Being able to discern a leader’s competence and ability is crucial for business owners and senior directors to make good hiring and promotion decisions. Faulty hiring and promotions can be very costly financially and be damaging to team and employee morale. Let’s review some of the tools I use to better assess a manager’s ability to lead others effectively. I start with the 1/3 – 1/3 – 1/3 rule.

As the global economy emerges from COVID-19, surveys show that a majority of workers are considering moving on to different jobs. What can you do to help them stay? Research shows that the following factors are important in influencing employees’ decisions: