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All of here at The Rainmaker Group hope you and yours had a great Memorial Day vacation and are off to a great start to the summer!
Our lead article this week addresses a topic of burgeoning importance for organizations of all shapes and sizes: talent management - the process of identifying, hiring, developing, engaging, and retaining the right talent to propel an organization into the future.
As the leaders of most organizations have become aware of the importance of an effective talent management program, a real debate has arisen over who should "own" talent management. Central to this debate is the following question: Is Talent Management Too Important to be Left to HR?
Our second article examines a common, but flawed hiring metric: average time to hire. We'll take a look why this popular HR hiring metric does little to communicate the effectiveness of an organization's recruiting and hiring practices.
We've also got a QBQ! Personal Accountability QuickNote from John Miller addressing a common question heard in many organizations: "When are we going to get better systems?", as well as a great piece by Tom Peters relaying the 60 most important things he has learned along his journey through professional life as part of our Featured Guru series.
Power quote:
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."
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| Is Talent Management Too Important to be Left to HR? |
 Talent management - the process of recruiting, hiring, developing, engaging and retaining the best talent - has risen to a level of critical strategic importance in many organizations.
Not surprisingly, a real debate has flared up as of late over who should be responsible for talent management. Some feel that HR is the natural choice to take the reins and lead the way, while other feel that talent management should be left to department managers and senior leaders.
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The Problem With Average Time to Hire Metrics |
 Performance measurement and accountability is critical in any organization. In a well intentioned effort to measure and hold accountable the performance of an HR department or recruiting team many organizations track a metric commonly referred to as average time to hire.
In theory tracking the average time to fill a position is a great attempt at measuring the efficacy of an organization's hiring processes. However in practice it actually paints an obfuscated and misleading picture of how effective one's hiring processes really are as it fails to take into account many key elements of hiring effectiveness such as the quality of new-hires, the results achieved by new-hires, turnover rate among new-hires, and the costs of keeping a position open versus the benefits of holding out for the best talent.
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| Featured Guru - Tom Peters |
 Tom Peters is one of the most respected and influential management gurus of our time. Peters has be touted as the "father of the post-modern corporation" by the Los Angeles Times and Fortune Magazine has declared that "We live in a Tom Peters world."
In 2007, Peters was voted as the second most influential leadership professional by Gurus International.
Peters has authored numerous books, many of which have become best-sellers, including one of our favorites, The Brand You 50, which has helped and influenced countless numbers of individuals to maximize their personal brand potential.
Tom recently turned 60 and to celebrate this milestone he compiled 60 thoughts, one for each year, that he has learned during his professional and personal journey through life.
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QBQ! Personal Accountability QuickNote - When Are We Going to Get Better Systems? |
"When are we going to get a better system around here?"
Ever Hear lousy questions like this in your organization? Who hasn't...
Equipment failures and unexpected downtime happen in every organization. It is inevitable.
A true measure of personal accountability is what you do when unexpected malfunctions happen. Do you dwell on what isn't working, or do you rise to the occasion and do the best you can with the resources available at the time?
John Miller tells a great story about a salesperson at Sears who asked a QBQ! and made the best of the resources available to him at the time.
Read his story here...
Creating a culture of Personal Accountability should be a top priority for all organizations. Team members who think and practice Personal Accountability can bring about incredible changes for an organization. The blame game disappears, morale increases, and customer experiences are enhanced all thanks to the power of Personal Accountability.
The Rainmaker Group is proud to offer powerful day long QBQ! workshops instilling the power of Personal Accountability into teams and organizations across the country. For more information about these workshops or to purchase John Miller's books, QBQ! and Flipping the Switch Visit our website at: http://www.personalaccountabilityatwork.com
John Miller is author of QBQ! The Question Behind The Question, the authoritative guide to practicing Personal Accountability. |
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 Important questions for you:Is your organization living up to its full potential?
Is high turnover hurting your bottom line?
Do your team members create the powerful experiences your customers deserve?
Do team members have difficulty effectively communicating with others?
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About us:
The Rainmaker Group is a People Maximization and Development group located in Bismarck, ND. Our mission is to help those we serve make their difference in the world.
We hope you found this newsletter interesting and informative. If you like what you read, please give us a shout, we'd love to hear from you!
"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm."
- Winston Churchill
Sincerely,
All of us here at The Rainmaker Group
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Five Dysfunctions of a Team
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The Brand You 50
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