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Most pre-employment assessment software works exactly as sold. You pick tests from a library, send a link to every applicant, and by Friday each one has a score. The trouble…
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Wisconsin employers are living inside a contradiction. Unemployment is low. Labor-force participation is well above the national rate. Employment is still growing. And yet in leadership meetings across the state,…
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For twenty years, dealers have been relentless about optimizing the business. Inventory turn, sourcing, pricing to market, lead response time, F&I penetration, effective labor rate, fixed absorption. Every one of…
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Tell a middle manager they need to stop doing and start leading, and you may be giving them the wrong advice. Amy Seehafer, COO of OSMS, a physician-owned orthopedic, sports…
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Artificial intelligence is now working both sides of the hiring table. Employers use it to parse, rank, and deselect applications at volume. Candidates use it to rewrite bullet points, mirror…
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Nine years on the Board of Special Olympics Wisconsin taught me more about leadership than any boardroom I’ve sat in. By Michael Grubich, CEO, LAK Group Every year at Summer…
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For decades, organizations have approached leadership development the same way. Identify a group of leaders, put them in a cohort, bring them together for a series of workshops, teach them…
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Why AI ROI Depends on Workforce Readiness — and What Accountable Leaders Are Doing About It Every executive team we work with is under the same mandate: deliver more, spend…
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A challenge to HR leaders: The tools are deployed. The pilots are running. Now is the time for HR to take their seat at the table and lead the organization…
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