They Might Not Be Bluffing
When your employees tell you they cannot accept a situation and they are going to leave if something isn’t done, that would be a good time to start listening to them very, very carefully. We spoke recently with a medical doctor from Malaysia who spent a year working with an international NGO in some very […]
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Oct, 19, 2017
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Listen For Questions, Not Just Answers
When you interview a potential employee, you want to hear the right answers from them. But if you really want the best employees, listen for the right questions, too. We often say that when we are interviewing candidates, they should also be interviewing us. After all, the best candidates will have their choice of employers, […]
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Oct, 09, 2017
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Supporting Social Entrepreneurship
Many young people — as well as not-so-young people — want to save the world and maybe, just maybe, you can help your employees fulfill that desire, and help yourself in the process. Surveys find that “making a difference” is often equally as important as, and sometimes more important than, salary for many employees. This […]
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Sep, 18, 2017
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Do What It Takes to Get the Best
There are more languages spoken in London than in any other city. With all the foreign-born folks living, working, and studying there, you would think they’d have their immigration issues worked out pretty well. But you would be wrong. Earlier this year the Designing Leaders team visited London, where we talked to over four dozen […]
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Sep, 14, 2017
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Exiting Interns
If you still have summer interns, you won’t for much longer. University classes are starting to kick off for the fall semester, and those students who have been getting the coffee and making copies (and hopefully, a lot more) for the last couple months are about to go out the door. Any good internship program […]
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Aug, 24, 2017
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