Newsletters 2018 | Les Gore | Executive Search International

We’re Feeling Very Merry

We’re Feeling Very Merry and We Wish You a Happy Holiday Season and a Peaceful and Prosperous New Year.

(Our 10% Flat Fee might make you even merrier)

THE JEFF BEZOS 3-QUESTION TEST FOR NEW AMAZON EMPLOYEES

NOVEMBER 2018 NO. 147

Amazon is a highly sought after company to work for, and today has well over 500,000 employees.

And by the time you read this, they will likely have chosen their next $5 billion second headquarters.

But in the company’s early days — when Amazon’s headquarters had only just moved from Jeff Bezos’ garage into a downtown Seattle office near a heroin-needle exchange and a porn shop — there were far fewer employees.

UNCOMMON ADVICE FOR COMMON BUSINESS PROBLEMS

OCTOBER 2018 NO. 146

Sometimes the right answer is far from obvious.

Learn why an introvert may be the best choice to lead your team, taking a pay cut might make you a better manager, and why you should not trust your gut when the pressure is on.

Time to think a little outside the box.

MAYBE IT’S TIME FOR SOME UNCOMMON ADVICE

Much has been accomplished by business leaders who turned left when told to turn right, who reached for the door instead of for the stars, who hired A when the search committee unanimously recommended B.

THE EMERGENCE OF EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE

SEPTEMBER 2018 NO. 145

Is “customer experience”- the mantra of customer service- becoming less important to businesses these days?

According to researcher Gartner, more than 90% of businesses compete primarily on the basis of customer experience (CX). All good, except it’s no longer enough to make CX a corporate priority. The next competitive frontier is employee experience (EX) and the signs indicate very strongly that EX will become the next business priority.