I have the privilege of working with a number of business owners and senior managers as they grow their companies.
Often a company will reach a certain level and then plateau. Try as they might, they can't get past the ceiling. These barriers often occur around the $20 million, $100 million, $500 million and $2 billion in revenue levels.
These plateaus occur for many complex reasons.
How effective are you at interviewing job candidates?
Recently I read Intuition, Its Powers and Perils by David G. Myers. Very entertaining read. It is a more rigorous version of Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell. Whereas Blink was full of stories and human interest, Intuition quotes the research. This happens to be a style of book that I thoroughly enjoy. Myers fills the pages with references to the original research while developing his argument.
Myers has a chapter on recruitment in which he presents the interview illusion (so called by Richard Nisbett). The interview illusion is the self-deception that managers and recruiters are able to read people well during an interview.
Myers present four reasons for the interview illusion and these are relevant warnings for anyone involved in recruitment.
Last night I gave an evening presentation titled, "Survive and Win: Building Your Career through both the Upturns and Downturns".
When the economy goes down, the chances of losing your job go up. How do you protect your job in a climate of cost cutting and reductions? The smart ones take proactive steps to protect their jobs. This presentation will show you how. The smart ones also realise that an economic downturn will provide many opportunities to advance their careers.
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