The 5 Pillars of Employee Success and How HR Tech Fails to Find Them
Decades of organizational research have consistently identified what separates exceptional employees from average ones. The Five Pillars: What Research...
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Use the “NO 2s!” Rule to Avoid Rush-to-Hire Mistakes
At a hiring manager training program last week, I ended the multi-day program with two pieces of advice. First,...
Use AI to Identify a “Growth Mindset”
Win-Win Hiring means measuring hiring success on the first year anniversary date, not the start date. This means both...
Using AI to Build a Growth Mindset Culture
This Fortune article describes why your HR tech AI project will likely fail despite what all of the HR...
“Are you willing to work long hours?” Is the Wrong Question
There’s a Better Way to Assess Work Ethic, Grit and Motivation At a recent Performance-based Hiring training sessionfor hiring...
AI Can Start a New Beginning for Hiring, or Not
In the war for talent, efficiency is a participation trophy. Transformation is how you win. Note: This is a...
How HR Can Use AI to Get a Seat at the Strategic Table
Note: This is a fictional account drawn from real situations in multiple companies — a composite of leaders who’ve...
PERP Is the Future of Hiring
As this research report points out, the most predictive factor in hiring success isn’t credentials, experience, or skills –...
Proactive Networking Using AI Is the Future of Hiring
As this research report points out, the most predictive factor in hiring success isn’t credentials, experience, or skills –...
Radical Idea: Make Hiring Managers Responsible for Hiring!
It’s time for a hard reset. Let’s put the person in charge of making the hiring decision in charge...
Hire Slow or Fire Fast: Forgotten Wisdom From Times Past
“Performance-based Hiring sounds great, but we don’t have time for lengthy interviews.” I hear this objection constantly. Hiring managers...
“Moneyball for HR!” – Generic vs. Situational Hiring
Note: Be sure to attend our next “Moneyball for HR!” webcast. Attendees get some great complimentary gifts including a...
The Vibe Recruiting Model: A CHRO’s Assessment
Is This the Future We’ve Been Waiting For, or Just Another Buzzword? As reviewed by a Fortune 500 CHRO...
Alfred Adler: The Forgotten Architect of Modern Success Frameworks
(Note: This was written by Claude when prompted to describe Alfred Adler’s impact on human behavior and hiring people...
The Lost Psychology of Hiring: Timeless Truths About Human Potential
Preface: The other day on LinkedIn Rich Lewis-Jones commented on the importance of this book, The Courage to Be...
Rethinking Your AI HR Technology: It May Already Be Obsolete
June 29, 2025 A provocative new article from Towards Data Science, “Stop Chasing ‘Efficiency AI.’ The Real Value Is...
The $2.5 Trillion Wake-Up Call: Use AI to Overhaul the Public Talent Market
After 25 years and $2.5 trillion in global HR technology investment, we have irrefutable evidence of a spectacular failure....
Directions to the Hidden Talent Market
By automating the labor-intensive aspects of high-touch hiring while preserving its relationship-centered core, AI makes it possible to extend...
A Radical Proposal for Fixing Hiring – Fire HR!
Let’s put the hiring manager in charge of hiring and measure their success by the quality of the people...
Is HR Missing the Forest for the Trees?
For more than two decades, Gallup has reported on the state of employee engagement in the U.S. The data...