In those days, Fortune magazine had a little tear-out coupon you could mail in to get free annual reports from Fortune 500 companies. I ordered them all. I can still remember watching the mailman unhappily lugging all those reports to our
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“Why do you want to work here?” ▪“What makes you think you’re qualified for this job?” ▪“Are you interested in this job because of the salary?” Dumb questions like these will make you a rotten interviewer. You must strive to put the prospect at ease so that you can carry on a conversation.”
― The First-Time Manager
― The First-Time Manager
“Almost without exception, managers say the most important ingredients in hiring a new employee are experience, qualifications, and education. They rarely come up with the missing ingredient: attitude. You can hire an employee with all the experience, education, and qualifications you could hope for, but if the person has a bad attitude, you have just hired a problem employee. On the other hand, you can hire a person with less experience, education, and”
― The First-Time Manager
― The First-Time Manager
“When you create a setting where your people see that their efforts are contributing to a positive outcome well beyond what they could achieve individually, they will be more motivated and find greater meaning in what they do.”
― The First-Time Manager
― The First-Time Manager
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