In most hiring situations, the first time a candidate comes across the radar of a business is when the job seeker submits a resume to the HR department or HR representative. If the applicant appears to check all of the necessary boxes - an impressive education, and years of employment that indicate how the candidate has acquired experience and demonstrated expertise with the requisite skills - then the applicant is brought in for an interview.
Hiring for Cultural Fit: What it Does and Does Not Mean
Topics: Balanced, Belong, Believe, Accountable, Heard, Developed, Measured
[Podcast Recap] How to Transform Organizational Culture with the 7 Question - 7 Promise Framework
Walt Brown joined host Ralph Brogden as a guest on the Rebelpreneur Radio interview segment titled How to Transform Organizational Culture With the 7 Question - 7 Promise Framework.
Topics: Podcast Recaps
Your Organization is a Fiction, and That’s a Good Thing
To conceive of their businesses as fictional entities is a difficult task for several business leaders to engage in, and for a very good reason. After all, the buildings, desks, chairs, computers, logos and employees are certainly very real, and far from fictional. So, in what way are we suggesting that all organizations are fictional?
6 Reasons Why Your Company Has The Wrong Core Values
In order for your organization to transform into a Patient Organization through utilization of the 7 Question - 7 Promise Framework, it is essential for you to identify and codify the real core values of your business. If you have already taken the steps to establish core values for your company, you are undoubtedly on the scent, we want to make sure you are on the correct path. Unfortunately, there is a strong possibility that the core values of your company have been misidentified, and if this has happened, the effects can be disastrous when it comes to solidifying the culture of your company and summarily applying those values to your organization’s hiring and firing practices.
Topics: Belong
[Podcast Recap] The Best Way to Empower Employees w/ Walt Brown
Bruce Marable invited Walt Brown to be the first guest of the new decade on The Employee Cycle Podcast in an episode titled “The Best Way to Empower Employees.”
Topics: Podcast Recaps
7 Steps to Creating Proper Balance in Your Organization
When it comes to balance in the workplace, several different explanations are employed to describe what it means, and many of these definitions are correct in one respect or another. In fact, the most complete description of workplace balance incorporates multiple elements from the popular definitions of balance. This ultimately means true employee balance combines considerations of work-life balance with opportunities for thought and reflection within the workplace, while also understanding that keeping employees productive is not immutably connected with keeping employees in motion.
Topics: Balanced, Belong, Believe, Accountable, Heard, Developed, Measured
[Podcast Recap] The How of Business # 285: Developing Great Team Players w/ Walt Brown
Walt Brown had a discussion with Henry Lopez on the 285th episode of The How of Business. The title of the show is Developing Great Team Players, which is an essential component of the 7 Question - 7 Promise Framework.
Topics: Podcast Recaps
5 Signs Your Business Suffers From The Millennial Myth
If you own a business and have been hiring employees with regularity, you are probably well aware of the incursion of the Millennial generation upon the workforce. Millennials are rapidly coming to make up the lion’s share of the American workforce, and generational differences between Millennials and the owners of the companies that employ them are said to be both obvious and plentiful.
Topics: Millennial Myth
[Podcast Recap] A Millennial’s Journey - “Millennial’s and Company Culture” with Walt Brown
While conversing with Michael Cappa and Kamil Bhatty on A Millennial’s Journey, Certifed EOS implementer and 7Q7P Founder Walt Brown explained how he unearthed what he calls “The Millennial Myth,” and how his 7 Question - 7 Promise Framework helps companies to combat and correct the perceived problems business owners believe they are having with their young employees.
Topics: Millennial Myth, Podcast Recaps
[Podcast Recap] The Startup Life Show - Episode 74 - “How to Recruit the Best Talent For Your Startup” with Walt Brown
During his discussion with Ande Lyons on The Startup Life Show, Certified EOS implementer and 7Q7P Visionary Walt Brown explained how the 7 Question - 7 Promise Framework can benefit the culture of organizations no matter what size they are, including startup companies. Walt also identified some key ways in which the mindset of startup employees can shift as a business increases in size.
Topics: Podcast Recaps