Yet it's striking that in job interviews the topic of managing people is so often relegated to an afterthought. It's up to us -- both interviewers and interviewees -- to raise the level of consciousness about what great leadership and great management are and why they matter so much. Yet what's missing is the crucial in-between: how someone has -- and will -- cultivate and support their team in accomplishing great things. Meanwhile the interviewee asks questions about what they think will give them job satisfaction -- salary ranges, work-life balance, stock options -- while ignoring the most important job "hygiene" factor: their manager. Key metrics and OKRs are bandied about; we quiz and query about how success will be measured, but we often ignore the skills -- the human skills, the leadership skills -- that will actually accomplish them.

Source: Huffington Post August 08, 2016 00:22 UTC