Talent Management
Why So Little Hiring With So Many Jobs Open Now: Peter Orszag Column
An odd puzzle is taking shape in the labor market: Over the past three years, the number of job openings has risen almost 50 percent, but actual hiring has gone up by less than 5 percent. Companies ...
AOL CEO Apologizes For Public Firing Of Executive
AOL Inc. Chief Executive Tim Armstrong said in a staff memo on Tuesday that he made a mistake in publicly firing an employee last Friday in front of a thousand workers. A recording had been leaked to ...
Hiscox USA CEO Sees Revenue Growth From Building Brand And Workforce
When Ben Walter took the helm of Hiscox USA last year, he didn't have decades of underwriting experience on his résumé, nor did he have the intention of recruiting teams of specialty underwriters ...
Are You A Magnet For Talent?
There's a talent crisis looming. Your best assets walk out the door every night, and you need leaders to help steer and guide the company through these unprecedented times. Unless you've been asleep ...
How Insurers Can Become Top Companies For Leaders
Strong leadership is more than a competitive advantage. It is what makes companies world-class. Today, the need for effective leadership is unprecedented. Many companies say they invest in talent, ...
Why Greed Isn’t Good
Imagine yourself betting on the long- term survival of two types of people. One is the classic egoist, focused and ruthless. The other is more selfless, willing to help fellow humans without any ...
AIG to Move Headquarters to Water Street; Eyes Shifting Jobs to Texas, Malaysia
American International Group Inc., the insurer that reinstated a dividend yesterday, will move its headquarters to a building it owns at 175 Water St. in lower Manhattan as the lease expires at a ...
How Topgrading Helped One Commercial Insurer Hire Nearly All ‘A’-Level Managers
Argo Group has nearly doubled its hiring of topnotch, "A"-level managers over the past five years, using a hiring protocol known as Topgrading—a rigorous process designed to eliminate much of the ...