Have you ever noticed that no matter how strong you get from exercising, you always have to put down the weight? It eventually becomes too heavy to lift, and you no longer have the energy to do anything but struggle with it.
Hiring the Right People
When it comes to hiring the right people, we hear many versions of the same story. It goes something like this: “We hired this person...” and with that comment, a very frustrated leader reaches across the desk and hands me the resume of the person they’ve just let go, and then adds, “…but this isn’t the person who showed up on the job.”
Hiring to Strengthen Company Culture
Hiring great talent these days is a daunting task. Interviewees are on their best behavior, equipped with their arsenal of stock phraseology, canned responses and even contrived body language. By the end of most interviews, the chance of actually knowing the individual underneath all the strategic veneer is slim to none.