Interviews can be intensely vulnerable and emotional experiences for candidates. They’re trying to put their best foot forward, but nerves inevitably get in the way. Based on my experiences interviewing many high performers: Even stellar candidates can end up rambling in an interview!

Read the full article at: www.linkedin.com

Operations management is a useful piece of business jargon you’ll see bandied about in presentations, your COO’s LinkedIn page, and the resume of everyone in your HR department. But what does it mean to be an ops manager? Let’s break it down:

Operations management is the logistics chain for everything that happens in your business. Typically, ops people are the ones in charge of bringing efficiency to the workplace.

Everything from the layout of the desks in your office to the hardware and software you use, to the handling of relationships between material or service providers that your company works with, and even what kind of TP your office keeps in stock is taken care of by someone in ops. 

Read the full article at: blog.kintone.com

Have you ever been unable to find a manager to assist you when shopping? Or have you ever experienced poor customer service while purchasing food at a fast food chain?

Whether in business, management, or leadership, problems often arise as they are part of life. While it’s easier to focus or blame everything on problems, this is also not a sustainable solution, especially if you’re leading a team. Part of a proactive management style is finding solutions.

Read the full article at: www.lifehack.org

If you stop to look around,  it's not hard to find examples of CEOs, middle managers, elected officials, public servants, neighborhood watch organizers, team captains and coaches, teachers and countless others who are doing a good job as leaders. Most of us are either in that group or working toward it.

Much rarer are the exceptional leaders whose qualities truly shine, the ones who practice the kind of leadership we all aspire to.

In my years of leadership consulting, I've learned that most of what makes outstanding leaders outstanding lies not in the things they do but who they are when they take action.

Here are seven of the most important: