Hilgart | Organizational Development & Leadership Strategy

I’m grateful my family is here to celebrate the completion of my doctoral degree. While I defended my dissertation last spring just after my second daughter Liesel was born, yesterday was the graduation and doctoral hooding ceremony.
Like so many professionals who have done further education in mid-career, life doesn’t stop while we do a degree. I reflect that the time it’s taken to officially graduate over the past year parallels earning the degree itself. It often felt like it...

Oversight of a thorough succession plan is viewed as a key responsibility of a well-established, strategic Human Resources (HR) function. But what exactly is the role of HR in establishing career plans as part of the organization’s succession planning...

Are you a Finance / Accounting professional working in the Investment or Commercial Banking Industry in the United States, United Kingdom or Canada?
Participants are sought for a research study focused on understanding the experience of expert Finance professionals transitioning to becoming deeper business partners with their internal clients in the business (Protocol # 15-408)....

Much has been written about the feedback-hungry Millennial generation, and it raises important questions about how performance appraisals are best managed in organizations today.
In our experience, this is not simply an issue of how Baby Boomers and Gen Xers better accommodate the Gen Y (Millennial) generation. Research about the expectations Millennials have for frequent feedback may be well-documented, but in our experience...