You’ve probably heard about executive coaching—or possibly you’ve had a coach yourself. A coach helps you look around and adapt, see forward and focus.

Gilman Partners has hired talent management executive Mary Morand to lead its newly formed Talent Advisory Practice.

For nearly 40 years, Cincinnati-based Gilman Partners has identified, recruited, and placed top leaders for clients throughout the Midwest as a retained executive search firm.

Chuck Aardema joins Gilman Partners with a breadth of business and human resources experience, having served as the VP HR in the paper, consumer products, retail/wholesale, and food industries.

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Top talent is often attracted to big companies that can woo them with a well-known brand, large budgets and generous benefits. But highly qualified candidates shouldn't overlook the opportunities that can come from working for smaller organizations.

With the tight job market making it harder to find senior-level leaders, many organizations are turning to executive search firms to assist with sourcing and hiring top talent. Though these relationships can sometimes be short-term projects, choosing to engage a retained executive search firm can drive even better results for your company in both the short and long term.

Gilman Partners is pleased to announce that Garry Horton has joined the retained executive search firm as a Search Consultant. He will join the team in supporting senior recruiters on their searches.

All employees--from new hires to the seasoned veterans of your organization--crave feedback. It is essential for helping them understand how they are performing as well as for shaping both short and long-term career goals. For years, feedback primarily came via annual performance evaluations.

With low unemployment rates making it hard to attract top talent and three ideologically different generations together in the workplace, 2016 was a year of change for many organizations. 2017 promises more of the same.