Last week we talked about evidence-based practices to conduct more effective interviews, and I asked you to do a New Year’s self-assessment to identify changes necessary to your repertoire. Did you, do it??? Hmmm? Well, guess what? More self-assessment today on our use of persuasion vs influence
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“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.”— Mother Teresa The last two weeks we examined the use of words in the interview room, both by the interviewer and interviewee. We looked at the importance of active listening to that person sitting across
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“By words we learn thoughts, and by thoughts we learn life.”—Jean Baptiste Girard Last week we looked at our need to be evidence-based in our approach to interviewing. This would mandate stepping away from a non-verbal emphasis on detecting deception to a greater focus on verbal deception
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Empathy has no script. There is no right way or wrong way to do it. It’s simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message “you’re not alone.” – Brene Brown When it comes to interviewing, we must keep fear paramount in
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“Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance.” – Albert Einstein A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a list of qualities that we don’t want to see in our leaders. As I wrote it, I reflected on the similarities to the communication weaknesses that also plague
Read more →“Trust is the glue of life. It is the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” – Stephen R. Covey – Welcome to the third in a series of blogs exploring relationships. In the first we looked at building strong
Read more →Everywhere you look nowadays there is advice on how to strive, beat the competition, be happy, successful, wealthy, thin, married to your soul-mate, have perfect kids, balance work, and life, win the marathon and then come home and make the perfect dinner. In other words, how to
Read more →“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”― Roy T. Bennett How important is gratitude and affirmations in interviewing? Have you even considered these
Read more →“Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they are yours.” – Richard Bach – There is nothing more crippling than losing your confidence. Without confidence, everything gets harder. You struggle to concentrate. Tasks feel overwhelming. If you stay there, you’ll even find a more long-term emotional impact, where
Read more →Are you getting the results you desire in your life (be it professional or personal)? Do you fully understand why you have (or haven’t) achieved them, or have you even considered it? The Iceberg Model could contain the answer. As you consider the Iceberg Model, think about
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