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Category: Focus

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Leadership is Listening

Lindsay ColitsesAssessments, Coaching, Employee Development, Focus, Leadership, Professional DevelopmentSeptember 11, 2018

  “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…

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8 Steps for Making the Most of Reference Checks

Lindsay ColitsesFocus, Hiring, Reference Checks, StrategyMay 30, 2018

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…

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Assessments – Looking Past First Impressions

Lindsay ColitsesAssessments, Employee Development, Focus, Hiring, Professional Development, Succession ManagementFebruary 14, 2018

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,…

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The End of One Year is the Beginning of the Next

Lindsay ColitsesCoaching, Focus, Goal Setting, Leadership, Professional DevelopmentDecember 27, 2017

“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…

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5 Steps for Decreasing Stress and Developing Composure

Lindsay ColitsesEmployee Development, Focus, Leadership, Professional DevelopmentNovember 7, 2017

“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…

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Staffing Decisions – Pay Attention to Character and Integrity

Lindsay ColitsesAssessments, Focus, Hiring, StrategySeptember 28, 2017

“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…

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Now is a Great Time to Think About Your Employee Assessment Strategy

Lindsay ColitsesAssessments, Coaching, Employee Development, Focus, Leadership, Professional Development, Succession ManagementFebruary 28, 2017

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…

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4 Easy Steps to Maximizing New Employee Performance

Lindsay ColitsesAssessments, Coaching, Employee Development, Focus, Hiring, Professional Development, Succession ManagementJanuary 17, 2017

You’ve done it—you’ve implemented all your best practices and used your hiring assessments and interview skills to find that perfect candidate for the job. Now that they’re hired, what’s next? How do you make sure they quickly achieve a state…

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10 Behaviors of Great Leaders — How Many Do You Possess?

Lindsay ColitsesCoaching, Focus, Leadership, Professional DevelopmentNovember 16, 2016

Recently, I was reading the results of a study by the Harvard Business Review. Their findings indicated that “when it comes to garnering commitment and engagement from employees, there’s one thing that leaders need to demonstrate: respect.” They claim that…

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10 Huge Hiring Mistakes and What to Avoid

Lindsay ColitsesAssessments, Focus, Hiring, Strategy, Succession ManagementOctober 12, 2016

I recently experienced another hand-to-the-forehead moment. Here’s what I overheard: “We’ve hired him; now let’s assess him and see what we’ve got!” All I could do was shake my head and sigh. I understand that hiring can be one of…

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