The Metiss Group Blog
Hire For Hard Skills, Fire For Soft Skills
All too often leaders make hiring decisions based on a candidate’s hard skill set. Hiring managers fall in love with the fact that a candidate possesses a hard to find technical skill and overlook other aspects of the candidate they may soon regret. The fact of the matter is, most
Use One-On-One Time To Strengthen Relationship
Good Morning, It’s a fact that humans are more likely to extend themselves for another human if there is a relationship between them. Strong relationships inspire people to go out of their way for others. An effective relationship between a leader and their direct report contributes to everyone’s success. The
Conduct Simple Quarterly Reviews
Students receive performance grades each three month long semester. Public companies are required to report their performance each quarter. Then why do most leaders review performance of direct reports annually or semi-annually? This is particularly troublesome when studies have shown the typical leader writing a review only recalls performance over
Challenge Direct Reports To Document Their Critical Job Functions
As we prepare for the summer vacation season, there will be more and more slack picked up by those not on vacation! It’s critical to make sure none of the work is falling through the cracks or, worse, burning out employees! Succession begins with documenting key aspects of HOW critical
What To Do With A New EOS® Integrator
How exciting! You’ve made the big leap in implementing EOS® by hiring an integrator. You went from dreaming about one day not needing to be the one who handles all the day to day operations of your organization, to planning how you would accomplish that, and finally hiring someone. If