This is an excerpt from "Compete Outside the Box: The Unconventional Way to Beat the Competition" by Eric J. Romero PhD..
Break from conventional wisdom and do something different when looking for talent. A customized and innovative selection process will help you to find and select more unconventional thinkers who can help your company innovate and beat the competition. This excerpt will provide ideas about:
The limitations of using traditional selection criteria
How selection can help you find unconventional thinkers
Ideas for innovative employee selection
Summary of the Book:
Beating the competition requires unconventional leadership and creating a culture designed to produce creative, flexible and risk-taking behavior among your personnel. These three components are essential to innovation, securing long-term competitive advantages and winning in today's hyper-competitive global environment. This book teaches you how to:
Become an unconventional thinker and leader by learning, teaching and communicating new ideas and trying things that are significantly different
Develop a strategy that builds unique competitive advantages that no other company can copy
Craft an unconventional culture that others would describe as odd
Hire unconventional thinkers who can motivate themselves
Create an environment that supports creativity and risk-taking which are necessary to innovate
Use humor and unedited honest communication to enhance performance
Embrace change and turn it into a competitive advantage; create change on your terms
Results:
More innovation & competitive advantages > industry leadership
Lower costs, more sales > rising profits
Attraction and retention of top talent > culture that is impossible to copy
Less managerial stress > positive work environmental> positive work environmental
The ideas in this book are applicable to any company that wants to beat the competition. They have helped thousands of people become better leaders and they can help you too. What are you waiting for?
Think Outside the Box so you can Compete Outside the Box®!