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To nail your CSM hire, you’ll need to look beyond just skills and resume. You want to focus on ideal workplace behaviors, and you’ll need to ask the right questions to ensure the person you choose will exhibit those behaviors.
Andrew Barks · 5 min read
You can often teach people skills; you’ll have less luck changing someone’s behavioral makeup. As you seek out that beast of a BDR, you’ll need to ask the right questions to find the right person.
Andrew Barks · 5 min read
Behavioral data can help you identify the right fit for a role. And when you know what behaviors lead to success in a role, you can ask the right questions – and hire with confidence.
Andrew Barks · 5 min read
Leadership at all levels is a core tenet of talent optimization. As you navigate a wild labor market, the leadership skills you seek will evolve, too.
Andrew Barks · 5 min read
Wayne Morris left a successful role in Silicon Valley in favor of more autonomy, more time with family, and a sense of purpose that felt increasingly elusive.
Andrew Barks · 7 min read
Not many people embody perspective better than J.R. Martinez, the latest keynote added to the lineup for OPTIMA22, the premiere talent optimization event.
Andrew Barks · 3 min read
By taking any action on employee engagement survey results, you’re doing right by your people. But the survey is just step one.
Andrew Barks · 8 min read
The PI People Ops team just pulled off an unprecedented Hybrid Office Olympics. Let me elaborate by walking you through my week as a remote Office Olympian.
Andrew Barks · 14 min read
Do you need an employee review template? It’s a valuable resource to have on hand, serving as a starting point for reviews and performance appraisals, and guiding first-time managers less accustomed to these pivotal yet tricky conversations.
Andrew Barks · 9 min read
Looking to improve your feedback form as a manager? Consider these five techniques designed to help people actually learn and grow from evaluations.
Andrew Barks · 7 min read
Dysfunctional teams can cripple an organization. To prevent dysfunction in teams, you need an understanding of the “where” and the “why,” in addition to the more obvious “who.”
Andrew Barks · 7 min read
Learn how to conduct a successful one-one-one interview, ask strong interview questions, and find the right behavioral traits for the role.
Andrew Barks · 8 min read
How do you use strategic interview questions to make better hires? Adjust your questions based on the role and the candidate, to get them speaking critically—and going off-script.
Andrew Barks · 7 min read
You know certain behaviors will thrive in an open position. How do you attract the right people? Go by Reference Profile, and advertise accordingly.
Andrew Barks · 7 min read
Here at PI we’re trying to walk the walk, applying our stated mission of Better Work, Better World to conversations around self care and mental health.
Andrew Barks · 10 min read