“What is your greatest strength?” “Name a time you faced a challenge at work.” You’ve probably asked these generic questions more times than you’d like to admit. The problem isn’t just that they’re passé — it’s that candidates can see them coming a mile away and they’ve prepped predictable answers to your predictable questions. You don’t want to ambush...

Once upon a time, there was a boy who grew up working at his family’s toy store. One day, he mustered up the courage to tell his parents that he wanted to leave the family business to be a Disney animator — but they said no. So he took over the toy store, got married, and had a son of his own. When his three-year-old handed him a drawing, he decided to start...

Predicting the future right now might feel impossible — after all, who could have predicted everything that 2020 had in store for us? But leaders still need to look ahead and prepare for what comes next, and that’s particularly true in the talent space. That’s why we recently interviewed over 20 talent leaders, surveyed over 1,500 talent professionals, analyzed...