Posts by Lou Adler

Two weeks ago, I posted the below image and message on LinkedIn:   “A new disease is on the horizon—and it's career threatening. As the economy heats up, people switch jobs for the wrong reasons and catch ‘job hopping syndrome.’" In a few days, more than 150,000 people read the message. It’s obviously an important topic. The detailed post that followed explained...

When NBA free agency started a few weeks ago, Magic Johnson was asked about his approach to recruiting top talent, including LeBron James. He basically said it was a high touch relationship-based process customized to the needs of the player being recruited. Magic went on to say the team’s current and future needs had to match the player’s skills, future goals,...

Just about everyone is confused about how to assess if a candidate will fit their company culture. While getting it right is essential, getting it right starts by defining company culture properly. And the problem is that when you ask people to define their culture, not all of them say the same thing. The reason it’s hard to get agreement is that in most cases a...