The Omnia Insights #11
Refocussing on 2021 Goals, Cultivating Success, Women in Leadership
“Bet on people, not on strategies,” famously said Lawrence Bossidy, ex-CEO of AlliedSignal. How apt. But when it actually comes to getting those right people, do you have a process in place, or do you just rely on plain luck? The right talent is tough to get as it is – obsessing over new technologies like machine learning algorithms without gauging if it’s the right fit can cost you!
In this issue, we share our tried and tested, 10-step hiring process and suggest you watch this on-demand webinar explaining the strategy for improving your interview and hiring process. We also share why “spring cleaning” should go beyond your household chores and include your job descriptions.
March is also Women’s History Month. We celebrate with words of wisdom and advice from some of Omnia’s Women in Leadership.
Finally, as the first quarter of the year ends, we revisit your 2021 goals and explore how to achieve them with three easy steps, some tips to succeed throughout your career, and four commandments to develop the skill sets and mindset of your direct reports.
Insights From Our Team
We are entering into the second quarter of 2021, and now is a good time to turn our focus back onto the goals we set for the year. Linda Salazar shares three easy steps.
➡️ Spring Cleaning and The Omnia Position Description Form
Wendy Sheaffer shares insights on why it’s important to spring-clean your Omnia Position Description Questionnaire and what she discovered while going through it with a client who was in the process of hiring a new bookkeeper.
➡️ Bloom Where You’re Planted? Strive for advancement?
Drawing from her experiences, Keather Snyder shares some advice for successfully advancing throughout your career.
Relying on luck is a bad strategy for developing the skill sets and mindset of your direct reports. Our guest authors from Success Sciences recommend the 4C factors.
➡️ A Ten-Step Employee Selection Process: Don’t Leave Hiring to Chance
Wendy Sheaffer shows you Omnia’s tried and true, 10-step hiring process for increasing your odds of selecting top talent.
For Women’s History Month we asked three of our top leaders for advice
Here’s what they had to say.
What advice would you give to the women you work/network with regularly?
“Be helpful, thoughtful and kind and just be there. We are pioneers!”
– H. Caswell
“Seek balance. Work life balance isn’t always achievable every single day, but it is over time. Cultivate your personal relationships and always keep an eye on your own well being. You are at your best when you are healthy in body, mind and spirit.” – K. Snyder
“Focus on your personal well-being, create the balance that works for you and celebrate each other.”
– W. Sheaffer
What advice would you give to the next generation of women?
“Listen and take note. Women are capable of doing anything they set their minds to. If possible, find a mentor and help give others a leg up on your journey.”
– H. Caswell
“Learn early on what your strengths are and cultivate those throughout your career. Seek out opportunities that will leverage your strengths and help you continue to grow them. Don’t focus on what you can’t do – continue to nurture what you do well.”
– K. Snyder
“Technology changes, but people work through the same basic challenges and go through the same emotional highs and lows. Be confident in yourself, yet open enough to learn from the generations before you.”
– W. Sheaffer
🗓️ Where’s Omnia?
3/31: Westshore Alliance Virtual Networking
4/03: “Brewtiful” Breakfast
4/07: Dallas Regional Chamber LD Info Session #1
4/11: BAMA Networking Fundraiser
Webinars
▶️ Cultivating Success: Growing Talent for Development, Promotion and Succession
We talked about hiring A-players last month. Now let’s deep dive into retaining and developing those A-players using behavioral data. We’ll cover developing strong leaders as well as individual contributors.
▶️ How to Hire Your Next A-Player. Don’t Rely on Luck.
Hear it out from our resident expert Tonya DeVane. Watch the webinar recording by simply entering the email. Download handouts that Tonya shared with live attendees by clicking here and here.
Thanks for reading this far. Please stay connected with us on social media and at the events. See you next month!
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