Hiring and Retaining the Best and the Brightest Colle Davis, a Senior Executive Coach The common refrain from leaders today is, “I only want the best candidate for the job.” True, but that premise has an interesting flaw built into it. How does a company find qualified candidates to transition and assimilate into their new …
What Do You Bring to The Table? – by Colle Davis Visualize yourself standing before a metaphoric mirror and ask your image, “What do you bring to the table?” If you’re reading MyCoach’s Notes today, you already have a deep set of skills. It’s my guess you have talents, abilities, and contacts you’ve built up …
Labor Shortage? Hire Old People– by Coach Colle’s Office Colle bias reveal: I am an older gent. Many of my clients are also older, meaning over 45, and I’m drawing from over three decades of executive coaching experience; older is a better value proposition. When you have openings and want to shorten the transition time …
Interview Skills and Tricks– by Coach Colle Davis The person who interviews you for a prospective job may have been through their typical interview process hundreds of times while you may have a couple of dozen interviews in your entire working career. The interviewer is far better prepared and holds all the cards, but wait, …
Whose Job Do You Want?by Coach Colle Davis There are a lucky few who have the job they want and love. Most of them are entrepreneurs; others happen to be in the position that is perfect for them at this point in their lives. If you are not in this small happy group, whose job …
Playing Your Gameby Colle Davis, Executive Coach You’ve chosen your game, and you have enough information and guts to at least play the game. So, now what? If you’re committed to success, commit to the game that you have chosen with your time, energy, heart, soul, and mind, and be willing to do whatever it …
Your Mouth Gets Hired By Coach Colle Davis Diversity is the Holy Grail, the corporate goal, the hot topic and the true religion of organizations today. With strong leadership and support, money, training, a company has the girders in place to create a diverse workforce. Yes, we need a broad array of people with different …