by RoelfW | Jul 25, 2018 | Developing Talent: E-Learning, Life Long Learner, Soft (People) Skills, Talent Management (HR)
Human beings, unless they engage in the careful, systematic work and thinking that is the backbone of modern psychology, basically understand others by thinking others are like themselves. We project our inner experience on those around us. Our internal experience is...
by RoelfW | Jul 19, 2018 | Business Dynamics, Life Long Learner, Managerial Effectiveness, Organizational Effectiveness, Social Leadership, Soft (People) Skills
Many human abilities are as much instinctive as thoughtful. Excellence at work requires thought rather than just responding instinctively. You Cannot Get Away from Tens of Thousands of Years of Evolution as Tribal Beings More and more, modern research is showing how...
by RoelfW | Jul 18, 2018 | Business Dynamics, Life Long Learner, Recruiting Effectiveness, Talent Management (HR)
Interview resume-based recruiting is all about “good enough” hiring, not future performance excellence on-the-job. Talk-based Recruiting Persists The academic research is clear – talk during recruiting interviews is not correlated with eventual final candidate...
by RoelfW | Jul 12, 2018 | Business, Soft (People) Skills, Managing, Leading, Older-Life-Long-Learner Posts, Society and Social Dynamics
If interpersonal behavior on-the-job does not change as a result of training, the money spent on it is wasted. Most of the money spent on organizations on Interpersonal or soft skill training is therefore wasted. Very little interpersonal behavior training leads to...
by RoelfW | Jul 9, 2018 | Business Dynamics, Life Long Learner, Managing Talented People, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent Management (HR)
Performance appraisal is a waste of time if you are looking for business results. My History with Performance Appraisal Our evolved instinctive approaches to living in tribes makes power-based interpersonal relationships very much part of the way that we work...