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:
Why Employees are REALLY Leaving Your Company with Leilani Quiray of bethechangeHR
The Hidden Pools of Sales Talent with Chris Beall of ConnectAndSell
Hiring Your First 10 People with Jeremy Parker of Swag.com
How to Thrive in Hiring Through the “Great Resignation ” with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.
Time Kills Hires with Andrew Bartlow of Series B Consulting
How to Stop Sucking at Hiring Sales People with Joseph Fung of Uvaro
Hiring for Talent Optimization with Mike Zani of The Predictive Index
How to Terminate an Employee with Dignity - Lori Torres of Parcel Pending
Why You Need to Interview Like Amazon Now! with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.
How to Effectively Make Your First Departmental Hire with Liam Rose of Catalina Seven Ventures
The Great Resignation & Struggle Learning with Sam Caucci of 1Huddle
Fully Remote Culture with a Social Mission with Brian Roland of Abenity
Balancing Quality & Speed as You Hire to Scale with Brian Breth of Fair.com
Employees Value Purpose Over Money with Lorna Borenstein of Grokker
Breaking Bad Belief Systems- Innovation Mindset with Patrick Schwerdtfeger of Trend Mastery Inc.
Why Purpose & Understanding Drive People to Want To Work For Your Company with Casey Welch of Tallo
The Right Formula for Proactive Recruiting with Eric Dahan of Open Influence
How Collaborative Negotiation Attracts Talent with Beerud Sheth of Gupshup
4 Steps to Hiring Full-time Offshore Talent with Eris Verne of Alfinder
The Benefits of Hybrid Hiring for Today’s Workforce with Nick Iovacchini of Kettlespace
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