Please complete the CALLING exercises for next week. Also, work on your “Beliefs Book”, “Love It / Loathe It” list, and Work History Thread. Next class we’ll spend time processing some of the exercises with our C5 Buddy.
C5 Lecture – Week 1 – 02.16.10
Please complete the pre-class survey & email to me. Also, begin “Beliefs Book” and complete CALLING exercises for next week.
The VanZant Group, Dustin Baker & Co. Partner to Launch C5 People Solutions
Paul VanZant and Dustin Baker announce the launch of C5 People Solutions, a recruitment and human capital consultancy that believes well-aligned relationships precede success. The company applies its proprietary C5TM methodology to assist growth-minded organizations and individuals longing for a greater sense of fulfillment.
C5 People Solutions serves organizations by providing contract and permanent employee placement and outplacement. The company’s consulting arm offers in-depth assessment at the corporate, executive, individual, and positional level. It also offers critical business function and “gap” analysis, employee re-alignment, and training. The firm also serves individuals by providing personal and professional development.
C5 People Solutions measures its success by attracting, assessing, and aligning the right people in the right roles for the right purposes.
For over a decade, Paul VanZant has pursued his passion of helping individuals and organizations find and fulfill their purposes. Architect of our trademarked C5 approach, Paul influences growth-minded executives, navigating them through personal and corporate change and challenges. As a result, he has been directly involved in interviewing thousands of candidates, having hired and placed more than 200 individuals with over $16mm in annual salaries. At his core, Paul’s passion and talent lie in building and strengthening relationships.
Throughout his career, Dustin Baker has been propelled by a desire to help others discover, process, and live out their unique stories, enabling their success and a greater sense of purpose in and outside of their careers. His values of being straightforward, not over-selling, and acting in the best interest of others are the foundation of the trust his clients consistently place in him. Dustin’s career began at NAGGL, a banking trade group focused on the SBA lending sector, and he’s been involved in recruiting since 2004 as a top producer with a boutique search firm and as National Recruiting Director for Dallas-based BMC Capital.
Headquartered in Dallas, C5 People Solutions enjoys core competency and a broad contact base in banking, SBA lending, commercial finance, and real estate, and has also served clients coast to coast in other industries.
Our company was birthed out of a vision that individuals and corporations need to take a fresh look at their careers and relationships, and they require a new set of tools to accomplish that. Henry David Thoreau said, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”
If you want more out of your life, your career, or your team, give Paul or Dustin a call for a free initial consultation.
Paul VanZant
972.335.1200 O
214.929.1100 M
paul@c5ps.com
Dustin Baker
972.335.1200 O
940.230.4321 M
dustin@c5ps.com
Banker or Plumber – Who’s Happier?
What are you uniquely “CALLED” to be and do? We’ve discovered that most don’t know, so they go through life unfulfilled. The VanZant Group exists to help people and organizations find and fulfill their unique purpose. Much like one-of-a-kind DNA or fingerprints, the shape of an individual or organization can reveal it’s purpose. We believe that the God-given gifts, heart (passion), abilities, personality and experiences provide an indication of what one is supposed to be and do.
The Financial Times columnist, Lucy Kellaway, along with CareerBuilder(UK) reported on City & Guilds’ “Happiness Index” which highlighted the 20 happiest jobs in Britain. Interesting to note that bankers ranked less happy than hairdressers, auto workers and plumbers. Why? Could it be because they’re not fulfilling their calling?
If you’re not happy or fulfilled in your current position, or if you have folks in your organization who seem mismatched for their role… question the “CALLING”! What does your shape tell you about who you are and who you’re supposed to be?
To read Lucy Kellaway’s article: Click Here
To read CareerBuilder’s article: Click Here
What’s Your Pain?
I am now five months into my new career as an executive recruiter, and as I reflect back, the main thing I have learned is both clients and candidates have pain. It’s interesting that the majority of the research indicates that salary and benefits are not the primary reasons individuals change jobs. The main reason is some form of pain.
For me personally, I realize over the last several years of my banking career, I had pain. The following comments are not directed at any of my former employers… they all are great companies. My personal pains over the last few years included: uncertainty of bank sales/conversions, 100 emails a day on my blackberry, strategic differences, credit problems, and/or attending meetings that I thought were a waste of my time. Additionally, I struggled with what I really wanted to do for a living. I now have come to the conclusion that I did not do a good job of understanding or dealing with my employee’s pain, nor did I do a good job of elevating my pains to my managers.
To Clients – I think it is important that we take time to address the pain. Have you sat down one-on-one with your employees to openly and honestly listen to their pain? Employee turnover is expensive both from a bottom-line and day-to-day perspective. Lead by example and develop employer/employee dialogue that creates a sense of family. Sometimes pain cannot be avoided, how it is handled makes the difference. The VanZant Group offers intelligence services which can you help identify your employee’s pains.
To Candidates – Have you taken time to write a simple, straightforward list of your pain? To me, pain is not having the credit department turn down a loan, pain is repeatedly having loans turned down because your client/prospect base does not match the credit culture of your employer. Some pains are minor and easily overcome. Some are insurmountable, and if they are too great, you will not be effective to yourself or your company.
Remember the grass isn’t necessarily greener on the other side, but it is greener where seed is sewn and watered.
Todays Job Market
As an employer who has used contingent search firms or as a candidate looking for a job, have you ever felt like this is the way things work?
Everyone needs an advocate who understands their unique C5 – that’s why we’re considered the “Jerry Maguire’s of search” because we take the time to value each individual and organization uniquely to determine the best fit. The result: everyone wins!
Why do people change jobs?
In an exit interview, many people may claim that the reason they’re leaving one job for another is due to monetary upside. However, money is rarely the main reason for employee turnover. While financial compensation is a factor, most people truly change jobs due to “emotional” or “intellectual” compensation. As the chart above indicates, monetary factors like pay and benefits account for about 20% of the reason why people switch jobs. The other areas like career advancement (“Intellectual Compensation”), flexibility and job security (“Emotional Compensation”) and fit (“Culture” and “Calling”) are as important, if not more so. We call it C5 compatibility and we’ve made careers out of aligning individual and corporate C5. Want to determine your C5 compatibility? Learn more by reading the rest of the article, checking out our website, or giving us a call to discuss.
