Teams May be Divided on Which Qualities President Should Possess As the presidential campaign kicks into high gear, discussions have begun about who would make the best candidate for each party. Some argue a president needs to be assertive in all situations. Other...
Personal Accountability Trumps Other Competencies If you hire for one skill and one skill alone, please let it be this: personal accountability. Personal accountability is the most important talent someone can bring to the job. To understand why this competency is so...
Job Matching Allows You to Reinvent the Way You Find Talent One fact I’ve found most people are stunned by is that, contrary to popular belief, good people are easy to find. How do I know this? It’s because I stopped hiring long ago and instead approached finding...
Benchmarking is Like Building Up an Organization’s Core Muscles No one just rolls into the gym on Day 1 with well-developed muscles. Likewise, companies most often do not roll into hiring or addressing organizational challenges knowing what superior...
Employers, Job Candidates Can ‘Swipe Right’ for Mutual Interest Has job hunting become a new form of dating? And a fast track to rapid turnover? Switch, a new app, is really like the Tinder of job searching — right down to swiping left or right to indicate...
The Impact of Known Unknowns & Unknown Unknowns No one likes to be blindsided, hit from out of nowhere by another vehicle or by information that dramatically alters our perception of reality. That’s why cars now have “blind spot”...
