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Hiring and Management Consulting/Coaching

What is a Hiring and Management Consultant/Coach?  Great question!  Let me answer that in just a moment, because another great question you may be asking is: What's the difference between a Coach and a Consultant?

Both are designed to help you succeed but they go about it in different ways.

A consultant is usually engaged for a specific purpose and for a limited time period.  He will observe, ask questions, listen carefully, then offer information, insights, and advice—based on his research, his training and experience, and on the experience of his associates.  If you choose to ignore his advice, well, it's your money and your choice.

A coach also offers insights and advice, but it is usually on a more personal and on-going basis.  A coach is often engaged to meet over a period of weeks or months—listening, suggesting something, then evaluating how you implement it and making suggestions for further "course corrections."  The length of a coaching engagement depends on what you are trying to achieve, how much you have to change to achieve it, and how much effort you apply to the goal.  Some people have engaged coaches for what turns into years of coaching. 

So, back to the first question.  A Hiring and Management Consultant/Coach is a someone who helps you succeed in your hiring and management roles.  Or either one.  Whether you are a business owner or an employee.  Whether you are hiring others or are trying to get hired.

Currently, I am working with individuals or small groups in order to provide the very best fit and solutions to their needs - whether for training, coaching, or consulting.  This further allows me to provide the personal attention that my clients deserve.

Why consider John J. Simmons?

Proven, real-world experience

I have over 30 years of experience in many areas—manufacturing, sales, finance, healthcare.  I understand computers and people.  I have been on both sides of the management desk several times.  I have been told by several employees and former employees that I am one of the best (if not the best) managers they have ever had.  I have been on both sides of the interview process.  My hiring processes are the result of many years of experience (and living with the results).   I am a published writer and a small business owner.

In my career, I have been on both sides of the interview process extensively.  I have made my share of mistakes and had more than my share of successes.

At one point following the oil bust of the mid-80s I studied interviewing to help me get a job.  I went on so many interviews that I could spot a good interviewer and a bad one right away.  I had recruiters wishing they had a position to send me to because they knew I would get the job once I had the interview.  A little later on, I added the ability to size up the company just from the interview.

A few years later, I was on the other side of the interviewing desk again.  I have participated in the interviewing (and subsequent hiring of some) of hundreds of candidates over my career.

Most of my hiring recommendations/decisions turned out well, some spectacularly well.  One was a disaster.  A few others were merely disappointments.  If I had someone like me to coach me, I might have a perfect success record.  It was through the desire to help others replicate the successes and avoid the failures that this site and resources came into being.

I have been a manager over a small group of technical professionals, working in the trenches with them.  I have managed larger groups and had my share of difficult employees and of wonderful ones.  My advice and coaching comes from real-world experience and not from some textbook.  (I have read some of those, too, and taken courses.  Some were great and others were just wishful thinking.)

If this sounds like the kind of person you would like to work with please contact me and let's explore your needs.

Thanks for your consideration.

John