By: Dr. Josh Cotton, George Randle and Mike Sarraille

Someone who sounds great on paper could end up being a disaster in the office, and someone with a lackluster resume could become one of your top performers.
Resumes are a valuable source of information, but only if you read them the right way. Instead of using resumes as a superficial screening tool, you need to dig deeper and read between the lines.

By: Dan Bradley

How many jobs in your organization have the potential to become sole sources of failure? In other words, what roles can you not operate without? Some people might default to high-level leadership roles like President or CFO, but the most important roles might not be the ones you think of right off the bat.

By: Shane Walsh

Solving problems, making difficult calls or resolving conflict are all challenging things, no matter how much leadership experience you have. And you’ll get it wrong sometimes. But when challenging circumstances present themselves or when a crisis arises, the leader’s job is to be present – to go to the sound of the guns.

By: Dr. Josh Cotton, George Randle and Mike Sarraille

You are biased. It’s not a criticism, but a simple fact of life. We’re all biased and naturally drawn to the people who look and think like us.

You don’t want to hire what amounts to mini-me’s. Your company already has you. What it needs is people who are different from you, with different strengths and ways of thinking.

By: Dan Bradley

I truly believe that failure is the single most important factor in success. Not drive, not potential, not intelligence. Failure. Why? Because only those who have failed have persevered.

By: Lisa Jaster

Military leadership offers plenty of lessons for corporate America, but those lessons must be taken with a grain of salt. The base of the organization—people— is significantly different in military and civilian environments. But regardless of which type of group you stand in front of, there are three critical drivers of success. Each organization must have a clear mission, a sense of unit pride, and a “people” first mentality. Build these three in your team and you will see success, whether it’s on the battlefield or at the office.