Do your interview questions need a refresh? Situational interview questions ask about a time that a candidate demonstrated a skill in the past. These are valuable, but since we know that often people exaggerate their work during an interview, these can only be verified in a thorough reference check. Instead, situational interview questions assess a candidate’s capability and readiness to complete tasks in the future. To ensure that you are hiring the right fit for your team, add in some scenario based leadership interview questions. Read on and you will find out how to write them for your specific team, and examples that you can use as is, or modify for your hiring needs.
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It’s not what you say, it’s the art of how you say it. Art? Yes, language and tone is a powerful tool to persuade action as a leader. By choosing your words carefully and paying close attention to tone, you control your messaging. Through this careful messaging, you can persuade and change how people view you and your leadership. Read below to learn some powerful and persuasive words to use as a leader.
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Just to make your leadership more of a challenge, you get to lead Generations X, Y, and Z. Since I’m sure you have not been managing from under a rock, you have likely heard that there are generational differences at play in your workplace. There is the theory they these groups have different motivations and work styles that are not always compatible with each other. They actually are not so different – here is how to use these generational similarities to lead in the workplace.
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Do you want to be by your teams side when they succeed, or be the reason that they fail? By being an inspiring leader, you let your team know what’s possible and you can be a shining example. Staff respond better to a leader who is willing to get their hands dirty and feel that their leader is ready to battle along with them. Leaders achieve this response through their leadership authenticity and leading by example. While many leaders aspire to this status, they fall short because they do not realize what a powerful leadership tool it is to have your staff emulate your examples. To find out how you can achieve this, below are a list of questions to ask yourself as a leader to find out if you lead by example.
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The employee self appraisal or self evaluations are an important section of a performance appraisal. It provides insight on the employee’s perspective on their performance. Not only does it provide insight on how the employee feels that they are doing, these comments provide opportunities to ask follow-up questions to have a real conversation. What happens when the employee is completely out of touch with how they are performing or their future at the organization? Read on to find out conversation prompts for your face to face performance appraisal and how to provide feedback on employee self assessment comments – good AND bad.
Continue reading “How to Provide Feedback on Employee Self Assessment Comments”Essential Stay Interview Questions to Retain Staff
How do you keep your awesome employees from thinking about leaving? A stay interview is a staff retention tool to find out why staff may be thinking of leaving. The stay interview format is a series of targeted questions to find out what you can do better as an employer to come up with actionable plans for improvement. Here are examples of essential stay interview questions to retain staff.
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