Thank you!

You know how to spot a weak candidate.

But who's watching you?

Every person you interview.  The way you behave is often the tipping point to whether the headlining superstar or solid role player speaking to you about joining your team - will be inspired, or keep looking for another career opportunity…

The hiring manager at Crestwood Terra - I'll call her Diane - met me in the lobby with the energy of someone who was excited about finishing an important task.

"You're going to love her," Diane said, handing me a resume in a manila folder as we walked to the conference room.  "Sharp.  Experienced.  Great references.  Tom did the technical screen last week and said she nailed it."…

Not every candidate who walks into your hiring tryout arrives with confidence.

Some arrive with talent - and baggage.

Before you make an offer, you need to know the difference between healthy humility and insecurity that will quietly damage your team…

A new Egon Zehnder study published in Harvard Business Review surveyed more than 500 senior revenue-driving leaders worldwide - CMOs, Chief Revenue Officers, Chief Commercial Officers - across every major industry.

Their finding?  Only 29% of companies surveyed achieved rapid growth, defined as top-line revenue increases exceeding 10%.

Twenty-nine percent…

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Charlie Munger identified Liking/Loving Tendency as the #2 psychological force in human misjudgment.

His point:  The people and ideas we admire shape us - for better or worse.  We tend to ignore the faults of those we love, favor people and ideas associated with them, and distort facts to protect our high opinion of them…