Previously, Boyatzis and McKee collaborated on the book Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence. In Resonant Leadership again team to …
Technical ability does little to mitigate risk
Organizations don’t simply run from a strategic plan prescription. Projected cash flows don’t deliver themselves. Business units don’t run in a …
Hiring the right person is more cultural than technical
As mentioned in the post Hiring is more emotional than rational technical skill rarely assures success in an organization. There are just …
Hiring the right person is more emotional than rational
You have to assume every person you interview has the technical skill to do the job. Once past the traditional human …
Discounted risk is human capital risk
Many private equity and venture capital firms claim to rely on the quality of entrepreneur to determine funding. But rarely is this human …
Human capital risk, now that’s real risk
You commonly hear an equity firm or VC partner claim, we invest in the people and when it comes to costs, …
The NFL draft and your company recruiting strategy (round 2)
The NFL draft reveals all things wrong with talent acquisition and recruiting. Looking at how an NFL team drafts provides terrific …
The NFL draft and your company recruiting strategy
There is little doubt each National Football League (NFL) team spends an extraordinary amount of resources preparing to draft their number …
The cost of human capital is emotional intelligence
Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a capacity to recognize how our own emotions motivate ourselves and the awareness of our emotions on …
Innovation, the technical risk to IQ
I see and read so much about offers to teach or facilitate innovation, but what is innovation? Innovation has less to …
The VC’s missing formula: human capital discounted cash flow
Accounting assigns of assets and liabilities and financial management’s current or pro forma valuation both rely on art and interpretation more …
Emotion versus intelligence — the tortoise and the hare
In my Culture war post, I advocate Emotional Intelligence as a more important quality job interview criteria than a corporate or …
Culture war
Does your company have a hiring philosophy to find people who fit into the company culture? Do you interview people to …