Personality Blog

As I mentioned in part one, leaders can become myopic, focused on their perception of the perfect employee and quite often that perfect employee “looks” much like the person making the hiring decision.

Recently I took off a couple of days to meander on Edisto beach in South Carolina. Walking the beach, smelling the salt air, feeling the warm, damp sand between my tired toes and communing with the sea…

What are companies looking for when they hire a new employee? What makes a 5 star worker? Naturally, a lot depends on the job. Nonetheless, there are some basic qualities and characteristics sought by the corporate world, law enforcement, government agencies and small businesses.