How CEOs Hire: John Chambers on the value of your mistakes
May 30, 2013
First thing I want to ask you about: Tell me about your results. I never get hard work confused with…
How to hire
Introducing my new Forbes column
April 18, 2013
I have just become a Forbes contributor and my site is aptly named The American CEO, where I give “practical advice for current and aspiring CEOs” much like I do in this blog. In my first article I write about why CEOs need to own their recruiting functions and provide 10 rules for how to manage them. I also recommend five tangible metrics for monitoring the performance of your recruiting organization, which have worked well for me. I invite you to visit my site and follow it as well as share my articles if you find them worthy. I’ll continue to post here regularly as well.
How executives hire: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on finding motivated employees
April 11, 2013
We want people to join Starbucks who have like-minded values. We need happy people—we’re a people company that serves coffee,…
Make room for A players: Stars don’t always turn up on your schedule
March 28, 2013
Judging talent and putting it to best use for both employee and organizational growth is one of a CEO’s most…
You snooze you lose when you fail to hire quickly
March 26, 2013
A recent article in Business Insider reported that Yahoo’s hiring process is taking so long that they are losing out…
Encouraging feats of strength in your employees
March 21, 2013
I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg considers “Now, Discover Your Strengths” by Marcus Buckingham and…