Author Archives: AndrewPetrick

Using Benefits to Recruit Top Talent

Posted on July 1, 2015 by AndrewPetrick

From NPAWorldwide, Veronica Scrimshaw Recruiting top talent is becoming more difficult. One recruitment tool being leveraged to recruit top talent is benefits. A March 2015 SHRM survey reports that employers are tuned into benefits as a recruitment tool. More frequently … Continue reading →

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How to Select a Recruitment Agency

Posted on June 30, 2015 by AndrewPetrick

From NPAWorldwide, Veronica Scrimshaw Whether you’re an employer with ongoing hiring needs or have a one-off role to fill, using a recruitment agency is definitely an option worth considering. There are many traits and characteristics to consider when you are … Continue reading →

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Great Group Collaboration

Posted on May 15, 2015 by AndrewPetrick

As we head into the long weekend for some R&R, I thought you might enjoy some inspirational thinking for our profession. Here is an excerpt of the thinking of Warren Bennis: Organizing Genius by Bennis is one of my favourite … Continue reading →

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Collaboration & Teams

Posted on April 14, 2015 by AndrewPetrick

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Not everyone wants to change the world but most of us want to do something with our … Continue reading →

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Humility – The Key to Leadership

Posted on March 31, 2015 by AndrewPetrick

Author Jim Collins (Good to Great & How the Mighty Fall) has given us a useful leadership model in his July 2001 & 2005 Harvard Business Review article: “Level 5 Leadership -The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve”. It is … Continue reading →

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Hire Right, Because the Penalties of Hiring Wrong Are Huge

Posted on February 19, 2015 by AndrewPetrick

Learn more Ray Dalio appeared on the annual Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. According to Forbes, he is the 30th richest person in America and the 69th richest person in the world with … Continue reading →

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Innovation’s 80% Success Rate

Posted on January 30, 2015 by AndrewPetrick

Without a solid understanding of the true needs in the marketplace, innovation is a gamble. The scattershot approach is a hesitant one that allows no focus, no concentration of resources and people, no “damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” It … Continue reading →

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Active and Passive Job Candidates

Posted on December 31, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

Is it possible to tap into the hidden but highly valued passive candidate marketplace? We all know that the best people, the people we would really love to have working with us and for us, are not out there actively … Continue reading →

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Simple Works Best

Posted on November 30, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

We believe that in most cases there is no secret sauce that will produce untold success… rather it seems to us that success is found in doing the fundamentals very well. Success is a combination of (1) skill or know-how, … Continue reading →

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Disciplined Collaboration

Posted on October 2, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

Disciplined Collaboration stands on two fundamentals: (1) properly assessing when to collaborate and when not to, (2) instilling in our staff both the willingness and the ability to collaborate on the high-value projects we choose as worthy. There are three … Continue reading →

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