Interviews over lunch or dinner are an increasingly popular recruiting tool. This http://www.WorkTree.com career article gives you need-to-knows of meal interview.

1. Mind your manners 2. The dish dilemma 3. Consume and converse 4. Finish with a bang

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1. MIND YOUR MANNERS It may seem unnecessary to mention, but those basic table manners you were taught as a child still matter. In casual settings, poor manners are not always corrected. Therefore, you could have picked up some habits that your mother would be ashamed of and more likely than not, your interviewer probably will not be too be impressed by them either.

Here are just a few of habits you should be mindful of during a meal interview:

- BE POLITE. In addition to evaluating your answers to questions, an interviewer is also assessing your personality. Be courteous and respectful to everyone, especially wait staff. Words such as "please" and "thank you" speak worlds about your character. - BE AWARE. Keeping you elbows on table, chewing with your mouth open, talking with your mouth full all convey a negative impression. Pay attention to even your smallest actions. - BE PREPARED. If you feel uncertain about your table manners, consult experts. Emily Post's books on etiquette are considered to be among definitive works on etiquette. There is no shame in doing research; after all, this is an interview.

2. THE DISH DILEMMA Even though you are being treated to a nice meal, you are not free to order any dish you like. You are in an interview, and therefore, you have duty of maintaining a certain level of professionalism and formality throughout meal.

There are no definitive rules of food selection, and you may have to make a game-time decision. However, following these rules will help you steer clear of trouble:

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Summary: The importance of motivation in leadership cannot be denied. But most leaders overlook a critical component of motivation, human dream. Before you can work with people's dreams, you must identify what they dream, a sometimes difficult task. Here's how to make such an identification.

In Leadership, Identifying Dreams That Lead To Great Results by Brent Filson

History teaches that when people needed to do great things, a leader first had to gather them together and speak from heart. This heartfelt speech was often connected to defining and reinforcing a dream shared by both leader and people.

Drill down through goals and aims and aspirations and ambitions of people you lead, and you'll hit bedrock of human motivation, dream.

For instance, Martin Luther King did not say, "I have a goal." Or "I have an aim." The power of that speech was in "I have a dream".

A dream embraces our most cherished longings. It embodies our very identity. We often won't feel fulfilled as human beings until we realize our dreams.

If leaders are not tapping into power of people's dreams, if leaders are simply setting goals (as important as goals are), they miss best of opportunities to help those people take ardent action to achieve great results.

But what do people dream? How can we discover their dreams? After all, people usually won't tell you what they dream until they trust you. They won't trust you until they feel that you can help them attain their dreams. Knowing and sharing their dream can cement a deep, emotional bond between you.

Here are three things you can do to get at what people dream. Be helpful. Be hopeful. Be scarce.

Be helpful. Follow Leadership Imperative: I WILL LEAD PEOPLE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY NOT ONLY ACHIEVE THE RESULTS WE NEED BUT THEY ALSO BECOME BETTER AS PEOPLE AND AS LEADERS.