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  H.R. and A.I. – Why your candidates are submitting slop
  A lot of HR managers are getting upset about the AI-generated slop they’re receiving from job candidates. But who’s really to blame? Stay tuned.
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  HR and AI – Candidate Personality Tests
  Recently I talked to a sales person from a firm that offered AI personality tests to prospective job candidates so that organizations could filter the right people to hire. What do I think of that?
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  What Does Great Work Look Like?
  Are you a leader who wants consitently great work from your employees? You may want to ask yourself a simple question first: What does great work actually look like?
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  What is Awkward Leadership? [sticky]
  People often ask me, what I mean when use the phrase “awkward leadership” If you’ve wondered that yourself – this is for you.
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  “It’s Not About You”: A Leadership Lesson from an Awkward Mistake
  What do you do when you mess up in front of your team or a candidate?
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  People Are Messy: It’s a Feature Not a Bug
  Have you ever thought to yourself, “Wow, this leadership role would be so much easier if people were just logical and had some common sense”? Well, I think we all have. But here’s why that train of thought is SO flawed.
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  The Leadership Magic Trick: Why Knowing Isn’t Enough
  Ever feel like leadership is part logic, part performance, and part mystery? You’re not wrong.
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  People Leadership: Can you be TOO nice?
  Can you be too nice as a leader? The short answer is yes, especially if “nice” means avoiding uncomfortable truths.

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