Why Your Best People Are Leaving (And It’s Not About Money) By Vikas Arora After decades of working with organizations on leadership development and team effectiveness, I have watched the same pattern repeat itself. A talented person joins. They perform well. Then one day, they leave. Leadership is surprised. They assume it was compensation. They offer more money to the next hire and expect the problem to be solved. It

Are Your Best Candidates Self-Eliminating Before They Even Apply? By Scott Brown, Founder of FocusGroupPlacement.com In today’s competitive hiring landscape, companies spend thousands of dollars perfecting their recruitment strategies, only to wonder why they’re not attracting top-tier talent. The uncomfortable truth? Your best candidates might be walking away before they even submit an application. Having spent years in the recruitment industry through my work with ResumeDirector and ResumeArrow, and now

3 Challenges of Leading a Multicultural Remote Team and 7 Ways We Solve Them Authored by Marina Byezhanova, Co-Founder and CEO of Brand of a Leader At Brand of a Leader, our team spans Canada, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Poland, Montenegro, the Czech Republic, and soon Spain, and even within Canada we operate across four different cities while many of our team members travel frequently throughout the year. This means

  The hidden cost of HR work living in spreadsheets, inboxes, and PDFs Authored by: Blake Smith Most organisations do not choose to run HR this way. It simply happens. A spreadsheet becomes the employee register. An inbox becomes the approval workflow. A folder of PDFs becomes the record of truth. None of these tools are broken on their own. The problem is what happens when they quietly become the

This interview is with Thomas Faulkner, Founder & Principal Consultant at Faulkner HR Solutions. Thomas Faulkner, Founder & Principal Consultant, Faulkner HR Solutions As a founder and principal consultant at Faulkner HR Solutions, can you share your background in public sector HR and what led you to specialize in HR innovation? In the private sector, you can throw money at a problem and displace inefficiencies with resource-heavy interventions rather than

Why Passive Candidates Outperform Active Applicants (And How to Build the Pipeline) Understanding the difference between active and passive candidates shapes hiring outcomes and team stability. While job postings attract hundreds of applicants, the best talent for a role often isn’t among them. Active vs. Passive Candidates Active candidates are people currently searching for jobs. They update their resumes, browse job boards, and send out applications. These job seekers are visible,

4 Strategic Methods High-Performing Leaders Use to Turn Pressure Into Peak Performance Most executives are doing stress management completely wrong. While 67% of leaders report feeling more stressed in 2025, the top performers aren’t trying to eliminate pressure—they’re weaponizing it. After working with hundreds of C-suite executives, I’ve identified four specific techniques that separate leaders who thrive under pressure from those who burn out. Here’s exactly how they do it.

This interview is with Chris Hagood, Managing Principal at AstutEdge. Chris Hagood, Managing Principal, AstutEdge As an expert in Human Resources, can you tell us about your background and what led you to specialize in this field? I’m a talent management strategist and Gallup-certified Strengths coach with a deep focus on the HR and People function. My career started at the intersection of organizational psychology and business strategy, which sparked

This interview is with Manasvini Krishna, Founder at Boss as a Service. Manasvini Krishna, Founder, Boss as a Service Can you introduce yourself and share your expertise in the field of daily accountability? I’m Manasvini Krishna, a lawyer by education and tech-entrepreneur by passion. I’ve built a number of platforms and tools that help people stay accountable and productive. My current focus is on Boss as a Service, an accountability-partner