Leadership is Listening
“Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.” —Andy Stanley While you or I could tell a new hire or current employee exactly what areas they need to focus on developing, and…
8 Steps for Making the Most of Reference Checks
Your hiring process should look something like the photo to the left, with two additional steps – assessment before the interview (to provide feedback to deepen your interview), and reference checks between the interview and offer. Hiring decisions should take…
Assessments – Looking Past First Impressions
A smartly dressed and polished candidate walks into your interview and presents herself very well. Her resume speaks highly of her achievements. Perfect scores, a stellar track record and even volunteering experience! She must be the one for the job,…
The End of One Year is the Beginning of the Next
“Be filled with an enthusiasm for living, a joyous expectation of the more that is to be, and gratitude for what has been.” — Ernest Holmes It’s the end of one year, and soon will be the beginning of the…
5 Steps for Decreasing Stress and Developing Composure
“Many times crisis results when composure is missing.” – Glenn Llopis In my previous post A Closer Look at Composure I touched on what composure is. In this post I’m going to give you five steps that will decrease stress, and…
A Closer Look at Composure
Composure…“Remember when life’s path is steep to keep your mind even.” — Horace 65-68 BC What image does “keeping an even mind” bring? For some it may bring calmness: the ability to reassure and lead when a disaster strikes. It…
Success Starts on Day One
You’ve just hired a candidate who you feel is perfect for your vacant position. Now what? It can be easy to make the mistake of waiting until the end of a probationary period to formally evaluate someone recently hired. But…
Staffing Decisions – Pay Attention to Character and Integrity
“By themselves character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else. Here is an area where weakness is an absolute disqualification.” – Peter Drucker To some extent hiring is always a gamble, but all too many…
Now is a Great Time to Think About Your Employee Assessment Strategy
Helping people adopt a mindset for positive behavioral change can be a challenge. The truth of the matter is, both positive and negative behaviors affect an individual’s productivity, communication, team functions, and interactions with clients. Performance-based behavioral assessments like the…
Behavioral Assessments for Hiring & Employee Development
A very important distinction to make when using behavioral assessments within organizations for hiring or employee development is the difference in approaches between external candidates (those being considered for positions) versus internal personnel (those already employed). Whenever you’re adding to…