the first 18 months?

Why do 40% of all new leaders fail within the first 18 months?  More than 40% of all new hires fail with in the first 18 months, mostly due to poor fit.  Hiring someone with a simple job description is just like wishing they will work out. Sure, there are many people who can do a job, but few who will truly manifest excellence in it. Therefore, one of the most important business decisions a leader will ever make is the people they hire; especially their senior leaders. Great leaders take the…

Finding Excellence

“As an HR Manager it can be intimidating working with outside firms, however iHs brings a depth of expertise that is unmatched. They’ve become a true partner and ally in our hiring efforts.”

Sr. Human Resources Business Partner – Fortune 500 Heavy Machinery Manufacturing Company