Creating a great group isn’t that tough if you hire right. (The Warm Body Method of Recruiting is the opposite of what I’m talking about.) Here are some traits I look for:

People who are passionately interested in their field
People who know the best people in their business
People who ask, “What do we need to get [...]

HumanMarkets, “the intersection of human resources and markets,” is up and running. And it’s off to a great start.
I’ve added HumanMarkets to my daily read. I’m anticipating some great stuff. The site is written by a senior HR leader who not only is a real pro, but a consummate businessperson. Combining HR and business isn’t [...]

Where the Talent Is: 100 Sites to Find the Elite in Any-Given-Field by Heather Johnson is plain good. In this down economy, finding great talent is essential. (I have a hunch that there’s going to be a lot of talent movement. Big talent who toil at companies that are not paying out AIP and LTI [...]

If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.
–Ernest Hemingway
Note to those who edit HR communications: Negative space is as important as material space. Leaving things out [...]

Lord, Give Me Patience, But Give It To Me Now
I’m at a hotel on a famous square in Boston as I write this. I’m sitting in the lobby watching hundreds of people flit this way and that, most of them dressed in Boston Red Sox shirts and caps. And with all this activity and buzz, [...]