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Are You Committing the 7 Deadly Sins of Decision Making?

June 29, 2017 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
Source: SmartBrief.com
How well your organization makes decisions directly impacts the quality of the people you are able to hire and retain. Regardless of company size or industry, my experience has been that decision-making sins can be grouped into 7 categories, each of which has a distinct set of symptoms that play out in the culture of the organization.
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7 Practical Ways to Reduce Bias in Your Hiring Process

June 16, 2017 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
Source: Rebecca Knight, Harvard Business Review
A vast body of research shows that the hiring process is biased and unfair. Unconscious racism, ageism and sexism play a big role in who we hire. But there are steps you can take to recognize and reduce these biases. So where should you start? And how can you help others on your team do the same?
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Talent Management Evolves; Requires Deeper Understanding

June 1, 2017 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
Source: Purdue University Center for Food and Agricultural Business
It seems that this is how talent management tends to go on many farms and in many food and agribusiness firms today. We’ve done a job for so long, we’ve forgotten what it’s like to not know how to do it. When the boss ahead of us gets promoted, we move up too. Then we hire replacements, “set them on the tractor” and tell them to go do good things. As long as the employee does good things, we stay out of the way. When mistakes are made, we scramble to fix them and admonish the employee to do it right next time.
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10 Job Interview Questions to Stop Asking (and What to Ask Instead)

May 25, 2017 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
Source: Sophia Bernazzani, HubSpot
A quick Google Search for job interview questions brings up some of the most common asks you might have already answered 20 times over the course of your career. They’re popular, but that doesn’t mean they’re good questions. In fact, they could be hurting your chances of the candidate accepting an offer.
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