Talent Market – 2021 Year End Review

The talent market has been in overdrive for much of 2021 and...

Interesting Times for Tech Talent

Consulting firm Statista recently reported that prior to the...

Why Selecting Leaders is So Difficult in Practice – Reason #6: Executives Lack Self-awareness

Simply stated, self-awareness matters. The more one...

Why Selecting Leaders is So Difficult in Practice – Reason #5: Companies Misunderstand Corporate Culture

Organizations hire executives to either fit into their...

Why Selecting Leaders is So Difficult in Practice – Reason #4: Context Kills

Context is the set of conditions that defines a particular...

Why Selecting Leaders is So Difficult in Practice – Reason #3: Companies Obsess Over the Destination While Overlooking the Journey

The most common variety of this tendency is when...

Why Selecting Leaders is So Difficult in Practice – Reason #2: Companies Reflexively Seek Balm for the Immediate Pain

Home Depot, the GAP, and Starbucks are all examples of...

Why Selecting Leaders is So Difficult in Practice – Reason #1: Companies Often Don’t Really Know What They Need

Most selection systems work best in steady state situations....

Why Selecting Leaders is So Difficult in Practice

Consider the following actual quotations pulled from the...