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Appropriate Behaviors for Family Teams at Thanksgiving
Ahhhh ... there's nothing like the roasting you get at Thanksgiving. Of course, I don't mean the food, I'm talking about the dinner conversation between relatives after the first few glasses of wine!...
View ArticleNelson Mandela & Leadership Behaviors
I think we all got stopped in our tracks for a few minutes this past week when we heard of the passing of Mr. Nelson Mandela the former president of South Africa. His tribal name “Rolihlahla” meaning...
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Employee Travel Behaviors
In classic Britney Spears prose – “Oops! I did it again”, I took the red-eye home. I don’t know why I do it. Every time I do it I vow not to do it ever again, but somehow my habits just compel me to...
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Corporate Lessons from Superbowl Team Behaviors
I was stunned when my team, the Denver Broncos, was shut down in emphatic style by the Seattle Seahawks during Sundays Super Bowl. The Broncos were the highest scoring team ever and still had a big fat...
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Behaviors of Successful Olympic Athletes & Teams
Habits and behavior permeate all aspects of our life and you can apply the same analysis of “what makes employees and teams successful” to social and sporting events. Take the Olympics; I think this is...
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How Employees Learn their Behaviors
I recently had the privilege of spending the night on the USS Lexington (a WWII aircraft carrier) with my son’s Scout Pack. In trying to sustain a semblance of order, it struck me how we apply our...
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Spring Break – Why Behaviors also need a Vacation
Do you work for one of those cultures where they practically enforce vacation time? Perhaps you’re responsible for the policy itself? Did you know that polls show, over the last few years, more than...
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Defining Corporate Culture - How most organizations spend big bucks to get...
Companies like Zappos, The Container Store, and Google consistently make the list of top companies to work for, and many look to them as an enviable model of what their own organizations should be...
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What is the Impact of Behavior on Teams?
Winning teams all seem to love each other. They are best friends, and cannot say enough about their teammates. Until, of course, they start losing, and the odds start stacking up against them. That is...
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What is Behavioral Interviewing?
This week, two companies asked us our thoughts on behavioral interviewing, so I thought perhaps there are more of you out there with the same question. It’s actually a straightforward process that can...
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How to Redeploy Employees successfully using Behavior
This one goes out to all you professionals managing multiple office locations, franchise owners, and anyone in a company large enough to have multiple departments performing similar roles. Do you have...
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Successful Sales Behaviors
What is it about successful sales people? Why are some of them so good at building relationships with prospects and driving revenue and value? Why are some of them apparently ideal candidates for...
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Gulf Coast Symposium – Industry Trends
The Shadowmatch sales and marketing team is still carefully packing away our trade show booth from the Gulf Coast Symposium on HR Issues held in Houston last week. Still, there’s just time to give you...
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Improving Work Relationships
Whether you are a manager or an employee, most people have that one relationship with a colleague that becomes a sore spot in the working day. The success of teams and employees depend heavily upon...
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Executive Coaching & Behaviors
I had the privilege last week to have a coaching “double-header”. We delivered a team workshop along with a partner of ours who is an executive coach, and I also watched four master coaches in action...
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Hiring Internal vs. External Candidates
Got a critical spot open in your organization? Trying to fill a strategic role? It’s a tough decision whether to try and fill it with someone already inside, or to go with some fresh blood from...
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Independence – A Valuable Behavior
Ahhh – Independence Day. Truly, a great American holiday representing a pivotal point in history. Independence is such an important part of why this country is successful, but it’s also a grossly...
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Too Busy Hiring to Get Help
Shadowmatch helps clients increase the quality of hire and improve turnover. I know we also do a lot of team alignment and help with internal employees, but recruiting is really where Shadowmatch...
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Managing from the Inside-Out
As a manager, do you feel like your team is bombarding you with ideas and thoughts for processes and change that you just don’t feel are the “right” behaviors for the business? Or, do you feel like...
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Hire for Skills, Fire for Behaviors
Catchy title this week don’t you think? Unfortunately, it’s as real as it is catchy; most companies spend 90% of their time during hiring probing for skills and experience, and 90% of their time firing...
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