Grooming a talented candidate into the perfect employee

One area in which employers often fail to invest the time and energy to ensure that they have the best team is employee development. Even the best applicant can flounder and wash out if an employer fails to help them grow into the position. At the same time, an applicant who shows promise but isn’t the most polished of the bunch can quickly excel if given the right environment in which to grow.

What Is Really Causing Today’s Extreme Talent Shortage?

As employers increasingly recognize that the talent shortage threatens their ability to compete, they are still frustrated by the lack of a straightforward solution. They realize that expanding their workforces, increasing compensation or looking to competitors to poach talent are unsustainable solutions. Fortunately, solutions do exist. This paper examines several strategies HR leaders can pursue to ensure a sustainable talent pipeline for the future. By operating as a strategic partner, rather than solely as a functional leader, HR leaders can design workforce solutions to fuel their organizations’ competitiveness for years to come.

The Importance of Accessible Digital Assets for Employees

Inclusivity and accessibility have been hot-button topics for a while. Over this past year, it has been greatly exacerbated by the pivot to virtual work and pushes for higher diversity practices in the workplace. Understanding what web accessibility is and how your business can take steps with your own digital assets toward this standard is essential. It’s critical for employers to take a more focused approach to the role of inclusive and accessible digital assets in their employee management.

A Word on Evidence-Based Sales Training: Ask Questions

Over the past few decades, there’s been an explosion of scientific research on how the human brain makes choices and which factors influence what we say, how we act and what we decide to buy. Top business and sales leaders have taken notice of this wealth of scientific data and have begun applying it to selling. This innovation, known as evidence-based sales training, is transforming both the way salespeople sell and how they are trained. Science-based learning equips salespeople to literally align how they sell with how potential customers’ brains formulate buying decisions. This alignment has been shown to significantly enhance sales effectiveness and results.