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Technical skills are often a reason you hire someone-but that’s just the beginning.  The real challenge is having new hires adapt those skills to your business context.  Onboarding is not checking off what they know. It is guiding them to apply their expertise in ways that drive your company forward. From drills to the game…

*Upon request, this month I will give you one worksheet and walk you through how to use it over the following weeks Over the years, I’ve seen a few onboarding errors pop up again and again: What do you know What do all these issues have in common?  They’re all about knowledge—either too much, too…

*Upon request, this month I will give you one worksheet and walk you through how to use it over the following weeks Hiring is not only about values and principles.  There is also technical skill to consider.  The question is:  which technical abilities are essential from day one, and which can be developed on the…

*Upon request, this month I will give you one worksheet and walk you through how to use it over the following weeks Two sets of guiding principles: one for the company, one for the role.  But how do you make them the same, yet different?  They serve different purposes, and describe different things. What are…

*Upon request, this month I will give you one worksheet and walk you through how to use it over the following weeks I like to turn company values into guiding principles. In other words, clear, actionable behaviors that prove those values. Last week’s worksheet has two spaces for guiding principles. Why two? Guiding principles for…

*Upon request, this month I will give you one worksheet and walk you through how to use it over the following weeks When it comes to hiring, most people fall into one of three camps: Hiring approach These instincts aren’t wrong—but relying on just one can lead to trouble. Hiring balance The truth is you…