A New Study Suggests that CEO’s and Business Owners Can’t Answer that Question
6 Questions to Identify Your Leadership Style
When you’re hiring, you invest all kinds of energy in determining exactly what kind of candidate will make the best hire. How much experience is required? How important is education? But let’s be honest, those are the easy questions. Defining the skill set and work style of the perfect hire can be very challenging.
5 Everyday Things You Can Do Now to Make Your Employees Feel Appreciated
What Labor Day Could Mean to All of Us
The Right Way to Woo Your Competitor’s Rockstar Employees
Does your Office Design attract top candidates (or repel them)?
Part 3 in a SkyWater Search Partners Private Equity series
At SkyWater Search Partners, our Private Equity experts understand the unique challenges faced by investor teams looking to fill key leadership positions within their portfolio companies. While every investor – and every company – is different, we have identified 5 critical success factors of PE portfolio company leaders. When it’s time to bring in new leaders, make sure your recruiting strategy focuses on these 5 non-negotiables.
Who Moved the Remote?
It’s no secret that telecommuting is a growing trend across most industries. In fact, despite recent decisions by a handful of organizations like IBM to call their remote workforces back to the office, telecommuting, it seems, is here to stay.
I follow two studies that explore turnover in the IT world. The Tech Career Outlook report by Spiceworks, asks IT professionals how they feel about their jobs, workplace satisfaction, salaries and future prospects. The second, the Tech Leavers Study, conducted by the Kapor Center for Social Impact and supported by the Ford Foundation, begins with this provocative headline: “Unfairness-based turnover in tech is a $16B a year problem.”
We are kicking off our 4th Annual “Walk a Mile for a Smile” in an effort to raise awareness and donate to Smile Network International.
