In an upcoming Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership I make a case — counterintuitive to many of you — that poaching an employee from your competitors isn’t that big of a win as compared to hiring someone who’s actually looking for a job. In the Journal, I make a few arguments. Let me tackle just... [full article »]
Stephen Balzac
Stephen Balzac is an expert on leadership and organizational development. A consultant, author, and professional speaker, he is president of 7 Steps Ahead, an organizational development firm focused on helping businesses get unstuck. He is the author of “The 36-Hour Course in Organizational Development,” published by McGraw-Hill, and a contributing author to volume one of “Ethics and Game Design: Teaching Values Through Play.” For more information, or to sign up for Steve’s monthly newsletter, visit 7stepsahead.com. You can also contact him at 978-298-5189 or steve@7stepsahead.com.
Articles by Stephen Balzac...
One Difference Between the Jobless and the Employed: Luck
by Stephen Balzac May 10, 2011, 1:06 pm ET
Recruit Confidently
by Stephen Balzac Nov 11, 2010, 2:41 pm ET
Recently, I heard a hiring manager comment that she would “Prefer not to hire anyone at all.” Her company is growing. They are actively looking for people. At the same time, this manager who has been tasked with building up her team is openly telling candidates that if she has her way, not one of... [full article »]
The Challenges With Hiring Slow
by Stephen Balzac Sep 21, 2010, 1:26 pm ET
In an upcoming Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership I talk about the perils of “hiring slow” and “firing fast.” As I’ve been doing, I wanted to give you just a taste of the “hiring slow” part here. [full article »]
8 Questions About Your Hiring Process
by Stephen Balzac Jun 28, 2010, 3:10 pm ET
What is the most important factor in successfully recruiting top candidates? If you said things like salary, benefits, or the economy, you’d be wrong. It’s your organizational culture. I have a longer article in the upcoming Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership about the role of organizational culture in the hiring process. To give you a... [full article »]
7 Things You Should Communicate
by Stephen Balzac Dec 30, 2009, 11:37 am ET
It’s not enough to say that if you want to keep the best people when the economy improves, you just need to communicate more. It matters what you say and how and when you say it. Communication occurs in the context that you’ve created over time, and how your communications will be received will depend... [full article »]
The Godot Effect
by Stephen Balzac Dec 22, 2009, 5:35 am ET
Personally, I wouldn’t even know him if I saw him. –Estragon, Waiting for Godot Some years ago I was sitting in a product design meeting. The discussion kept circling around some particularly knotty issues that no one in the room actually knew much about. In one sense, this wasn’t a serious problem given that the... [full article »]
We Multitask Here
by Stephen Balzac Aug 26, 2009, 5:03 am ET
The Northern Lights have seen strange sights, But the queerest they ever did see … – The Cremation of Sam McGee While they may not quite compare to the sight spoken of by the nameless narrator of Robert Service’s famous poem, nonetheless some of the tales I’ve heard lately of interviews certainly give Cremation of... [full article »]
