by Warren Rutherford | Mar 24, 2021 | benchmark profiles, Workforce Alignment
Practical experience suggests that the employer and employees who work together to create meaningful change processes can and do increase company productivity & profit. If there is one constant to our business environment it is change. It is fair to say that...
by Warren Rutherford | Mar 9, 2021 | benchmark profiles, Uncategorized
I bet you don’t want this answer – it depends. But, truthfully, it depends. Normally I will develop a benchmark profile to portray how a person thinks and makes decisions, how they prefer to behave, and what gets them up in the morning (other than caffeinated...
by Warren Rutherford | Feb 15, 2021 | benchmark profiles, Executive Recruitment, Executive Search
Oftentimes in the beginning of a search process I find that discussions with company executives tend to focus on finding candidates who will match up to the company’s culture. It’s another way of discussing a person’s fit to the present and desired culture. I mention...
by Warren Rutherford | Jan 4, 2021 | benchmark profiles, Executive Recruitment, Executive Search, Professional Search, talent assessment system, Transition Planning
M&A activity in the U.S. through the 3rd quarter 2020 was 15% lower than the same period in 2019, with 12,161 v. 14,323 deals. The aggregate transaction value for the same periods showed 2020 was 28% lower than in 2019 ($1,377.6 billion v. $1,925.4 billion).[1]...
by Warren Rutherford | Dec 18, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, benchmark profiles, Executive Recruitment, Executive Search, Professional Search, talent assessment system
Huh? Come at me again? You say I will lose sales if I don’t develop my company’s talent assessment system? OK, so I am in the dark – I don’t know what a talent assessment system is. Please explain. Yes, I have had these comments presented to me when I discuss...
by Warren Rutherford | Dec 14, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, benchmark profiles, Machine learning, talent assessment system
I was having a conversation with one of my clients recently about the challenges they were facing in recruiting candidates for several of their open positions. They indicated that some of the same people were applying for multiple open positions, and they were having...
