How to Future Proof Your Supply Chain for Whatever Comes Your Way

Throughout COVID, many companies have struggled to handle disruptions and changes, particularly concerning the supply chain. Because the supply chain industry is vital to all product-driven businesses, neglecting to deal with supply disruptions may cause the company to experience long-term setbacks. Businesses must work to future-proof their supply chain, buffering it against unforeseen events large…

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Only Coaching Your Executives? Why You Could Be Missing Out on Employee Potential

Plenty of businesses make investments in coaching for their executive team members. Still, there is a growing recognition that offering coaching to the staff at all job levels, even those in entry-level roles, results in higher productivity and better company culture. Coaching also helps to shape the company’s managers of the future. In 2021, companies…

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Battling For Better Employees? Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Need to Be the Foundation of Your 2021 Hiring Strategy

Many businesses say they are concerned about diversity, equity and inclusion and want a more diverse staff but not enough to go beyond just talking about it. While most organizations have the right intent, it doesn’t always translate to positive results, especially if the overall culture is flawed. If you’re raising diversity in a dysfunctional…

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CEO Turnover is Rising: 5 Tips for Retaining Your Top Executives (and Grow the Rest of Your Team Strategically)

CEO Turnover during 2020 was at an all-time high. Given the pressures of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, company executives are busier than ever. All this pressure can make holding onto your top executives more difficult. Executives are like any other member of your organization. If they are satisfied, they will stay with you. If they…

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Benefits of Utilizing an Executive Search Firm in Your Job Search

Whether they’re looking to avoid the hassle of working with another party, or they’re just doubtful of the process, some executive job seekers are reluctant to use a talent company in their search for an executive position. Unfortunately, these would-be executives are passing on a more efficient and effective search process. If you are skeptical…

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Survive a Hiring Freeze: Tips to Keep Your Talent Pipeline Engaged

You’ve probably been hearing a lot about “these uncertain times,” but for many companies, one thing is certain: Hiring has been put on hold. Given the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s understandable that many companies aren’t hiring right now, especially those that were deemed ‘nonessential.’ At some point, hiring will resume, and businesses…

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6 Books to Improve Your Interpersonal Skills

As a society, we focus a lot of time and energy on developing hard, technical skills: using business software, computer programming, welding, risk modeling, and the list goes on. However, the keys to a successful career aren’t developing technical skills. A successful career is built on interpersonal abilities like communication, emotional intelligence, and critical thinking.…

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What Does Coronavirus Mean for My Supply Chain Job Search?

Given all that’s going on with the current COVID-19 pandemic, it can be difficult to even think about a job search right now. However, many people are in a position where they have no choice but to look for a new job right now. An effective approach to battling through and attaining your objective is…

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Best Practices to Finding and Retaining Top Supply Chain Talent

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Today’s labor market is definitely a tale of two “cities”, with job seekers loving life and employers finding it harder than ever to locate and keep top talent. Candidates are able to demand more than ever from employers. They expect frequent, transparent communication,…

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3 Ways to Differentiate Yourself from Other Supply Chain Candidates

Currently, the job market heavily favors you, the job seeker. However, there’s no guarantee that will continue moving forward, and taking a relaxed attitude toward the application process is probably a bad habit to get into anyway. Also, employers are still seeing multiple applicants for their open positions. Jobs aren’t just being handed out first-come,…

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