Here’s a statement that most leaders have never answered out loud. Why would a really good person want to work for you? They don’t ask why you think this is a good company, or why they should leave a company where they are successful to join yours. Those are different...
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Recruiting
Build a Bench Before You Need It
Stop hiring from a position of desperation. I know, it’s much easier said than done, but there’s no time like the present to change the outcome. It’s not fun having to go through a pile of resumes from people you’ve never met, and trying to guess during a brief...
Define Success Before You Post the Job
Too many hiring processes start off in the wrong direction. A role opens up, someone drafts a job description and it gets posted. The first thing you know, resumes come pouring in and its game on. Where the process begins hitting the guard rails is when the hiring...
Right People, Right Seats, Right Reasons
The best printing companies I know don’t win only because they have the latest press or the best go to market strategy. They win because they’ve nailed the people puzzle: the right people in the right seats, doing the right things, for the right reasons. It...
Leading Through the Fog
It’s hard to get the work out on time, on budget, and to the quality standards your clients deserve every day. It becomes increasingly difficult with the changing dynamics of the workforce and client expectations. How would your departmental leaders do if they had to...
Make Your Hiring Strategy a Competitive Advantage
A hiring strategy means different things to different people. It certainly means different things post-pandemic. Finding experienced labor and the work-from-home movement have created challenges that we have not seen before. From the production floor to the customer...






