The Empowered Buisness

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

As mentioned in our article “ The Shocking Costs of Hiring Mistakes … And The Secrets to Avoiding Them, “ too many hiring decisions are based solely on past experience and current skills without any regard to the real drivers - – mindset and “fit” – - of top performance. Hire The Will; Teach the Skill.

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The Empowered Buisness

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Old style’ skills and competencies job descriptions are poor predictors (or motivators) of future success. Hire for attitude and motivation; teach the skills. Of those, 89% left because of ‘attitude fit’ issues, while only 11% left because of lack of skills. Set clear expectations that your employees understand and agree to.

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The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 9, 2015

3. The 3 most critical leadership skills to navigate the future will be: Advanced “people skills”. Of all the skills a leader develops, the capacity to lead and influence people is ranking higher every year amongst CEOs. Behavior changes nor skills development won’t solve these problems.

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The Empowered Buisness

MAY 19, 2015

Realizing Leadership magazine focuses on bringing high-quality leadership articles that offer actionable suggestions and ideas to enhance your leadership skills. That is the case with Realizing Leadership.

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The Empowered Buisness

MARCH 22, 2016

Hiring for current skills, not long term capabilities. As a company grows, the tendency is to hire employees with current needed skills by your organization. Do they have strong delegation skills to get out of the weeds? Are you overly focused on internal superiority that you are missing the cues of external changes?

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The Empowered Buisness

JULY 14, 2015

Yet companies continue to invest in skills development only to be disappointed by little or no difference in performance. While some skills come into play for stronger teamwork, the bigger, often missed, issue is the differences in motivation patterns across the leadership team. Competency accounts for, at best, 20% of performance.

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The Empowered Buisness

MAY 19, 2015

When you look at charismatic leaders, they have one skill in common – the ability to create deep rapport. Now you can change all that with rapport building skills, as outlined in this article. Takeaway : One small change in posture can trigger significant changes in how you feel and what you do. Rapport IS ….

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