“You Don’t Get Results by Focusing on Results. You Get Results by Focusing on the Actions That Produce Results.” -Mike Hawkins- Absentmindedly, you reach for your phone. You open your favorite app. Nothing has changed since you last did this 10 minutes ago, but you kind of forgot that you’d just done this. So, you open a different app… but
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. -Dale Carnegie- Another opportunity is here to present a topic that is essential in the field of investigating, auditing, and definitely interviewing. Any topic I address is targeted at our work life, but the applicability of this topic and most I write about transcends our entire existence. Everyone experiences self-doubt
Everyone has dreams, but not everyone makes their dreams into goals. You may have a few of these too. In the realm of interviewing, be it investigations, auditing, compliance or wherever you find yourself, do you dream and imagine things but seldom accomplish them? Do you ever make them goals? Part of establishing goals is effective planning and I have
Good communication is essential across the board in life. Some of these skills and our comfort with them have waned in the wake of COVID-19. The need for effective communication applies at work, but any relationship benefits from well-thought out, executed communication. We also know from the world of interviewing that consistency and credibility are essential to optimize results. This
Over my career in investigations and auditing, I have witnessed many colleagues and supervisors where passion did not appear to exist. Maybe they were passionate about something, but it got left at the door when it came to their work. Without that passion, I believe we are at best, mediocre. Lack of passion takes the zest out of life. It
When it comes to the business of investigations, auditing, compliance, inspections and human resources, decisions are a consistent part or our work experience whether in the rank and file or in leadership positions. Honing the ability to make good ones is essential. Part of that is minimizing the bad ones, which is what we will examine now. Think about your