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Stephen Moulton is the Chief Consultant of Action Insight, author, software inventor, and competency guru. He can be reached at 303-439-2001 or http://www.actioninsight.com.

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Rethink Hiring For Technical Skills, Firing For Performance
Do you find your company hiring employees for their technical skills and firing them for performance issues? Many companies focus on hiring and promoting employees based on technical skills. What is wrong with this picture? Hiring for technical skills overlooks the fact that people are people, not... Read
By: Stephen Moulton | 10/04/2007 | Leadership
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Leadership By Performance Expectations
Leadership by Expectations is both a philosophy and a process. Setting clear expectations is necessary and can make a huge difference in performance. THE PHILOSOPHY Today it seems that management is more focused on efficiency than on effectiveness. Effectiveness refers to doing the right things. Efficiency refers to... Read
By: Stephen Moulton | 10/04/2007 | Leadership
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Attract Top Talent In Tight Labor Market
Are you like the Marines and want a few good men and women, or you are looking for casts of thousands? Do you want top talent at all levels or will you accept candidates based on the mirror-fogging test? Believe it or not some businesses are actually driving away the very... Read
By: Stephen Moulton | 10/04/2007 | Leadership
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3 Negative Challenges Of 360 Assessment - And What To Do About Them
In 2001 Watson Wyatt published its ongoing study of the linkages between specific Human Resource practices and shareholder value at 750 large publicly traded companies. Bottom line they found that 360-degree feedback programs were associated in a 10.6% decrease in shareholder value. While the 360 concept can deliver valuable feedback... Read
By: Stephen Moulton | 09/04/2007 | Leadership