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You work hard to hire high-achievers. When their attention drifts in that two to four-year window, you can be forgiven for thinking that’s just the way high-achievers are. Did you know, however [...]

Does a compensation plan that includes hefty bonuses make a strong employee perform even better? It seems logical, but a recent study suggests otherwise. Amy Wrzesniewski, professor of [...]

Every year, young talent leaves the BV profession altogether. This exodus is commonly attributed to the desire to “try something new”, or to the conclusion that business valuation is somehow not [...]

After you’ve put in all that time looking and interviewing, you’ve found the one you want. Now is not the time to lose your candidate because you didn’t handle the offer quite right. You’ve been [...]

Failure to win that recent promotion may not have been for lack of trying. Sometimes there just aren't enough promotion opportunities to go round. As in most walks of life, though, you can make [...]

The more successful you get, the easier it is to forget what you once didn’t know. It’s human nature. You’ve known what you’ve known for so long that it’s almost impossible to remember not [...]

You can’t always say yes to a request for a pay raise. You might like to. But, sometimes the right answer is no. That can put you in a tough spot when it comes to retaining your talent. And that [...]

We all make judgments – about people; other BV practices – every day, based on little snippets of information. There’s a good chance those judgments are wrong, or at least thinly based. Still, [...]

No one ever took an offer because they liked the sound of the job description. Why is it that so many BV employers use one as an ad, hoping to attract candidates?

Every BV practice uses hiring interviews to find people to join them. Some practices use exit interviews to learn why people are leaving and what changes might be necessary in the practice. [...]