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How To Spend The Hours Right Before An Interview

Have you ever felt prepared for an interview only to undermine that confidence in the hours or minutes before it starts?

Sadly, many people don’t manage this time well.

In this video, I share some common mistakes people make and some useful habits that will prepare you mentally, emotionally, and physically to do your best. 

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Are You Sabotaging Your Efforts To Get Hired?

Unfortunately, many people self-sabotage in interviews.

What’s more discouraging is many of them are completely unaware of how they do so.

In this video, I help you increase your chance of getting hired by getting inside the head of an interviewer to understand the psychology of what’s really going on.  

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Why Recording Your Interview Prep Is Essential

Do you video record your interview preparation?

Most people don’t and that fact keeps them from preparing properly for interviews that can change their life.

In today’s video, I share three reasons you need to record yourself as you prepare for your interview to increase your chances of delivering a memorable performance.

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How To Avoid Awkward Interview Silence

Have you ever had an interviewer staring at you without saying anything after you finished an answer?

As uncomfortable as that is, there is a way to prevent it and increase your interview success.

In this video, I discuss how to avoid uncomfortable silences.

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Why Studying DURING An Interview Is Critical

To help the increasing number of our brothers and sisters whose jobs are in jeopardy or lost, we’ll focus our posts on interviewing, until further notice.

Have you ever squandered precious seconds of an interview – decreasing your chances of being the successful candidate?

Not sure if you have or not? 

In today’s video, I share an underutilized strategy that promises to improve your interview performance.

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How To Value Everyone’s Voice

Have you ever attended a team meeting and little was accomplished? Maybe some people even left with hard feelings?

We all probably have, and what that experience exposed was most likely poor leadership of the meeting.

Multi-generational teams challenge leaders more than ever before because of their diverse perspectives and work styles.

In this week’s video, I share how to manage the dismissiveness that can occur on multi-generational teams.

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How To Lead Without Having The Authority

As a panel member at the 2019 Georgia Environmental Conference, I was asked, “How is leadership accomplished when you do not have real authority?”

I discuss the leaders I’ve met who have a leadership title but have no clue about leadership.

I also brag about the untitled leaders who display superb leadership qualities – what I call Blimp Worthy Leadership!

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How To Lead The Next Gens Gifts And Gaps

As a panel member at the 2019 Georgia Environmental Conference, I was asked the question, “How do you lead the next generation of hopefuls?”

Having recently updated my presentation on Generational similarities and differences titled Leadership For A Changing Workforce, I was excited to share my answer.

In my next post, I’ll answer the question, “How is leadership accomplished when you do not have real authority?”

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How Leaders Can Learn From Sports Coaches

As a panel member at the 2019 Georgia Environmental Conference, I was asked the question, “Where do you think you have gained the most guidance in your leadership style?”

I share how I believe business leaders can learn a thing or two from sports, and what I learned in sports that guides my leadership!

In my next post, I’ll answer the question, “How do you lead the next generation of hopefuls?”

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Have You The Courage To Lead With Integrity?

I was recently asked by David Mook of the Centergy Group to participate in a panel discussion on Leadership at the 2019 Georgia Environmental Conference.

We were asked 4 questions – the first of which was, “What is the most basic tenet of leadership in today’s world?”

I share my answer to that question in this video and my answers to the additional three in my next three posts.

My answer to the first question may just challenge you!

In my next post, I answer the question, “Where do you think you have gained the most guidance in your leadership style?”

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Share The LOVE Sale Event

Heather and I truly appreciate the LOVE you show us by subscribing to our newsletter and YouTube channel and leaving comments, likes, and shares.

To show our appreciation, we’re offering you a 20% discount on our most popular online course – Performance Enhancing Feedback.

This course teaches leaders how to deliver and receive performance feedback.

The discount extends through the end of February 2020.

Click here to view the package options, select your preferred package, and enter the discount code LOVE2020 to receive your course.

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Interview STAR Method: Improvement #2

In my last post, I shared my first of two improvements to the STAR Method for answering behavioral interview questions.

If you have not watched the video titled Interview STAR Method: Improvement #1, please do so now, as today’s improvement incorporates and builds upon that improvement.

Today I’ve got a second improvement for you.

When answering an interview question you want to accomplish two ends: answer it completely AND find ways to use the question to your benefit.

This means going beyond what the question asks and including information that is on your “must say this before the interview is over” list.

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Interview STAR Method: Improvement #1

Today I want to share an improvement to the STAR Method for answering behavioral interview questions.

The STAR method has existed for a very long time and is the most accepted method.

For those of you who may not be familiar with this approach, STAR is an acronym that stands for:

  •  ituation you are facing
  • T  ask needing to be performed
  • A  ction taken
  • R  esult achieved

While it is the most accepted approach, it has an inherent problem.

This problem keeps answers from being as interesting and engaging as they are capable of being.

It also keeps them from holding the interviewer’s attention as much as they could – if designed differently.

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We’re back

After a crazy, longer than expected break from posting content, we’re ready to start posting again.

I’ll tell you all about it in the accompanying video.

You’ll also notice a change in the newsletter format – with a greater emphasis on video content and less on the written portion.

This change will allow us to post more content – in the format you told us you prefer.

As learning is shifting its emphasis from classroom training to online, we’re keeping pace and recently finished our first online training course, Performance Enhancing Feedback.

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Interview Answers That Impress

I’ve taught interviewing, from both sides of the table, for over 40 years. While the process has evolved, the need for writing and delivering answers that impress the interviewer remains as important as ever.

I’ve simplified the process to six essential steps.

In written form, the steps seem simple to follow, and they are. Unfortunately, from the thousands of interviews I’ve witnessed, “simple to follow” does not always translate into “followed,” and it’s easy to identify who prepared properly and who did not.

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The Most Powerful Message I Ever Heard

Several months ago, in the 2018 Goal setting newsletter, I suggested being focused and selective with your time. Lately, I was wondering what you focus on and pay the most attention to these days.

What do you listen to the most?

  • Talk radio
  • TV
  • Movies / Videos
  • Music
  • Friends talking
  • Other

Second question: is the message primarily

  • Positive, negative or neutral
  • Optimistic or pessimistic
  • Encouraging or discouraging
  • Educational or nonsensical

Your answers are important because how you feel daily is being shaped by what you listen to. What you focus on will increase in your life and be reflected in your attitude and actions.

The research on the importance of focus is deep and compelling.

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The Secret To Keeping Conversations On Track

What the heck happened? I don’t understand! You gotta be kidding me! I didn’t expect that to happen! That’s not the way that was supposed to turn out!

Have you ever felt that way after a conversation?

If you’ve ever gotten into a conversation expecting it to go well only to have it spin out of control and end badly, you will be interested in learning about the feedback loop.

Understanding and utilizing the feedback loop will help keep your conversations on track.

In the accompanying video, I explain this visual communication tool, and how doing the right things keeps a conversation on track, and doing the wrong things derails it. Keys points shown are

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