Organization Design
4 habits of effective senior leadership teams
What does a talent-optimized executive team look like? Here are four habits of effective senior leadership teams.
Thad Peterson · 5 min read
Blog Posts by Thad Peterson
Hiring
8 recruiting tips for successful hiring
The most important thing you can do as a hiring manager is to hire the right people. These 8 recruiting tips will ensure you do that.
Thad Peterson · 18 min read
Hiring
How top CEOs hire talent
High-performing CEOs have a secret when it comes to hiring the right talent. Learn what they’re doing differently and how to apply it to your own business.
Thad Peterson · 3 min read
People Management
A conversation about people management with Jeff Haden
Author and LinkedIn thought leader Jeff Haden talks about people management, millennial managers, and even “chug points.”
Thad Peterson · 31 min read
Company Culture
“I’m grateful for _____ at work.”
True fact #1: Writing down the things we’re grateful for leads to increased happiness. True fact #2: Companies with happier employees tend to be more productive. With those things in mind, I set out to find out what employees here at The Predictive Index are grateful for. A win-win: It gives people a chance to…
Thad Peterson · 8 min read
Company Culture
An interview with an NHL player turned CEO
From a Princeton pizza shop to the NHL, from Goldman Sachs to software solutions, Mike McKee, CEO and Director of ObserveIT, has worked on and led teams of every flavor. But whether it’s delivering pizzas or developing security software, it always comes down to people. The Predictive Index Senior Director of Marketing, Thad Peterson, sat…
Thad Peterson · 24 min read
People Management
The traits of great managers (a data-driven analysis)
We recently released the results of a study of 5,000+ employees about their perspectives on their managers. From it, we gleaned some amazing findings, all of which can be found in our People Management Study report. I had the chance to have a conversation with Craig Weber, author of Conversational Capacity, to talk about our…
Thad Peterson · 1 min read
Company Culture
We asked 5,103 people about their managers. Here are 3 fascinating findings.
The idea for this study was hatched in April when I was out there poking around the interwebs, trying to dig up some hard data about what traits are found in great managers (and terrible managers, for that matter). What I quickly found was there is an abundance of self-proclaimed management experts who opine about…
Thad Peterson · 4 min read
People Management
The key to success: confidence
Whether asking for a raise, presenting in front of a large group, or taking on a complicated project confidence is the key to success
Thad Peterson · 5 min read
Hiring
Why you should use job targeting
When I applied for a job at The Predictive Index (PI), I went through the same steps you’d expect for a job application process, at least initially.
Thad Peterson · 5 min read
People Management
My life as a PI Venturer
My name is Thad Peterson and I’m a Venturer. More on being Venturer in a bit, but let me first set the stage by telling you a bit about me and my job.
Thad Peterson · 8 min read
Hiring
How to design an effective interview process
The interview process, in many organizations, is broken. Even the most successful organizations who pride themselves on process fail to answer key questions—What’s the best way to go about the interviewing process? How should you record the thoughts of each interviewer? How many people should be involved? Is it easier to just let interviews fall…
Thad Peterson · 7 min read
Hiring
Recruiting active vs. passive candidates
When I started looking for a job last year, it was the first time I’d done so in more than five years, and I was overwhelmed. Thinking about new routines, new commute, new people, new coffee machine, new set of work passwords. It was daunting. I’m what we at PI call a Controller pattern, a key…
Thad Peterson · 6 min read
People Management
How self-aware are you?
Recently, I had a client come to me very upset. She had begun working with two people who both had a Predictive Index behavioral pattern almost identical to hers and she said, “Melanie, please tell me I don’t come across like those two!” Unfortunately, what I couldn’t tell her was that the descriptions she gave me…
Thad Peterson · 4 min read
Hiring
When to fire an employee: We hire for skills, but fire for something else
Think about this: When you interview a candidate for a position, a primary input in the decision-making process (the resume) is provided by the candidate. While the resume certainly gives you an overview of experience, education, and skills, it’s still information that’s curated by the candidate. This is equivalent to a used car salesperson handing…
Thad Peterson · 3 min read