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Build a Mission-Worthy Team

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Our interview process is rigorous. We do phone screening followed by three waves of interviews with teammates from different cross sections of the company. If you’re interviewing prospective employees, be as clear about the company’s expectations for behavior and attitude as you are about the professional skills required.

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How To Identify A Leader During An Interview

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? Have you ever had difficulty getting others to accept your ideas? Describe a situation when these qualities helped you lead others. Did it work?

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10 Engaging Content Ideas for your next non-profit Newsletter

The Storytelling Non-profit

A great strategy that I recommend is to create a list of broad content ideas for your non-profit newsletters. In today’s post, I’m sharing 10 engaging non-profit newsletters ideas that you can use in your next newsletter campaign. 10 ENGAGING NON-PROFIT NEWSLETTER IDEAS 1.

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Drones, Robots, and Farmers—Prepare Your Association to Meet Fast-Moving Technology Trends

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This type of industry cross-pollination is going to make defining the future workforce very different.” I interviewed Hugh for, “Association 4.0 : An Entrepreneurial Approach to Risk, Courage, and Transformation,” a book I wrote with my business partner Kevin Ordonez. Then invite ideas and innovation.

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Build a Successful Team, Know Where Your People Thrive

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For example, the answer to the question “Tell me about a project that you’re proud of” usually gets more weight in a job interview than the response to “Describe what you like best and least about your most recent position.” Here’s an illustration of this idea from my experience. Of course, it’s important to consider skills.

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Build a Board for the Digital Future

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Nobody seems to notice that the same initiatives dressed in different costumes are masquerading as something new. But an inheritance of stale ideas sandbags growth and keeps value at bay. A different perspective is needed. Mark Soticheck, Chief Operating Officer at the North Carolina Association of CPAs , underscored that idea.

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New Ideas at TED2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Of course, that included getting new ideas for software for social good! Idea One: Tackle Indoor Pollution First, I sat down with the controversial Bjorn Lomberg , also known as the “ Skeptical Environmentalist.” Worth some thought: I’ll stick that idea into the Benetech Labs hopper ! Andrew challenged me on that idea.

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