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Maurice Gilbert

Recruiting
March 11, 2016

Why You Should (Always) Use an Executive Recruiter

I’m a recruiter. Now that I’ve told you that, go ahead and ask me why you should use one. Believe me, I get asked this all the time, and I’m used to the protests: "We’ve always done it internally." And, "We want to do this cheaply," and, my personal favorite,…
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Hiring
March 9, 2016

The Ultimate Guide to On-Boarding

According to Aberdeen, a new hire’s decision to stay with a company long term is made within the first six months of employment, and the cost of replacing a mid or senior-level employee is 150 percent to 400 percent of their annual salary respectively. In today’s competitive talent pool, now’s…
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Hiring
March 4, 2016

5 Habits of Highly Successful Hiring Managers

After 20-plus years as an executive recruiter, I‘ve worked with hiring managers all over the world and in many different industries, and they all want the same thing: the best possible candidate and the lowest possible cost-per-hire. And so do you! Today you get to benefit from my experience. I…
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Leadership and career
February 26, 2016

5 Tips for Better Team Building

Team building is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. You have a box of bits and pieces that are totally different from one another, but with patience and careful observation you can make everything fit. Team building requires a special understanding of people. It’s both art and science – and…
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Leadership and career
February 19, 2016

The Fastest Way to Recover After Screwing Up at Work

You goofed.  You blew it.  You really stepped in it this time.  Possibly the biggest, messiest, career-limiting move EVER, right? Or maybe it’s not quite so bad.  Probably feels like it, though. Cheer up.  Next week, the spotlight of shame will be on someone else. In the meantime, let’s see…
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Leadership and career
February 12, 2016

7 Traits of Well-Liked Leaders

I’ll grant you this: leaders might not need to be liked in order to be effective. But your ability to lead your team into the fray and to inspire loyalty and enthusiasm is certainly impacted by your likeability factor. As with any personality trait, there’s some malleability to this one.…
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Leadership and career
February 10, 2016

Culture Corrupts: The Impact of Organizational Silence

By: Richard Bistrong Richard Bistrong interviews Organizational Psychologist Jamie-Lee Campbell.  What follows is a consolidated portion of their discussion. The entire interview is available here. RB: Hello Jamie-Lee, and thank you for taking part in our Q&A. First, perhaps you can share with our readers a little about your background and…
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Leadership and career
February 5, 2016

5 Ways to Retain Your Best Employees

If you’re not constantly working to retain your best people, then your talent pool probably resembles a bucket with a hole in it. You should constantly be “re-recruiting” your top performers in order to keep them energized and to do all you can to ensure their loyalty. And why should…
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Leadership and career
February 3, 2016

4 Actions That Will Accelerate Your Career Success

By: Vivian Ciampi Globalization, technology, rampant regulation and fierce competition at every turn have made today’s workplace more complicated than ever.  This is causing professionals at all levels—from the mail room to the boardroom—to flounder as they attempt to navigate the escalating complexities, consistently perform at a high level and…
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Leadership and career
January 29, 2016

5 New Year’s Resolutions for Bosses

Weren’t you supposed to go to the gym three times this week? Hey, don’t feel bad. It’s the end of January, so right about now most of us have already started pooping out on our New Year’s Resolutions. After all, breaking bad habits and replacing them with good ones takes…
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