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Business Strategy

Elevate your team: Proven strategies for improving team productivity

Increasing productivity doesn’t have to cost a lot. It can be as simple as shifting a mindset, or providing the proper motivation.

· 11 min read

Behavioral Assessments

Halloween costume buyer’s guide: What to wear based on your Reference Profile

Still need a costume for Halloween? We’ve got you covered. Learn what to buy (or make!) based on your PI Reference Profile.

David Silbert · 8 min read

Business Strategy

Why I named Bank of America the inaugural Talent Magnet benchmark winner

In my work with executive and strategic HR teams, I try my best to reinforce a simple truth: Top talent always has a choice.

Matt Poepsel, PhD · 5 min read

Company Culture

How to attract top talent in our new world of work

The disconnect between modern job seekers and would-be workplaces is due, in large part, to poor first impressions and underwhelming employer branding.

Matt Poepsel, PhD · 8 min read

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Company Culture

Evolving the scrum: Creating cohesive engineering teams despite distance 

The engineering field is resolute, assured of its abilities, even as modern scrum teams face challenges that force us to revisit some long-codified credos.

Suzy ELFishawy · 10 min read

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Leadership

Crafting leaders: A dive into essential leadership skills

Read our deep dive into the essential leadership skills that differentiate good and successful leaders from all the rest.

Ashley McCann · 9 min read

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People Management

Level up your leadership with these 10 management best practices.

Struggling to hit or maintain your team goals? Here are 10 management best practices to help you motivate and retain your people.

David Silbert · 9 min read

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Change Management

How to effectively identify and overcome resistance to change

Why is resistance to change so persistent? The simple answer may just be that people want stability. They want to be able to predict what will happen to them instead of being confronted with the unknown.

· 12 min read

Hiring

Tired of bad hires? Stop chasing perfection, and start hiring for potential.

As companies fight for increasingly scarce talent, learn how PI scaled up its sales team by hiring great people in plain sight.

Sarah Woodbury · 8 min read

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Behavioral Assessments

How to build Job Targets with confidence

Job targets enable confidence in job fit – the sense of feeling productive and satisfied in your work because your day-to-day tasks energize you.

Trish Davis-Gray · 5 min read

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Company Culture

Become a better leader by developing these 18 essential traits.

Amid a shifting workplace landscape, one constant is the importance of effective leadership. With so many aspects of work now in flux, the difference a good leader can make may be greater than ever.

· 19 min read

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Company Culture

How to boost team morale and motivate your people

Employee morale may describe how satisfied employees are with their work, their level of happiness or motivation, or their enthusiasm or engagement, among other traits. 

· 20 min read

Hiring

Know your candidate: 3 hiring tips from a fresh recruiter

As a job seeker turned candidate recruiter, I’ve seen all sides of talent acquisition. Here are my three biggest tips for new recruiters.

Carolina Lopes · 8 min read

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Business Strategy

Change management process: Best practices for planning and execution

A change management process refers to any system or framework a business or organization puts in place in order to help them design, build, implement, and manage change strategies.

· 15 min read