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Who you should hire… And how to apply it
… Read more“Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and lazy.”
Management consultant Peter Drucker wrote a column for the WSJ in 1993, as General Motors, Xerox, Sears and IBM lost their clear business advantage. He sought to identify reasons why.
The article, which found five deadly sins in common with these corporate declines, is an interesting one, please read the descriptions and don’t be turned off by the subtitles.
Drucker’s fifth deadly sin is
— The last of the deadly sins is feeding problems and starving opportunities.… Read more
When I was seeking that perfect candidate for a job opening, I looked at a CV and saw what a candidate had done, and then tested them on their skill level. Then you hired the most skillful (the good ones) and put them to work.
This worked for a while, until I started working for larger organisations and to understand the culture of organisations.… Read more
A lot of intelligent people have said for greater success in life, follow your passion.
What’s my passion?
Here’s a simple method to find out both what your passion is and what you are good at. Obvious advice to young entrepreneurs deciding what type of business to start, it’s commonly advised to “do something you love.”
But what if you don’t know what you’re passionate about?… Read more
I’ve written about resilience and how to develop it to enhance your eQ, here’s a quick quiz to assess your own resilience.
Resilience is the process of adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, says the late Al Siebert, PhD, founder of The Resiliency Center in Portland, Oregon USA.
Interested to find out how resilient you are? Take this quiz, adapted from Siebert’s book The Resiliency Advantage.… Read more