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Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders

Eric Jacobson

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? Describe a situation when these qualities helped you lead others.

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The next time you stay at a Marriott hotel look in the nightstand.

Eric Jacobson

Monday, July 12, 2010 The next time you stay at a Marriott hotel look in the nightstand drawer for Marriotts booklet that highlights its milestones and tells the Marriott story. Its more important to hire people with the right qualities than with specific experience. Customer needs may vary, but their bias for quality never does.

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5 Tips For Generating Ideas From Employees

Eric Jacobson

Sunday, August 22, 2010 5 Tips For Generating Ideas From Employees Your employees have lots of ideas. Shoot for quantity not quality during brainstorming. So, be sure you provide the forums and mechanisms for your employees to share their ideas with you. Dont evaluate or criticize ideas when they are first suggested.

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Four Tips And Observations For Leaders

Eric Jacobson

Thursday, August 5, 2010 Four Tips And Observations For Leaders I really like these four leadership tips and observations from the book, 1001 Ways To Energize Employees : Nothing creates more self-respect among employees than being included in the process of making decisions. The quality of reports will likely improve!

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Build A Strong Team. Be An Effective Team Member.

Eric Jacobson

Monday, May 17, 2010 Build A Strong Team. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Be An Effective Team Member.

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