Sublime

Maling Sense of People [Décoder les gens] de Sam Barondes a eu un fort impact sur ma façon de penser et j’offre parfois un exemplaire de ce livre à un candidat en cours d’embauche.

The other tenet I believe in steadfastly is “Know thyself.” It’s such an old adage—a Delphic maxim, even!—that people disagree on which ancient coined the phrase. It may be counterintuitive to say that leadership, management, and company building all start with self-awareness, but I strongly believe that to be the case. Self-awareness is the most i

Bill cannot think of an activity that turns off more brain cells than tribal affiliation 

I always ask my respondents to tell me what their three strongest attributes are, why they feel they are suited to the position, and what their biggest success to date has been. You’d be surprised at how many people find this so intimidating that they drop out then and there. They deselect themselves, which is the aim of this exercise.

we each have identities we claim. We look to others to grant those identities. When we don’t get that affirmation, we feel threatened, which is stressful, and we do things we would not normally do. Under self-threat, we become less of the good people we mean to be.

Only 10 percent of all referrals were found to be cases where technical considerations or “results” were given as the reason for the referral. Fully 90 percent of all the reasons given for referrals were related to the relationship issues discussed above.