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Learn to build a strong employer brand in 8 steps. Understand key roles and actions for effective strategy. Perfect for HR and business leaders.

When we slip up, we are often filled with shame, and our instinct is to hide. Instead, people and businesses should applaud smart risk-taking, even when things don't work out, and closely examine their failures to learn from them, says Amy Edmondson.

What’s your company’s value proposition?

On an in-between day, I caught up on Employer brand podcasts and articles. I wasn't hugely surprised to find little (no) agreement on a precise definition of…

An analysis of 14M applications and 80K jobs provides an inside look at rapidly shifting recruiter priorities.

Rory Sutherland is a British advertising executive, author, and marketing visionary. He’s the UK Vice Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather, one of the world's largest and most renowned ad firms. Mad Men is ...

When is an employer brand not an employer brand?

Langdon was tired – really tired of his profession. He had been a recruiter for more than a decade. He had enjoyed it for the first few years. He felt he was helping his organization find the best people and helping people find jobs where they could excel. But lately, he had been having doubts.

Culture is moving from the self-indulgence of conspicuous consumption to the self-denial of “conspicuous commitment”: a new status code that will affect every premium and luxury brand.

Brands face the challenges of optimizing contradictory customer needs. This is because customers do not want to compromise one benefit for another.

Branding matters and, unlike when it started, its benefits are undeniable. Done properly, branding becomes a sustainable source of success for any organization.

What is the difference between tactical and strategic goals, and why does it matter? Here I'll show you how to use goals effectively.

Channeling Execution in the Right Direction

Every year, Scott Galloway, Professor of Marketing at the NYU Stern School of Business, makes tech and business and cultural predictions – and also tries to ...

Evidence is mounting that employers are falling short on employee experience ambitions. Here are four areas that need attention.

What do all the buzzwords that you read in job ads really mean? Here's a list of the most frequently used job search jargon and how to use them to impress.

Get six key steps for success and details on other critical factors to consider as you craft a winning employee engagement plan for your organization.

The best branding books for 2023, including Assemblage, Influenced, 100 Symbols That Changed the World, Myths of Branding, and The Brand Book

A brand style guide is essential to any organization seeking cohesive and recognizable marketing. Check out these examples to inspire your own.

SHARE You’ve got the brand. You’ve got the logo. And you’ve got the website. But do you know how to launch a brand? It’s time to make some noise with a well-executed brand launch. You may be asking: What are the best practices for launching a brand? What could go wrong, and how can I […]

When you’re doing deep creative work, meetings can disrupt your flow and decrease your productivity. That’s why you need to schedule one “Untouchable Day” per week, where nothing can interrupt you — no texts, no e-mails, no phone calls, and absolutely no meetings. But what happens when you get an incredible speaking invitation or somebody much more important has this one day to get together? Stick to this simple rule: Untouchable Days may never be deleted, but they can move between the bowling-lane bumpers of the weekends. They can’t jump weeks, though. If they need to move from a Wednesday to a Thursday or a Friday, that’s fine — even if you have to move four meetings to make room. The beauty of this approach is that when you plant the Untouchable Day flag on your calendar, it really does feel permanent in your mind. You start feeling the creative high you’ll get from such deep output as soon as you start booking them in.

This is is not a success story, but we did make some progress.

To successfully compete against one another and Big Pharma for top talent, biotech companies need to do a better job of selling themselves.

On consulting, presentations, and the enduring power of the four-box

Creating a simple employee experience takes time, intention, and focused effort. Our Associate Director, Jared Taylor, explores how to get started.

Bi-directional trust is a fundamental aspect of a healthy employee relationship; without it, the leader, the employee, and the broader team suffer. In this article, the author outlines five steps to take if you’re in the uncomfortable position of not trusting one of your employees: 1) Separate facts from assumptions and focus on specific problematic behaviors. Which component of trust is lacking here? What exactly did this person do or not do that has led to your distrust? 2) Identify the specific situations or assignments where you are willing to trust them. 3) Provide feedback on the specific behaviors that are leading to your distrust. 4) Reflect on what you might be doing (or not doing) to contribute to the situation. 5) Ask yourself whether the breach of trust is irreparable.

The evolution of brands and creativity in the age of AI.