Leading Smart

Once you've decided on that great candidate, the next challenge is convincing them to take the job. Brainpower workers want more than just a paycheck and that makes this much more difficult. In this episode we explore how to land that great brainpower hire.

More information, including a transcript and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/soft-landing

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme Music: John Stephens

Additional Music: https://musicbed.com

One of the challenges of hiring brainpower workers is finding that "perfect fit". But often when you do, that's when you should start to worry. In this episode we explore why the perfect fit often isn't and explore how to insure a great brainpower hire.

More information, including a transcript and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/fits-and-starts

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme Music: John Stephens

Additional Music: https://musicbed.com

Interviewing brainpower workers is the search for intelligence, passion, communication skills, and a thirst for learning. There are lots of ways to do these interviews, but a softer touch is usually the key. In this episode we explore how to get the most from a brainpower interview.

More information, including a transcript and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/wonder-why

Written and Produced: Chris Williams Original Theme Music: John Stephens Additional Music: https://musicbed.com Sound Effects: https://zapsplat.com

Hiring junior level brainpower workers can be overwhelming. There are simultaneously too many candidates and not enough good ones. Many organizations result to testing and other filters to cope. But this just makes the problem worse. In this episode we look into the limits of testing, and how to source great junior level talent.

More information, including a transcript and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/testing-limits

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme Music: John Stephens

Additional music: https://musicbed.com

Hiring senior level brainpower workers is much more than posting the job and sifting through the resumes. It's beyond hiring, even beyond recruiting. It's hunting. In this episode we look at two examples and see how to develop hunting skills.

More information, including a transcript and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/hunting-skills

Written and Produced: Chris Williams Original Theme Music: John Stephens Additional music: https://musicbed.com

A song from 1944 sets the tone for good employee feedback. Featuring an upbeat cover from 1972, and far too many sandwich metaphors, yet still offers hope for great performance reviews.

More information, including a transcript and a place to provide comments, can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/accentuate-the-positive

Written and Produced: Chris Williams Original Theme Music: John Stephens Sound Effects: https://zapsplat.com

Accentuate the Positive Music: Harold Arlen Lyrics: Johnny Mercer Performed by: NRBQ http://nrbq.com

First episode of two looking into the annual ritual of performance reviews. This episode focuses on the process, and why it doesn't have to be painful. If you're willing to do it all the time.

More information, including a transcript and a place to provide comments, can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/annual-ritual

Written and Produced: Chris Williams Original Theme Music: John Stephens Additional Music: https://musicbed.com Sound Effects: https://zapsplat.com

Episode 3 – Duck and Cover

How a brutal performance review meeting ended with me getting a stapler hurled at my head. And how that lead to one of my most steadfast rules: in the workplace, no surprises.

More information, including a transcript and a place to provide comments, can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/duck-and-cover

Written and Produced: Chris Williams Original Theme Music: John Stephens Additional Music: https://musicbed.com Sound Effects: https://zapsplat.com

Episode 2 – The Brainpower Age How a simple question about failure of a single project lead to the most important research project of my life. And how that lead to the realization that everything about work has changed in the last few generations. We've entered the Brainpower Age.

More information, including a transcript and a place to provide comments, can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/the-brainpower-age

Written and Produced: Chris Williams Original Theme Music: John Stephens Additional Music: https://musicbed.com

Episode 1 – The Hit Man Introducing the Leading Smart podcast - How a job in the car stereo business ended up being mostly about firing people. And how that lead to a lifelong fascination with management, organizations, and team building.

More information, including a transcript and a place to provide comments, can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/the-hit-man

Written and Produced: Chris Williams Original Theme Music: John Stephens Additional Music: https://musicbed.com Sound Effects: https://zapsplat.com