What Employers Really Want: Culture Add
When we talk about culture fit, we don’t mean falling into a “hire like me” mentality. If all of your employees act and think the same, your company won’t thrive.
Category: management
What Employers Really Want (And How to Interview for It)
Adaptability is the number one asset businesses want in an employee (with 69% of hiring managers saying it is the most important soft skill they screen for.)
Your Oxygen Mask First
High-achievers have unique needs that require a distinct way of thinking.
Seth Godin on Craftspersons
Who is the craftsperson on your team? If you can’t identify one, you probably have a problem, whether or not it has become evident.
Seth Godin on Salespeople
Salespeople are arguably the most essential contributors, because they create the relationships that generate revenue. Nothing happens until somebody sells something.
Feeling Angry at your Boss? Try a Voodoo Doll
The stress relieving action may have an impact on productivity, stress-related illness and absenteeism, making voodoo dolls a valuable workplace tool.
How Corporate Policies Make Monkeys of Us All
Eventually, workers, like monkeys, get the picture. Doing something different or trying to get ahead gets you punished.
Become More Charismatic
I’ve been sharing tips from Charlie Houpert, the 20-something author of Charisma on Command: Inspire, Impress, and Energize Everyone You Meet . He has a formula for “taking your confidence and charisma to the next level in the situations where you need it the most.” Houpert has some actionable tips for becoming more charismatic. Here … Continue reading Become More Charismatic
Charisma on Command: Building Conviction
[Charismatic people] are simply displaying conviction through every physical method possible. Eye contact, tonality, flinching, muscle tension, breathing and myriads more. They are so minute that we don’t consciously pick up on them as an observer. But our subconscious processes them all and provides us with a feeling: “He’s lying,” or “He’s telling the truth.””
Charisma on Command
You may think that charisma, like good looks, is something you’re born with – you either have it or you don’t. But like good looks, it can be learned and improved through practice, and the results are worth the effort.
