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:
AI: Solving for Ego Hires that Fail with Neil Sahota of UC Irvine
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Opportunistic Hiring: Now is the Time to Stack the Deck With Talent! with Jeff Erle of MobilityWare
Secure Funding Through Your Hiring Process with John Yanyali of JuiceBot
Conducting A Powerful Phone Interview with Christopher Wood of Rise Recruitment USA
Working from Home While Elevating Productivity and Maintaining Security with Collin Mitchell of Monster VoIP
Interviewing for Strong Discretionary Habits with Joseph Hopkins of The IPRESTIGE Emerge Fund LLC
Building A Company On The Back Of The Gig Economy with Keith Ryu of Fountain
Finding Personal Contact Information in Your Recruiting Efforts with Shafiur Rahman of Chatterworks
Interviewing for Skills is Today’s Coronavirus! with David Kinnear of Vistage
There is Not Enough Talent Out There.... Wrong! with Marc Hutto of Reveal Global Intelligence
Reference Checking is More Important Than the Interview! with Yves Lermusi of Checkster
The Right Way to Advertise Your Jobs with Kelly Robinson of RedDot Media
Hiring for Intellectual Value Over Spec! with Scott Hamilton of ENPI
Interview Qualification is a Two-Way Street with Greg Toroosian of Elevate Hire
Christopher Hadnagy: Hiring Hacks to Help You Hire Better Humans! with Christopher Hadnagy of Social-Engineer, Inc.
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