I used to get so frustrated as a recruiter when I asked the question “What are your weaknesses?” in an interview and I would get the response “I’m a perfectionist.”  

We were excited to be featured as guest blogger on the awesome Fistful of Talent this past weekend. Here's the post to share with our loyal Horizon Point readers.

After finishing my senior year, I will start the next four years deciding what I want to do for the rest of my life.

Leaders constantly face demands on their time, and discerning what to do, how to do it and when can be a challenge.

I was nervous about giving up my time in school to be in the Co-Op program. I wanted to be involved in as many things as I could.

If the cost equation involves devotion of ones time, especially for someone who has learned how to generate revenue (as most millionaires have) through their time, best to outsource those non-essential tasks to someone who can do them more effectively. Which actually saves money.

The worst thing you can do while in high school is act without regard of what the consequences will be. Shortcuts and bad decisions are going to catch up with you eventually.

Tactical leadership coaching should be customized based on the person being coached and his or her development needs. You waste your time trying to focus on areas that are not critical to the person’s success or aren’t about maximizing strengths or minimizing weaknesses when you cover the same topics for the same person regardless of the situation.

With only a few months left in my high school career, I look back on my decisions and feel like I am college ready. In the past weeks, I have broken down how to be college ready for freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

What would you guess to be the Top 10 most common topics covered in leadership coaching? 

Why is there so much focus on these tests? Because if you want to get in to the school of your choice and if you want to get scholarship money, your ACT/SAT score is the number one determinate.

Feedforward is a process to solicit help in improving your performance once you’ve gotten feedback on what you need to improve upon.   

As a high school student who has taken the ACT nine times, I understand how hopeless you can feel after taking your first ACT.

Many people in leadership roles, don’t seek feedback for themselves and do not provide adequate feedback to those they lead, which inhibits the ability to maximize performance.

Your freshmen, sophomore, and junior year helped you be prepared for college, but your senior year is when you have to make it a reality.