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Advancing DEI&B Initiatives: Achievements, Challenges, and Next Steps

The killing of George Floyd in May of 2020 sparked widespread protests and a renewed global conversation about racial injustice.…
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The Predictive Index: The Data-Driven Solution to Workplace Disengagement

TalentRise held a virtual workshop to discuss the advantage of the Predictive Index to companies’ talent optimization. They discussed the factors contributing to employee disengagement, recent trends in the economy and the workplace, and how behavioral assessments can identify individuals’ motivations, needs, and behaviors and result in data-informed hires. What is the Predictive Index (PI)?…
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Executive Search

The Role of AI in Executive Search

Are you one of the 73 percent of companies investing in recruitment automation? As generative artificial intelligence (AI) penetrates many industries, HR and talent acquisition are transforming. AI technologies can streamline the executive search process, improve candidate matching, and enhance decision-making by quickly collecting large amounts of data, analyzing it to identify patterns, and presenting…
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10 Strategies to Help Startups Scale Their Business and Thrive

By viewing change and transformation as opportunities rather than threats, startups and high-growth firms can take advantage of new possibilities, pivot their strategy in response to changing market conditions, and adopt new technologies to help them streamline operations, improve efficiency, and drive growth. It’s essential to have a clear plan for scaling your business. Here…
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Should You Hire Fractional Executives at Your Startup?

In the startup arena, limited resources combined with dwindling capital can make it challenging to gain a competitive edge. Startup founders must be strategic in their budgeting efforts because the tightening financial markets have made it increasingly difficult to obtain the funding needed to expand and scale business operations and staff. A part-time fractional C-suite…
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6 Interview Questions to Ask a Chief Operating Officer (COO) Candidates

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is a crucial executive team member responsible for managing a company’s day-to-day operations. The COO is typically accountable for executing the company’s business plan, managing resources, implementing policies and procedures, and ensuring they are met. Forty percent of companies had a COO in 2022—up from 32 percent in 2018—with 48…
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3 Active Outcomes of Outsourcing at Your Startup

Are you a key decision-maker at an emerging business? As a startup business owner or C-suite executive, you play a pivotal role in the strategic direction of the company. While you’re busy setting the vision of the startup, directing management teams, and recruiting talent—you trust your employees to follow through with your big ideas. But…
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Designing Successful High-Performing Teams

By definition, a high-performing team is a skilled group of employees working in cross-functional areas of an organization who are focused on achieving a common goal. In today’s digitized and highly remote workforce, assembling a team of this nature has become essential to the success of a business. However, its assembly is much more complex…
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Employee Retention Starts with Your Job Posting

“Out with the Great Resignation, In with the Great Retention” is the title of a recent Forbes article. In today’s tight labor market, retaining your current employees—by listening to their needs, creating pathways for growth, and recognizing and rewarding them—should be leaders’ focus in 2023. However, employee retention efforts should start sooner than you may…
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TalentRise’s Peter Petrella Predicts 2023 Executive Search Trends

As part of their annual Ecosystem Predictions, Endeavor partners with key leaders in their network to gather predictions about what changes may happen over the next 12 months and what innovations may help foster sustainability and adaptability. To start the 2023 series, TalentRise’s Executive Search Practice Leader, Peter Petrella, shared his predictions around talent attraction…
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