Tag Archives: HR

Strong cultures are built upon diversity of thought and perspective. Cultivating a shared focus on talent and performance above all else gives CEOs a competitive advantage.

In part one of my interview with Jason Hanold, CEO and co-Managing Partner at Hanold Associates, we discussed his journey to the CEO chair, how the HR field/role has evolved over the past decade, and what CEOs seek in their HR professionals today.

Randstad CEO Karen Fichuk is in her first year on the job.

Randstad North America CEO Karen Fichuk joined the company in February after spending much of her career at Nielsen.

New hire rejection: Don’t risk your team shunning a new employee because you did not prepare them ahead of time.

Dave O’Flanagan is CEO and Co-founder of Dublin-based Boxever.

When you’ve been around the tech world as long as I have, you know a lot of people. I am often asked to use those connections to help CEOs fill a particular position. I am happy to help with job referrals, and I try to refer only A players.

In this second part of our conversation, Shawn Jenkins of Benefitfocus discusses how he overcame some hard times in leading a growing business, what surprised him most about becoming a public company CEO, and some advice for CEOs regarding benefits.

Shawn Jenkins runs Benefitfocus, a leading provider of cloud-based benefits management software. In this two-part interview, he spoke with me about his journey as a CEO.

A clear, continuously updated org chart is a surprisingly effective tool for fostering great decision making.