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Hit the Ground, not the Ball

Unlike other sports, in the game of golf, the ball is stationary, and sitting on the ground.   When you swing the golf club at it, the club’s arc bottoms out on the ground.   Therefore, you should pick a spot on the ground you want the club to brush,

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STAR Method for the Interview Win!

In my recent article Using First Principles Thinking to Solve Our Hiring Heroes Problem appearing in the Factory for Innovative Policy Solutions online publication First Principles Thinking Review, I discuss the STAR method of interviewing promoted by SHRM, and why it is with military veterans.[1] “SHRM suggests using situational or

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Hiring Process Illustrated

At the risk of oversimplifying, here is the hiring process illustrated.   It’s from the perspective of the folks in an organization in Corporate America looking for a candidate to hire, the functional manager and their HR partner.   And it’s for the veteran hiring candidate’s benefit to understand its

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Luck

I’ve always felt “unlucky”.   I can’t grab stuffed items in claw machines, I don’t win lotteries or Bingo, and I’ve lost hard wrestling and golf matches.   That’s how I felt until a mentor once told me that “luck” is nothing more than extremely hard preparation meeting the right

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Proof Pudding

Everyone loves it!   And for good reason. We like to make sound decisions. And proof helps us do that empirically. We can be confident in our conclusions and the decisions we make based on them.   You can use proof pudding to help you start a new career or

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Loyalty

“Loyalty”. It came up the other day in a collaboration session I was having with my friend and USA veteran, senior HR official, and veteran reintegration researcher James Crook, DBA, PHR.   Specifically, Jimmy and I were discussing the major myths many in Corporate America have about military veterans. Myths