A Game Plan for the Interview

Interviews need to be supported and shaped by a technology for eliciting and processing information from job candidates to predict on-the-job performance.

Autobiographical Form

SIMA® Autobiographical Input Form

Executive Search Diagram

Hiring a Search Firm

In a crowded world of slick recruiters with fancy brochures, it can be rather challenging to determine which firm can best meet your organization's needs.

How to Hire Great Leaders I

The difference between a great hire and a big mistake lies in the ability to understand (and thus predict) how a particular individual will carry out a particular role.

How to Hire Great Leaders II

Hiring your next CEO (CFO. VP Sales & Marketing, etc.) does not have to be a "roll of the dice"! (See How to Hire Great Leaders - Part I) It is possible to predict how a candidate will or will not perform leadership responsibilities.

If You're Bad At It... It shouldn't be part of your ministry

Regardless of where you are in your career as a minister, you first need to establish or remind yourself of a central aphorism of God's game plan for His servants:
Build your ministry around God's sanctified gifts to you. it is only then that you produce fruit of worthy and excellent service. only then do you please and glorify the One who designed you.

Is Giftedness a Luxury?

In a bad economy, it may seem like a luxury to be worrying whether your
job perfectly matches your giftedness. Prevailing wisdom has it that
with so many people out of work, the most important thing is to have a
job—any job, as long as it pays. Whether that job “fits” you, or whether
you “like” it, is irrelevant. But Bill Hendricks strongly believes
otherwise. Reflecting on New Year’s of 2009, he offers four important
reasons why paying attention to your giftedness is not an
indulgence—it’s an imperative.

Most Sustained Problems are Job-Matching Problems

If it won't go away, the problem likely is caused, exacerbated or not prevented because the strengths or Motivated Achievement Patterns (MAPs®) of the employee(s) and/ or their supervisors do not match the critical requirements of the work.

Sample MAP - Corporate

This report presents what many agree is probably the most important personal and career related information you can have about yourself. It could not be derived from tests or computer matches. It required roughly 14 hours of individualized reflection both on your part as well as People Management's.

The Integration of Faith and Vocation

The tragic failure of psychology over the last century to discover a rudimenatry science for understanding human nature and predicting individual behavior has been a disaster for the majority in every generation. As a result, our foundational institutions of education, work and religion are built on faulty models which do not reflect the actual nature and behavior of persons.