“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
Read more →“Victims declare, “The world is responsible for me,” and never do anything to better their quality of life.”― Henry Cloud Has anybody else noticed the rise in the victim mentality in recent years? Has anyone identified that rise with a corresponding rise in narcissistic behavior? Coupled with this
Read more →“Develop an attitude of gratitude. Say thank you to everyone you meet for everything they do for you.”– Brian Tracy We are well past Thanksgiving, a holiday that is not paid the reverence it should be. But that time of year should not be the only time
Read more →I am convinced that one of the keys to success in the 21st century depends on well-developed critical thinking skills. We talked a couple of weeks ago about active listening, one of the stumbling blocks to effective interviews if not done well. We need to hone those
Read more →“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” -Mark Twain- I don’t know about you, but early on in my career the subject of bias was rarely if ever discussed. Now, I hear about
Read more →If you are in the business of doing interviews in investigations, audits, inspections, compliance, or the human resources arena decision making is a foundational part of your profession. However, the skill-set of well-thought-out decisions based on empirical evidence seems to be waning. All too often we see
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