Whether you’ve recently participated in an executive interview or have one coming up, it’s important to keep a balanced perspective. Rather than a straight-up interrogation, it is a chance for both parties to evaluate the fit with the other. Executive interviews are a two-way street. Both the company and the candidate need to make an…
Executive interviews can be intimidating, to say the least. Demonstrating integrity and building trust between the interviewer and interviewee are key components, as well as balancing a conversational ebb and flow throughout the discussion. Ultimately, an executive interview is stressful because it is an emotional experience for all stakeholders, with the goal of finding the…
It isn’t the number one scenario you think to prepare for in an executive job transition, but there may come a time when you find yourself in the position of declining a job offer. Everything has gone exactly according to plan so far. Your CEO resume, value proposition letter, LinkedIn profile, and other career marketing…
Late last year I was fortunate enough to have several exciting conversations with Ezra Singer, who is arguably the foremost authority in the US on executive compensation. Ezra now serves as an advisor to top executives on compensation negotiation. He is a former Senior Executive HR Leader for Verizon, GTE, Limited Brands, and Lenovo –…
Let the interrogation begin. You have shaken hands with your interviewers and sat down at the board room table with these strangers; now it’s time to provide calm, authentic, and thoughtful responses to intrusive questions about the most stressful moments of your career. No big deal, all you need to do is build strong, trusting…
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to Unconscious Bias. Vanderbilt University defines unconscious bias as “prejudice or unsupported judgments in favor of or against one thing, person, or group as compared to another, in a way that is usually considered unfair.”* As humans, our brains are constantly creating associations outside of our conscious…
In a CIO interview, your number 1 prerogative should be putting your best foot forward. Interviews are high-stakes conversations that require significant preparation, regardless of how agile and eloquent a communicator you may be. Whether in-person or virtually, your goal is to impress your interviewers, develop trust, make a genuine connection, and ultimately inspire an…
In any communicative interaction, there is a sender and a receiver. Thousands of verbal and nonverbal cues are transmitted between communication partners at any given time during a conversation. Few such interactions are as high-stakes as an executive-level job interview. Both interviewer and interviewee are constantly making mental notes, keeping up with the conversation, and…
Congratulations, you’ve scheduled an interview! Now what? Are you confident enough in the agility and eloquence of your communication that you feel like you can walk into the interview room and wing it? Or are you more introverted and despise the idea of having to “put yourself out there,” despite your inside-out and upside-down expertise…
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