Persuader

Steve is the brand manager at PI. He successfully avoided art school but fell into design anyway.

People Management
7 min read

How to stop micromanaging your teams and start promoting leadership

What’s one thing all micromanagers have in common?  They don’t trust their people, and as we know, trust is at the core of any high-performing team.  Particularly in industries like tech, where autonomous work is essential to efficiency, micromanagement can be a morale killer. The best managers are adept at delegating work to highly engaged…

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two designers working to rebrand the company
Organization Design
6 min read

How to rebrand a company to boost perception

Rebranding a company isn’t an easy task. It’s also something you shouldn’t take lightly. Here are some tips when looking to launch a successful rebrand.

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Uncategorized
8 min read

An interview with Stefan Valentin

Tell us a bit about why you came to The Predictive Index in the first place. What drew you? I actually came on board as a referral from PI’s only product manager at the time. I’ve known her for years and she’s the type of person who always goes all-in on things with a passion…

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Uncategorized
7 min read

An interview with Sarah Mulvey

Sarah, you were a teacher in South Carolina, then up and moved to Boston. You got a job as an administrative assistant at The Predictive Index, but you’ve got a totally different job today. Walk us through your journey at PI. Sure! I never expected to end up where I am now, but I guess…

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Steve smells a Thanksgiving dish
Uncategorized
6 min read

Thanksgiving dinner: what kind of cook are you?

I don’t follow recipes, and I’m nervously excited for Thanksgiving dinner. I love to cook, but I’m not exactly “by the book” when it comes to following recipes. I’ll scan it over for the general idea of what needs to get done, and then I’m off to the races, foregoing the measuring cups and relying…

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People Management
5 min read

The mixed messages you’re sending employees

Tom was a new sales support manager who’d been in the role for about a month. One of his employees, Rhonda, was quite a sensitive person, and although she’d been in the job three years and knew the role well, Tom felt she needed to be more forceful and decisive when dealing with the company’s…

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Abandoned room
Hiring
6 min read

Life after people [operations]

Almost all companies have people operations, or to some, human resources. These people guardians can range from a single person managing the day-to-day work environment issues, or a fully-staffed department of recruiters, specialists, and directors tasked with things like, upholding company culture or structuring a new-hire onboarding process. While not always the most visible, it’s…

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