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July 10th, 2019
Connect the Dots is excited to announce the addition of Jennifer Gardner and Jennifer Johnson to our growing business. These two professionals bring extensive knowledge and experience to CTD and each will play an important role in our continued growth...
We’ve been writing lately on the tremendous business value of having highly effective work teams, and the necessity of...
Among the primary factors driving team performance are talent, employee engagement, strategy, and team dynamics.
Of the four, team dynamics is the one that organizations seem to most often...
Having a strong culture is one of the best assets an organization can have. As business consultant Larry Alton has noted, the benefits include:
On February 22, 2018, Connect the Dots hosted our first regional CHRO Networking event that brought together heads of Human Resources to discuss the topic, “What are your leaders missing?” Because today’s leaders are working in a VUCA world—Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous—they need different skills than in the past and a new success profile has been created. In the discussion, we shared...
Many articles discuss the cost of a bad hire. The U.S. Department of Labor has put the cost at one-third of the new hire’s salary, while a Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) report found that the cost be as high as five times the new hire’s salary.
However, no matter how steep the cost of a bad hire...
Leadership author Jim Collins, known for his book “Good to Great,” has said, “Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”
In other words, having great people is mandatory for your organization to thrive. That’s why having quality talent selection and...
CTD Managing Director Erika Lamont has been asked to speak at the Dublin Ohio Chamber meeting. Her topic is "Developing a Powerful, Authentic Leadership Brand."
Get details and information about attending the event here: https://www....
CTD Managing Director, Brenda Hampel, has been sharing a coaching related article with her clients and associates. The HBR article: Happiness Traps: How We Sabotage Ourselves at Work, has applicability with individuals as well as teams. Brenda notes, “Leaders can apply the...
Roy Cohen, formerly the CHRO of TruGreen and now a partner with the consultancy ResultsThroughPeople.com, has astutely observed that the current talent pool “depends on two things: the strength of your brand and the market.”
Clearly today the latter of the...