Category Archives: Hiring and Retaining Great People

It’s Not Who You Hire–It’s Who You Fire

By Executive Coach Lee Thayer via  Vistage International Firing someone is often a distasteful, sometimes painful, act. It is the end of something. Hiring someone is usually full of hope and expectation. It can be exciting. It is the beginning … Continue reading

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Seven Steps to Sales Recovery

Seven Steps to Sales Recovery By Vistage member and speaker Russ Riendeau, PhD Is your sales strategy no longer producing the revenue results you want? Then it’s time to inspire your sales team to do more. Here are eight ways … Continue reading

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Why Peer Advisory Groups Will Be the Next Big Thing

From the Vistage International Blog. Peer advisory groups turn the traditional executive development model on its head.  The old model, which people have been using for decades now, is designed to train people to be better leaders with the implicit … Continue reading

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What Makes Top Performers Better?

According to virtuoso Atul Gawande writing in The New Yorker and virtuosos like Itzhak Perlman, it’s having a coach. This is a lengthy read from the New Yorker, but worth it. Are your top performers being adequately coached? Read More … Continue reading

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Back to the Wrong School (Quoted directly from Seth Godin’s blog email today)

I don’t often reproduce another’s work directly, but Seth Godin’s blog email today about the current focus of large scale education is required reading. The post follows. His emails are worth the traffic in your inbox. By way of thanks, … Continue reading

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Action Items for Business Owners to Take in the Midst of Volatility

In a  recent Podcast with Vistage International Speaker and Institute for Trend Research Economist Alan Beaulieu, Alan lays out three action items for business owners to take in the midst of the current volatility and uncertainty. Watch out for employee … Continue reading

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Never Start an Interview Unless You Know What You Are Looking For

Brad Remillard, a sought after Vistage International Speaker, and principal in IMPACT Hiring Solutions has created what he calls an 8 Point Success Matrix that he suggests we use (or that we use something like it) to objectively evaluate every … Continue reading

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Ten Steps to a Great Hire

As Paul Dickson said, “Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.!” There are plenty of lists of the top ten hiring mistakes to avoid; no need to dwell on the negative. … Continue reading

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