Abstract: No change methodology in the world will work if you don’t first imbue your competency model with courage. Here’s how to do it.
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Assessment
I use a behavioral interview, and I find those “tell me” questions to be more or less a waste. Why? Because when it comes to things like social skills, I don’t care what you have to say. I care about what I SEE.
Don’t waste my time “telling me” anything about your interpersonal astuteness. SHOW ME.
…it takes me two hours to get a full read on a person, and Rich had me nailed in a New York minute. He spent 6 minutes opening me up, and then with one question he got everything he needed to know…
…ambiguity does not always look gray. Quite often, ambiguous situations look pretty darn black-and-white! It’s only after you’ve taken the time to explore another perspective that some of the nuance starts to appear…
Abstract: 4 common interviewing practices that surprisingly *blind* hiring managers to candidate quality, and 4 alternatives that work much, much better.
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