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The customer experience will not improve if the customer service department feels leadership has failed them. Improving as a leader doesn’t mean you are a perfect leader, quite the opposite. Great culture shines amid conflict. It is how you, as the leader, respond to that conflict that builds the trust within the company. Take your […]
When things get a little squirrely in an interview process, it can provide valuable insight into how the candidate takes ownership in difficult situations. People are perfect two times in their life. When they are born and when they interview. Here are three suggestions for behavioral tripwires that reveal things bad hires keep well-concealed during […]
Interviewing is a heavy responsibility. An interviewer holds the future of their company and someone’s career. Will it be a good fit? Will everyone be disappointed? Will expectations be aligned properly? Frankly, good interviewing is a friendly version of an interrogation – Just watch these recorded police interrogations of suspected criminals. The purpose is to get […]
Negotiations are nerve-wracking. When it comes time to negotiate a raise with your boss, anxiety may kick into hyperdrive. Time of year and current economic climate doesn’t hold much weight in the matter either. Your raise is strictly about your work performance and what you feel you deserve in compensation for that performance. FIVE TIPS […]
Interviews are not all about getting the job. It is about building relationships to see if you want to work with this person/team for the long run. You do not want to ‘win’ every single interview because your values may not be aligned. Working for a company with different values than you is not fun. You […]
Here’s some advice that probably won’t sell well in this candidate tight market but it needs to be heard since the candidate crunch is motivating interviewers to oversell the job. Overselling causes unmet expectations and lots of painful turnover. If you are not ‘unselling’ the position in the interview you are missing an opportunity to […]
Happiness in this context also means achieving goals, established relationships, a renowned reputation, pride in your work, meaningful personal influence, and well-laid-out family priorities. We do not believe in career success only; success in your carrier must be accompanied by success in your personal life because that is how you be truly happy. Your life […]
Video interviews are a unique type of interview because of the interpersonal nature of video but the unrelational distance involved. So, it can be really challenging to find an easy flow. These best practice points apply to interviewers just as much to interviewees.
Few things in life are harder to resist than a large pile of money. The temptation is even greater when the only thing you have to do to get it is… Nothing! This exact situation is experienced by hundreds, perhaps thousands of people every day in the form of a counteroffer designed to keep them […]
