I’ve written several blogs on the importance of developing behavioral profiles of high performing incumbent leaders. The focus of these pieces has been the value of using behavioral assessments to identify future leaders and then training these succession candidates through simulation workshops reinforced by targeted coaching. What about using these profiles to help hire better…
Every month, I talk to companies who lament the mistakes they’ve made by hiring the wrong senior leaders. Amazingly, despite the pain, they usually do not change their hiring practices. So, the pattern continues, poor hires for one of three reasons: [list style=”customlist”] ● Bad behavioral fit ● Bad relationship fit ● Bad motivational…
The most rewarding thing about our work is that we are able to help people quickly become more effective in their professional lives. Recently, we have been asked by several smaller companies to help strengthen the abilities of their leaders. While most of our work is with larger companies, we really enjoy working with leaders…
A recent HBR blog piece,The Case for Hiring “Outlier” Employees, points to a wonderful practice which SAP and other forward-thinking companies have adopted. These companies have started hiring substantial numbers of employees on the autism spectrum for certain jobs where these individuals can be expected to outperform other employees. These companies, and others who may…
A recent Wall Street Journal Article, Amazon’s Current Employees Raise the Bar for New Hires, describes Amazon’s highly attentive interviewing process for new senior hires. All candidates must interview with a slate of “bar raisers,” tough interviewers who probe deeply for weaknesses and for compatibility with Amazon’s needs in the open position. It is clear…
As part of reviewing a Company’s recruiting process, the senior talent executive broached the subject of reviewing and updating the organization’s competencies – specifically a list of roughly ten behaviors expected of all employees. She pointed out to me that the competencies were probably outdated and should be refreshed. I asked how the competencies are…