If the Shoe Fits: Lies
by Miki Saxon
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Do you lie?
When you hire you assume that what you see is what you get.
In other words, you expect the person who reports to work to be the same person, with the same attitude and interests, which you interviewed and hired—a reasonable expectation.
It holds true on the other side, too.
Candidates expect you, your team and your company to be the same people and culture they learned about during the interview.
- If you presented yourself as a motivator, innovator, team-builder, mentor-type during the interview, but in reality are a micromanager without an original thought who screams at your team you lied.
- If you presented a cohesive team that supports each other and shares knowledge, but in fact it is filled with backbiting and out-of-control egos you lied.
- If you presented a culture that’s about fairness and merit, but promote your friends and play favorites you lied.
- If you shaded anything to be more appealing to that candidate you lied.
- If you used words such as ‘trust’, ‘transparency’ and ‘authenticity’ to close the candidate you lied.
Those three words are cultural touchstones that are sacrosanct. Once broken they are nearly impossible to mend.
Lies don’t just break them, lies shatter them.
Do you lie?
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