Brad and I have been involved in youth and high school sports for quite some time. I coach a girls frosh-soph basketball team at our local high school. Tonite we played a game where the other team relentlessly pressed us from the beginning of the game. I probably burned 4 of my 5 timeouts in […]
Why do most companies treat talent acquisiton as a high school sport?
February 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Hiring Mistakes · Hiring Process · Hiring Top Talent
Why do some teams and organizations outperform their peers?
February 4th, 2008 · No Comments
The Superbowl provides a great metaphor for thinking about the impact of talent.
Over the years, we’ve worked with thousands of companies in the process of improving hiring top talent and retaining top talent. If there is one great element that outstanding companies possess, and which allows them to dominate their peers - it’s the commitment to […]
Tags: Hiring Top Talent · Recruiting Top Talent · Retaining Top Talent
Behavioral Interviewing
February 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Behavioral Interviewing is Flawed
The concept behind behavioral interviewing is that, past performance is the best indicator of future performance. Our position is that this concept is flawed for two reasons; 1) too much depends on the qualifications of the person interpreting the indicator and 2) it completely ignores the ability to adapt to the new culture, […]
Tags: Behavioral Interviewing · Hiring Top Talent · Interviewing Techniques · Interviewing Top Talent
