... bloggers, Clear Blogging offers an efficient, easy-to-understand, and compelling overview of what blogging is andhow you can quickly jump in and participate For more seasoned bloggers, it offers multiple ... blogging is changing, andhow buzz and influence now work Chapter 2, Hooking into the Blogosphere: So what exactly is a blog, andhow you find blogs that you want to read and comment on? You’ll ... covers what you can get out of blogging, how to hook into and discover what the blogosphere is, and the basics of getting your blog up and running Answering the first question—what you can get out...
... hire themand train them, and based on this model—we have created an organization that succeeds solely due to its ability to assess people So these are learnable skills I learned them, and you can ... the best target companies and positions, and ended up considering close to 40 potential candidates, none of whom were looking for a change I personally interviewed them, and secured references for ... even though they had known them for years and they were dealing with them every day Some people are much better than others at assessing candidates While there is significant research on the accuracy...
... deeper I’ll tell you how. ) Should people “down the ladder” from the job for which a candidate is applying be allowed to appraise candidates? (The answer: as a rule, no.) And as you’ve probably ... the best target companies and positions, and ended up considering close to 40 potential candidates, none of whom were looking for a change I personally interviewed them, and secured references for ... even though they had known them for years and they were dealing with them every day Some people are much better than others at assessing candidates While there is significant research on the accuracy...
... hire themand train them, and based on this model—we have created an organization that succeeds solely due to its ability to assess people So these are learnable skills I learned them, and you can ... from management consulting, or from a hands-on managerial career, on the assumption that they can understand the strategic issues and managerial challenges at hand.23 ccc_people_001-024_ch01.qxd ... conscious choice, and discipline.4 Collins and his team found overwhelming evidence that outstanding leadership and the ability to build superior executive teams were the two essential and foundational...
... you stand Later chapters in this book will analyze in much more detail what to look for when making people decisions, where to look for candidates, andhow to appraise people Before you can take ... people to stay” and “picking people to go.”) Welch goes on to assert that candor, another aspect of staying honest, is very hard to achieve and even runs up against human nature Is candor difficult? ... much higher caliber of candidate for this redefined leadership role, and led to a significant strengthening of its top team Since then, it has achieved a level of growth and profitability far in...
... cases These candidates turned out to be extremely successful, with a failure rate of only percent Stated slightly differently, when I went looking for candidates with outstanding EI and a very ... coming up with a list that is so exhaustive (and exhausting!) that you can t possibly find the right candidate Avoid the trap of thinking that any single candidate will have every quality on your ... added to our clients If I helped them hire highly successful candidates who went on to make a very significant contribution to their organizations, stay with them, and eventually take on larger responsibilities,...
... and external candidates for a search Specifically, they found that the candidate pools of companies whose internal selection proved successful contained more external candidates than did the candidate ... “mate”? How you identify the best potential candidates—effectively and efficiently? Generating candidates is critically important, because it sets the outside limits on people decisions You can t ... score was then calculated, and complemented by qualitative descriptions of key strengths and issues for each candidate, external and internal Good benchmarking of candidates requires a clear...
... whether the candidate has the competencies required for the position It means asking the candidate about his experiences and behavior, and yet most interviewers usually just let the candidate tell ... relationship with the candidate, then explain to them the type of situation for which you are considering the candidate, and confirm whether the reference has observed the candidate in a similar ... acceptable to the candidate, and it must predict performance on the job The best tradeoff between candidate acceptability and assess- ccc_people_193-228_ch07.qxd 4/3/07 1:13 PM Page 197 How to Appraise...
... for the candidate will you be able to attract that candidate Sharing Your Passion Nothing convinces like conviction If you have done your homework, understand the candidate’s motivation, and are ... hired candidate confronts the hard reality All too often, the company makes little or no effort to understand the candidate’s circumstances and motivations They prematurely float an offer, and sometimes ... credibility, and reputation Yes, this is an extreme case! But I can t emphasize enough the importance of going out of your way to understand the candidates and their motivation, address their concerns, and...
... When we spend time with others, we experience them through the work of our mirror neurons, and by experiencing them, we understand themand bond with them Face time—eyeball to eyeball—is important ... discipline and objectivity in assessing candidates—even when father assessed son Both showed courage and compassion In my estimation, that’s how they beat the odds cited in the McKinsey study And the ... of the maximum of a random sample of size n from a standardized normal population A large number of potential candidates should be generated σ Standard deviation of the candidate’s performance...
... to seeing how our own actions create the problems we experience A learning organization is a place where people are continually discovering how they create their reality Andhow they can change ... practices and core assumptions, it was the early 1980s, and the Japanese share of the American market had risen to 21.3 percent By 1989, the Japanese share was approaching 30 percent, and the American ... walking, and communicating through direct trial and error—through taking an action and seeing the consequences of that action; then taking a new and different action But what happens when we can no...
... for how to implement them This is where it gets a bit awkward and controversial You see, Warren Buffett, for all his candor and accessibility, is actually quite secretive about the nuts and bolts ... Gates and Intel need is another “Killer App” like Word or Excel to sell software and chips; and Conscious Investor is my candidate — Jim Lorenz, Utah, USA What surprised me when I was teaching and ... demo covers topics such as: How Conscious Investor would enable you to pick outstanding companies like Harley Davidson, Bed Bath and Beyond and others in the USA and ARB and Harvey Norman in Australia.2...
... corporate reputation in view and understood for the currency it is andcan be The more you hold your executive and management teams responsible and accountable for how their areas and actions impact your ... increased significantly • Reputation is created from within As such, its definition and quantification canand need to be incorporated into both strategic and operational planning and oversight ... it matters andhow you can manage it | • Is the data we’re using internal, external and/ or objective? • How is the data collected? Using which media? Are they formal? Informal? • How is our reputation...
... experienced and understand how they work and when to use them The examples discussed below are based on hypothetical situations, should only be considered samples of potential investment alternatives, and ... interest rates and listed stock and stock index options have similar benefits and risks They are standardized contracts traded on an exchange regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission There ... known and limited risk Like any option, the most an option buyer can lose if interest rates move against him is the premium paid for the option Unlike a Treasury security, however, an option can...
... for how to implement them This is where it gets a bit awkward and controversial You see, Warren Buffett, for all his candor and accessibility, is actually quite secretive about the nuts and bolts ... Gates and Intel need is another “Killer App” like Word or Excel to sell software and chips; and Conscious Investor is my candidate — Jim Lorenz, Utah, USA What surprised me when I was teaching and ... demo covers topics such as: How Conscious Investor would enable you to pick outstanding companies like Harley Davidson, Bed Bath and Beyond and others in the USA and ARB and Harvey Norman in Australia.2...
... musician and a lot of musicians gather on my forum A lot of them encourage drug use and explain how that makes them inspired and creative Can you prove that this approach is stupid and that they ... Imagine you can see them in the corner of the room Stand up and walk over over to face them Look them in the eye and stick two fingers up at them Enjoy the look on their faces Then get on with ... hard to say definitively that any of them are the reason why creativity happens So worrying about them – and whether you have them or not – is a red herring And the great thing about this definition...
... structured and organized andhowand which individuals are able to access them (Barker et al., in press) They also affect how health providers view and therefore treat women and their illnesses and ... among households can seriously distort our understanding of how inequality works and who actually bears much of its burdens Health gradients can be significantly different for men and women; medical ... subordinate, and hierarchise people, and particularly though not only in the case of transgender and intersex people, marginalise and exclude them 10 Women have less land, wealth and property...
... outweigh benefits These lists were developed and updated by Beers and co-workers20–22 in the USA and McLeod and colleagues23 and Naugler and co-workers24 in Canada No similar initiative based on expert ... ratings, and 44% had at least one unnecessary drug.59,60 The MAI has good intrarater and inter-rater 176 reliability, and face and content validity.57,58,61–66 However, it is time-consuming and does ... review plus nutritional and smoking recommendations (Continues on next page) and colleagues105 and Saltvedt and co-workers106(both hospital settings), and those by Crotty and colleagues103,107...
... (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Ireland, ... intrinsically know about business? Can we use this idea to make our business better? After asking these questions of thousands of books, we found ample candidates However, a good idea was not the ... on rules and scorekeeping, after which you’ll find sections devoted to management, biographies, and entrepreneurship We close with narratives and books on innovation and creativity and big ideas...