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...
I sometimes tell people “I teach adults to listen. It’s not easy, but when they get it, some amazing things happen.” We come alongside clients and help them agree on what they want to hear when listening to people for hiring or growth. That takes a while, but then...
The ultimate compliment is people wanting to advance their career by staying in the same organization they’ve come to know and love. It’s all good until this awkward moment when the excitement of applying for a leadership position is hit with an awareness that current...
I worked closely with a school executive team in SW Oregon today. It was the second part of a team growth feedback project, joining the individual feedback with a group perspective. We were both looking at the forest and the trees of their team. The superintendent...
