TAG: recruiting/hiring

Kathleen Goolsby, Editor - SandHill.com

One of the most important books to be published in recent times is "The Two-Second Advantage: How We Succeed by Anticipating the Future - Just Enough." The authors explain how computer technologies can become more like the human brain in its ability to read an immediate situation and predict what will happen next.

Peter Bendor-Samuel, CEO and Founder - Everest Group & Lenny Joiner, Engagement Director - Everest Group

The recent allegation against Infosys of manipulating U.S. immigration law to allow it to bring large numbers of Indian employees into the U.S. to do work under visas that do not allow such activities illustrates a problem impacting the entire global services industry.

Paul O'Dea , CEO - Select Strategies

Many founders flounder with international sales hiring. They end up with sales hiring remorse - and the scars to prove it. A sales hiring mistake results in finger-pointing and costs a big six-figure sum. Most founders don't use a disciplined hiring process. During the early stages, company revenue is dependent on the founder team. This is not due to their honed sales skills but their deep understanding of customer's problems and how they can solve them.

Lars Bjork, CEO - QlikTech

For years, IDC has ranked QlikTech the world's fastest-growing BI software vendor, and the company has won many awards for its product, QlikView, and its innovation and disruptive technology. Even more interesting than its fast market traction is the fact that it brands itself as "a new kind of software company" and consistently wins awards for being a great place to work. Sandhill.com spoke with QlikTech CEO, Lars Bjork, about the company's origins and growth journey. In this article he shares the decisions and mindset that led to success and the lessons learned along the way.

Kathleen Goolsby, Editor - SandHill.com

Wyse Technology CEO Tarkan Maner recalls that when he took the company out of its obscurity, their goal was to "invest heavily into virtualization software to create a cloud-based application where the user - rather than a device or a system - is in the center of everything." Though innovation is an integral part of any software business, the effort can lead to business transformation and cause some kinks in the business. As Maner points out, "transforming a business is much more difficult than starting a new business and brand from scratch because there are so many different dynamics."