Once a blue moon, a person is hired, and something special emerges. An employee that radically defines what "right" looks like. Their job performance is so surreal and proficient, they are basically a savant. Years after they depart, people still talk about what they did right, and how they acutely shaped something important to the company.
Read MoreIf you only had my upbringing to make an assumption about me. That assumption would not be right as to who I am today. If you met me in person, you would have a different theory of me politically based on the subject at hand. It would be a different assumption.
Read MoreDiversity, inclusion, and acceptance. They are all hot topics these days, as is the conversation around Unconscious Bias. Truth be told, this subject I am talking about today? It's the reason I started writing my podcasts scripts.
Read MoreEmployee motivation. It's the number two topic it seems. You see, right now it's the "thing" to talk about culture and culture fit. We are priming the pump with "culture, culture, culture." Then we hire people, and they might fit the culture, but they aren't motivated to do the job… what happened?
Read MoreHave you ever looked at a SPECT Brain Scan? I recently had my child's brain scanned. She insisted I do a podcast on her brain. At first I wasn't sure that it would be relevant. But as I put the pieces together about what makes her brain act differently than mine, a lot of things make sense to me about how to be a better manager and mentor.
Read MoreTranscript - 011 - Candidate attraction has basically turned into a defensive formation, and candidate applications have taken on a defensive formation as well. Lots of virtual tackling is happening. But…. who has the ball? And how can anyone possibly score?
Read MoreThe Rebellious Recruiter - Transcript 008 - Crappy resumes often belong to star performers. Let’s talk about why that happens.
Read MoreHere’s the transcript for Episode 005 - I’m just as guilty of, what I call, “Fly-by-Leadership” as everyone else. Let’s talk about what this means for your business.
Read More"Curiosity killed the cat. Satisfaction brought it back."
How many times have we said this nursery rhyme? We all know it. But what is the implications in business, especially when you have to build a team, and build it effectively.
Read MoreWhen I tell random people that I train companies how to recruit, the same random people tell me about awful interview experiences. It’s getting to the point that being surprised is a normal state for me.
Read MoreIf you are an employer, and you are making candidates jump through hoops just to merely apply and be considered for a position, it’s very likely you are the emotional equivalent of being the Tinder of employers.
Read MoreThere is a concept out there, called spray and pray. Spray and pray is when an employer posts a super long job description, with way too much information, and it is posted on every available site out there. In effect, spraying their job everywhere, and praying it works.
Read MoreNot awful, but it’s a lazy question. A question most interviewers ask, without really knowing why they want the information. Given that the average tenure of most employees is around two years, it should be more important to know what will happen over the next two years should you hire a person.
Read More“What’s the funniest thing that happened to you at work?” I’ll admit it, I’ve used it, several times. I guess I needed to make sure it wasn’t working. And it doesn’t.
Read MorePersonally, I think there is a big problem asking a person to liken themselves to a tool. You are asking a person to boil their personality down to that of an inanimate object, that costs money, can break, can be thrown away, and replaced. But I digress.
Read MoreI started waiting tables at 16 years of age. I got the job because my father was an active duty Air Force Officer. My dad was also an instructor in his field of work. I learned a lot about leadership having casual conversations with my father as a teen.
So my father and I recently talked about training.
Read MoreThis is a sneak preview of a monster multi-part topic.
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This is where you’ll find information that will help you build solid teams and great people operations plans. Hi, I’m Daava (pronounced DAY-vuh). I’ve spent the last 20 years helping companies build robust teams. I’ve learned a lot, made some mistakes, had a lot of successes, and now I want to help you grow your business.
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