Leadership Law II – Read the cover letter – throw away the resume
March 21, 2009 by Sally E Smith · Leave a Comment
Since past behavior predicts future behavior, look for the candidate’s behavior “patterns.” The new AGE leader will collect information of a different type. Knowing that training and education is life long and is much more the responsibility of the progressive leader today than that of past employers and job experiences, the focus is turning back to the basics. Knowledge and job experience has a short shelf life but values, character and behavior is preset by the time a team member joins the business. No longer is simply knowing what someone has done good enough. The new AGE leader wants to know who their people are, and how they walk their talk. By listening to how the candidate responds to your questions, “Tell me who you are? What you are proud of? “How have you overcome problems?” they will be able to get a very good idea of what their behavior will be like in the future.
The World Is Up for Grabs
March 11, 2009 by Sally E Smith · Leave a Comment
The days of predictability, static processes and plans, linear and logical thoughts are over. This is our time to capture new ways of doing everything, new vocabularies that tell the story, and learning environments to attempt to stay current.
Think of our past schooling, economic theory, having “enough” money, financial planning, product life cycles, the role of the Federal Reserve, and on and on.
What will the handbook on life and business contain? What knowledge, skills and theory will it have for the reader?
It seems this current world belongs to the creative innovators who are comfortable with ambiguity and challenges. We are in a world of “real time” processing – adjusting our navigational system as life happens to eventually dock at that future destination of reaching our dreams and goals. Being in the moment takes on new meaning and certainly is appropriate as a Standard Operating Procedure.
In “present time” processing, our world can be assembled and rearranged on a regular basis, making small correctional adjustments to bring our tasks in on target, only to began again, day after day…staying in alignment and following the path events create.