Thoughts on people, teams, organizations, communities, effectiveness and success
We’re all aware that we live in a land of chronic spin. Things aren’t just good, they’re “terrific.”
When it comes to hiring, it always pays to hire the person who will perform in the job, not the best boaster.
Here’s how:
Hiring candidates that perform, research at Google has reaffirmed, is best done through solid behaviorally-based interviewing.… Read the rest
The art of the good, strong start is something that many of us should master, but few of us seldom do.
Why? Probably because it’s a little like that set of occasions (weddings, funerals, baptisms and bar/bas mitzvahs etc.) that happen enough to notice but seldom enough to avoid generating a best practice mindset.
Many schools – like my son’s grade school Marin Country Day School in Corte Madera – have the practice down to a fine art, in part because the start happens on a regular basis, they believe it’s important to do it right, and if you’re smart enough to do it well it can form a foundation for a host of activities and programs to follow.… Read the rest