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When Hiring, it's Behaviors

2009-07-09T11:35:45-07:00

Personality versus Behavior – two distinct aspects of a person which overlap but also can stand completely separate, and at times may even seem to contradict each other.

Think: the nicest person, who behaves in a totally inappropriate way..... Be it in their level of responsibility, conscientiousness, coachability, etc.

When hiring, personality will be what you experience in the interview; friendliness, sense of humor, manner of speaking, etc..... Behaviors will be the influencers of action that take place in response to outside stimulus; in other words, when the pressure is on.

Identify before the selection process begins “What kind of behaviors are necessary to be successful in the position(s) being filled?” and "What are the behaviors we need to see from this candidate six months from now, when all the new-is-through?”

Styles Assessments and Hiring

2009-06-29T09:15:59-07:00

A question came to me recently about "styles" assessment use for making hiring decsions. I turned to my friend Dr. Wendell Williams for the answer.

To be legally defensible, ANY hiring test has to:
1) be based on a professional job analysis
2) be required by both job and business necessity
3) be backed with a professional study showing scores accurately predict job performance…

In my experience, style tests cannot do this …Neither can separating people into groups and looking for dominant group styles (the problem is that successful and unsuccessful people often have the same styles)

Bottom Line…style tests are OK for communication workshops, but rarely, if ever, can they accurately predict job performance.

Developing Your Employee's Behavioral Performance

2009-06-25T11:41:50-07:00

It’s interesting to note that behavioral change in a downward spiral can happen very quickly. Problems at work, bad management practices, lack of communication, family issues, general stress, all can take a quick toll on one’s behaviors and performance results.

On the flip side, positive change (behavioral modification) is a slow and sometimes daunting process. What do they say, “It takes 21 days to learn a new habit”? And reality is for that new habit to really stick, it often takes months if not years to fully move into a new, desired way of behaving.

Why is the downward spiral so much quicker and quite honestly easier?

When coaching or working with employees it is important to remember that change takes time..... it is a process. People who have suffered through bad management, uncertainty at work, pressures at home, need time to develop or re-develop their behavioral equilibrium.

If you are using behavioral assessments as part of your training & development/coaching program help employees set short, mid, and long range goals for their desired behavioral outcomes. Work with them to identify specific actions that will help them develop the desired behavior(s) into a positive pattern.

Identify where behavioral change needs to happen

Articulate and record an outline of desired outcomes

Communicate action steps for achieving

Set accountability measures towards success

Emotional Sway

2009-06-17T12:24:16-07:00

Do you have friends who you sincerely enjoy, but that you would not want working for you? I do....

One of the least favorite things I can hear from a client during the screening process, and before we have assessed the candidate is, "I really like this person.... I mean I really like this person" and then go on to tell me how "nice" they are, how easy they are to get along with, how funny they are, etc.

Understand it is all very well to get along well with people in general, rapport is important, but when assessing and interviewing it is of paramount importance to remain as objective as you possibly can throughout the process. It is so easy to be swayed by emotion but please always keep in mind, the goal is to hire the best candidate for the position and this may in some cases not be the one that you personally "like" the best.

Howard Adamsky said it well, "Recruiting is not a profession that lends itself well to cronyism as it colors one’s judgment" and many candidates, although they are likable people, will not be a successful fit for the work you need them to do.

Set the standard and then hold the course. You won't regret it three months later.

Endurance

2009-06-11T15:58:59-07:00

This clip came over today from Winslow at Winslow Research... Read his comments below and then watch.

When I viewed the following video I thought of our trait of "Endurance." The young man in this video is the epitome of Endurance. He definitely would receive a score of 10 in Endurance, in his Winslow Report . . . only because there is no higher score.

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