Author: ericbaker

Rejuvenate Your Succession Plan

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Who doesn’t love the marriage of entrepreneurship and science? With companies like Virgin Galactic developing the space tourism industry and Local Motors 3D-printing cars…

Go “Beyond” Outdated Hiring Practices

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Star Trek, in all its iterations, has always been about potential. Whether racing across the galaxy in Federation starships, exploring strange new worlds, or serving as ambassadors of peace aboard the space station…

Caliper’s Impact on the 2016 NBA Draft

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Imagine you are the General Manager of an NBA team, sweating at the draft table. Several top-ranked college basketball players have similar performance records and physical attributes…

Caliper’s Women Leadership program… for the win

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If you were the manager of a sports team and someone told you about a vast pool of undiscovered talent out there, wouldn’t you want to know more? Of course you would. You want your team to win…

Shift into High Gear with Behavioral Competencies

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Many of us remember, years ago, being told that a stick shift is superior to an automatic transmission. “You’re in control,” a wise person would explain. “You go faster, you get better gas mileage…

Creating Meaningfulness for Millennial Workers

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With Millennial-age employees becoming the largest generational group in the workforce, senior leaders are dying to know: What do they want? How do we keep them from job hopping? What planet are they from?…

The Salesperson of the Future – Part 2

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Rapidly evolving technology is making it easier and easier for consumers to make informed purchases without the need of a salesperson. With software available that qualifies needs…

The Salesperson of the Future – Part 1

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If you sell for a living, technology can be your friend or your enemy. It’s up to you. Automation has been impacting other types of roles for a while now, but it has finally caught up to sales…

Employers, Look to Behavioral Competencies When Hiring

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Though there’s little indication that long-term, repetitive experience in a given role equates to strong performance in a similar role at a different organization, many companies continue to disregard intrinsic motivation…