Conversational Capacity is the ability to balance Candor and Curiosity under pressure. Critical elements to every entrepreneur and business leader who are building an organization. And yet this element is often overlooked in the hiring process.
The great news is, it can be taught!
Today’s Quote:
"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." - George Bernard Shaw
Show Guest:
Craig Weber is the author of the best-selling book, Conversational Capacity: The Secret To Building Successful Teams That Perform When The Pressure Is On (McGraw-Hill, 2013) and Influence In Action: How to Build Your Conversational Capacity, Do Meaningful Work, and Make A Powerful Difference (McGraw-Hill, 2019) (Amazon.com). He is also the founder of The Weber Consulting Group, an alliance of experts committed to helping people build more resilient, healthy, and agile organizations. He helps people and teams dramatically improve their performance by treating dialogue as a discipline.
He works with people and teams from such diverse organizations as Boeing, The Royal Bank of Canada, Kaiser-Permanente, PWC, The CDC, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and Los Alamos National Labs. He’s also working with legislators in an expanding list of states to help them engage in more constructive policy debate.
Episode highlights:
What is conversational capacity?
Why is it important?
How do you recognize and evaluate
Interviewing for Conversational Capacity
Key Take Aways:
How to Hire a CMO with Matt Blumberg of Bolster
When Hiring is Overwhelming with Karima Gulick of Innovent Law
Instilling Values into Your Hiring Process with Ken Babcock of Tango
The Secret to Hiring through an Economic Downturn with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.
How to Avoid Hiring a Bad Actor with Becky Wanta of Q5id
It’s Never Too Early to Lead through Core Values with Marc Reinfenrath of Spinutech
The Hiring 4-S: Strategy, Systems, Staff & Skills with Hilmon Sorey of CoachCRM
#1 Question that Needs to be Asked During a Phone Screen with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.
Necessary Interview Intelligence for Hiring with Raphael Danilo of Yobs
Leveling the Interviewing Playing Field with Lee Rubin of Confetti
Why do Company’s Need Data Scientists with Asim Razvi of Intertru Inc.
The Secret to People Accepting Your Offer with Jeff Wolfe of Veloce Energy
Creating Artificial Collisions in a Remote Workplace with David Wald of Aclaimant
How Hiring the Wrong Person Eats Profits with Rocky Lalvani of Profit Comes First
The Blind Spots of Hiring Managers & Candidates with Varun Puri of Yoodli
How Innocent Interview Questions Can Become Litigation with Victor Xu of Fisher Phillips
Founder Led Recruiting Produces Extraordinary ROI with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.
Hiring Super A-Players with Steve Newcomb of Powerset
How Employee CEO for the Day Scales Your Organization with Ville Houttu of Vincit
What Makes People Stay or Jump Ship with Nicolas Vandenberghe of Chili Piper
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