Adversity builds character.  I find that the people I admire have not always had things easy.  Somewhere, at sometime in their past, these people overcame circumstances in their lives that changed them.  They walk with a limp.

Through my 15 years of interviewing, hiring and training people I discovered that finding people who walk with a limp is often an indicator of their character.

In the business world, competency is the price of admission to any job or leadership position.  Competency alone is not a differentiator when hiring today.  This is a buyers market.  There are competent people everywhere looking to fill open positions in good companies.

I write and speak often about character being an individual’s and an organization’s key to success.  But character is difficult to determine in the hiring process.  How can a leader determine if the person they are interviewing is of high moral character?  Continue Reading…