Perspectives

Those corporate games, Part I

I thought it would be good to highlight some of the more consistent corporate political posturing that I see and hear. The point is NOT to say, “Ain’t it a shame that people behave so poorly,” but to make you cognizant of what may well be going on at work that you may either ignore…
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Seeing, but not believing

When it comes to senior level hires, there is often talk of chemistry’, how pleasant or well liked the company and/or candidate was, the overall bonhomie and friendliness of the interview and conversation. Without question it’s an important component, but insufficient to make a decision, based on some talks and gut feel. Whether you’re hiring…
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Ain’t what you do but the way you do it

The people I work with in my coaching practice average 20 years work experience, some more, some less. Most know their business reasonably well and are proficiently good or excellent in their jobs (let’s skip over those that hate what they do; that’s another blog..). What these people have in common is their functional, industry-specific…
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The CV of interest

I look at many CVs, rewrite a fair number, and often tell people that under “Interests” there should be something beyond the anodyne ‘reading, hiking, traveling, listening to music’ line. This is important–not because of any blather of ‘work-life balance’, but because it distinguishes the person as having a passion, another type of innate intelligence…
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From lowest to hire! Vignettes from the trenches

Who sets the hiring pace within an organisation? The hiring manager? HR? CEO? CFO? Board? External stakeholders? Peers? All of ’em? When one group wants a specific candidate profile, and another group has a different perspective on what is needed, trouble is ‘a brewin’… All the ‘war for talent’ chatter quickly erodes into corporate turf…
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My rules of how not to drown at the outset

Onboarding? More like waterboarding… …So said a friend to me the other day when I asked him if his new company was on-boarding him at all. And recently met up with someone else who said the new company’s on-boarding was to go around the office and meet the COO, CMO, CIO (who said, “Don’t bother…
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The more I see you

The more I want you Somehow this feeling Just grows and grows As the old song goes, so it is true in business. If you want to be known and have a profile that counts, you must be visible. If you want to be courted, you must be compelling. If you want to be seen,…
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8 steps to (interviewing) heaven

When I receive mandates for a search, clients often remind me of urgency and completion by a certain time. All well understood and expected. The fast time frame, however, is often not adhered to, sliding into a “hurry up and wait” cadence. Why is that, given such urgency and need? I have observed that many…
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