Insights
Read or watch articles relating to leadership, candidate selection, unconscious biases, and D&I hiring. Most video are around ten minutes long. All articles are adapted from the book, The CEO’s Greatest Asset – The Art and Science of Landing Leaders, written by our founder, Fraser Hill.
Consciously Overcoming Unconscious Bias
Is the Harvard University test, the Implicit Association Test (IAT) right to be telling us all about our unconscious prejudices? Are we identifying and combating our unconscious biases the right way? This article aims to shed some light on the lesser discussed facts relating to unconscious bias.
Why D&I Hiring Is Harmed By Anonymous Resumes
In recent years software that redacts diversity indicators like gender and race have been touted as a solution to better D&I hiring, but, in fact, the opposite is true. There couldn’t be anything more damaging to diversity than not knowing who the candidates are in the first place.
New Leadership Trait Research From 1700 Interviews
Fortune 500 companies often use thirty or more so-called traits to assess leaders. Are these really all traits, though? In order for us to have a fairer and more equitable leadership assessment, we need a simpler approach. This research with over 1700 leadership interviews, has the answers.
Developing Leadership Intuition
Does leadership intuition exist? If it does, how do we define it? Is it useful, or is it just corrupting our decision making like our unconscious biases allegedly do? This article aims to bring some useful insights from the scientific community as it relates to intuition and leadership decision making.
How Competency Interviews Are Failing DE&I Hiring
Competency interviews, still used by most companies, are doing nothing for the DE&I agenda. Different interviewers are asking different questions, with different agendas and biases. Competency questions are simply not fit for purpose yet are still the main interview approach. This has to change.
Creativity Eats Culture For Breakfast
The brilliant Peter Druker once famously said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Great cultures cannot survive without great ideas and innovation, though. This article looks at the big five personality trait, openness, and how it’s linked to success in the workplace.