Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane with Athletics Assistant General Manager David Forst in the draft room prior to the team selecting the number 10 pick in the first round of the draft at the Oakland Coliseum on June 7, 2010 in Oakland, California. When things are going well, it is difficult to see the …
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Harvard Business Review, Bill Barnett Some organizations will excite you. They’ll stimulate your success and growth. Others will be stressful. They may lead you to quit before you’ve accomplished much or learned what you hoped to. With the pressure (or excitement) of finding a new job, it’s all too easy to pursue a job opportunity or to …
Read MoreTerra Incognita – No Dragons, Just Gremlins 0
Thoughts From the Coaches’ Corner By Gordon Silcox Medieval maps are popularly thought of as marking dangerous, unexplored territories at the edge of the known world with such phrases as, “Here There Be Dragons” or even, “Here also are huge men having horns four feet long, and there are serpents also of such magnitude that …
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One day when I was out getting a coffee, I overheard a man talking on his cellphone. “We need to be stricter with our hiring practices next year,” he said. “We want to keep them past a year.” I wanted to turn around and tell him, “Maybe you don’t need to be stricter with your …
Read MoreTechnological Know-How Is a Job Requirement 0
by Daniel Gulati As the internet has grown from 70 million users in 1997 to 2.2 billion, entrepreneurial companies with technology at their core have disrupted entire industries and threatened or eliminated incumbents. For example, Square, the new electronic payment service, has already upended a long-established financial ecosystem, with some arguing that it may even replace cash. …
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Guest Speaker: Terry Schuler, EVP CHR, East West Bank Terry Schuler is a senior HR Executive with extensive experience in HR leadership; he is an expert in Succession Planning. He gave this presentation in Mar 2012 at Hand & Associates Marquis Club. Topic: Succession Planning Preview Video:
Read MoreGet Immediate Value from Your New Hire 0
By Amy Gallo, HBR There are many theories on how to correctly “onboard” someone to an organization or a team. Most focus on how to provide the new hire with the information and skills she needs to succeed. But that can only take her so far. She will need connections and an understanding of the …
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Interviews Over Lunch (download) How to best conduct yourself in a job interview over lunch or dinner. Executive coach Kevin Hand gives you useful tips on how to impress your future employer.
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Impact Of Stimulus Spending On Jobs (download) How has government spending over the past 2 years affected the private sector’s job market? What kind of jobs have been created by the Obama Administration stimulus package? Kevin Hand answers these questions brief and to the point.
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