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This research review examines studies on the effectiveness of employment interviews in predicting future job behavior, including candidate and interview factors that may affect the interview process.  

This article reviews research on the selection tools and recruitment strategies that work, and which staffing and recruiting methods lead to positive applicant perceptions. It reviews the gaps in knowledge and implementation in these areas.

This report from the SHRM Foundation turns research findings and expert opinion into specific advice on how to conduct effective human resource practices, including selection of successful candidates.

This tool from the Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession can be used for selecting teacher leaders as well as for designing training and development support.

In this book, Teach for America distills what it has learned about effective teacher practice into six principles, such as setting goals and investing students and families in the work; it also explores the competencies that set apart highly successful teachers in low-income communities, which is useful for districts in screening candidates. 

The Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program, funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation, developed this resource on promising practices, insights, and the very limited research base for selecting teacher leaders. 

This chart offers an overview of the three general areas that educators and policymakers should assess in selecting teacher leaders as well as methods for assessing candidates in each area. Districts and schools selecting teacher leaders can use this chart as a guide to choose methods for assessing candidates in each area. 

This classic book on the power of teams emphasizes a results-oriented approach to team leadership. According to the authors, teams respond more effectively to specific performance expectations than to general exhortations or soft skills. Great team leaders, they suggest, are accountable for organizational goals, build trust and confidence in the team’s ability to accomplish its mission, and help their team members get past individual hurdles.

The author of this book writes a fictional account of a troubled Silicon Valley firm in order to illustrate the five behaviors that he believes limit team success: absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, and inattention to results. As an additional tool, the author includes a questionnaire for readers to use in evaluating their own teams, and specific strategies to help them understand and overcome these common shortcomings.

This Harvard Business Review article by the authors of The Wisdom of Teams defines a team, noting that not every group is a team, and the three types of teams. The authors discuss how to build team performance and cover the four elements that make teams function.