by Jim Schleckser | Feb 18, 2020 | Talent
The 1 percent solution. In his bestselling book, The Advantage, Patrick Lencioni stresses that the only real competitive advantage any organization has is its ability to learn. And the faster your organization learns, the bigger and faster your competitive advantage...
by Jim Schleckser | Dec 14, 2019 | Talent
It’s easy to be impressed by a big resume — but you’ll make a fatal hiring decision if you aren’t careful. I can’t tell you how many times I have talked to an entrepreneur who, when they were on the verge of making their first senior...
by Jim Schleckser | Dec 3, 2019 | Talent
It’s a high-risk answer — you want to get it right. One of the most unfair questions you can be asked during a job interview is: What salary were you expecting? This question is not only potentially unethical, but it also violates one of the cardinal rules...
by Jim Schleckser | Aug 22, 2019 | Talent
W.L Gore lets you pick your title and everyone is happier One of the things that we’re tempted to do in the early days of a business is to hand out titles. That’s especially true when you’re limited in how much money you can spend even as you try and...
by Jim Schleckser | Aug 2, 2019 | Talent
Whoa and Giddy up Can Tell You Everything In my various roles leading organizations over the years, I came up with a management concept that I found to be incredibly valuable. It came down to asking myself a particular question when it came to my employees. The...
by Jim Schleckser | Jun 2, 2019 | Culture, Decision Making, Delegation, HR, Leadership, Talent
One of the fundamental management tenants I have used in my career, something I originally first learned from one my large and successful customers, is that you don’t want to have two managers in a row that don’t know. Let me explain what I mean by that....
