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Illiterate But Technically Literate?

This discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners’ souls, because they will not use their memories; they will trust to the external written characters and not remember of themselves. The specific which you have discovered is an aid not to memory, but to reminiscence, and you give your disciples not truth, but only the semblance of truth; they will be hearers of many things and will have learned nothing; they will appear to… Read More »Illiterate But Technically Literate?

The Three Essential Key Elements for a Great Hire

Quality of Hire as a metric receives a lot of attention. Theories abound about the importance of QoH and how to measure it. There are 998 different theories about QoH. That number (that I just made up) is about as real as most of the discussion. There are consulting firms who specialize in fixing the QoH situation, there are software programs that will allow users to simply plug in numbers and get a calculated QoH,… Read More »The Three Essential Key Elements for a Great Hire

Making Leadership Memories

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Reflection on past jobs, past bosses and past relationships shines a spotlight on the stage from which we live out our lives. Using what is referred to commonly as “20/20 Hindsight” we profit from mistakes and move on. Seldom do we in the moment think that we are making memories. We are only experiencing the present and memories are to be formed somewhere in the future. How different our learning would be if we profited… Read More »Making Leadership Memories

Life Checker

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I love it when I can write with impunity because I know that a spell checker will jump to my rescue and make it look like I can actually spell. If I choose to use a syntax checker I can fix my grammar inconsistencies and make my writing more coherent. Sending text messages can be benefited greatly by auto-correction when it helps fat fingers on a tiny touchscreen turn gibberish into sensible language. On the… Read More »Life Checker

Beyond Recruiter Excellence – Part 3: Personal Add-ons

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I have used the analogy of software add-ons to describe how we can take excellence, add something that is not part of the original design and improve the product. Some recruiter add-ons are professional in nature and there is not much of a stretch to dovetail them into the main characteristics of the profession. They fit like a glove, but are not absolutely necessary for excellence. Other add-ons are environmental in nature and even though… Read More »Beyond Recruiter Excellence – Part 3: Personal Add-ons