How many pretenders do you know or have met who love the idea of leadership? They know all the right buzz words, talk about frameworks, models, and expectations. They constantly talk ABOUT leadership… but don’t live it much. That’s the loving — living gap. They manage...
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Some job candidates and co-workers are really good at answering questions that sound good. But when you ask about how they handle a situation or about their experience, is it real? Listen for a few cues to empty or vague answers. For example: • You messages: “You...
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How many other thoughts, agendas, lists, triggers, and emotions do you have running through your mind when you interview? How does that head noise impact your quality of hire? If you don’t use a defined process or system to hire, you risk letting your mind and...
When do you want to know something isn’t what it seems — before your after you commit? My team interviews candidates for clients in the final stages of hiring, mostly leaders and specialty roles. Several recent projects revealed candidates leaning into their strengths...
That ignorance of honest self-awareness fuels many of my conflicts or at least bad feelings with others. It allows me to tell instead of listen, assume instead of asking and miss a chance to learn something. We hear that people tend to leave their boss, not their job....
A hundred amazing resumes may only reveal 15–20 people worth looking at, with less than 10 worth interviewing. Do the math. How much time do you have to review 100 resumes? If resumes only tell part of the story anyway, what do you do? “We hire people for what they...
