In retail, theres a direct connection between store manager performance and company performance. And in the midst of lower consumer spending, its never been more critical. Gallup Management Journals Retail and the New Normal article points to improving store manager performance with five steps to success including: #2. Find the right talent. Match the store [...]

Skiing a new mountain with a trail map is a good strategy. But executing the turns on a real slope is where challenge becomes success. Consider this challenge: how do you hire thousands of annual seasonal employees when optimizing your customer experience is the ultimate goal? The Forbes article Snowed Under tells the story of [...]

With the economy improving, risk of attrition is increasing for your top talent. Considering that career development leads the top 5 employment considerations, a multifaceted retention strategy combines performance and goals, fair compensation, development, and diversity. As Raises Creep Back Onto Salary Scene, some companies are loosening the purse strings to achieve retention of key [...]

More than a decade ago, the model for innovative enterprise computing was extending ERP applications onto the web browser. The next generation of thought added composite applications running on a services oriented architecture (SOA). Some traditional vendors offered hosted but licensed applications with an Internet connection. But around the turn of the new century, software [...]

In the article Global Migration Patterns and Job Creation, The CEO of Gallup sums up findings from their World Poll in a single sentence: What the whole world wants is a good job. Think about that. The beautiful simplicity of this statement reveals dramatic implications for all business leaders worldwide. It also validates why talent [...]