People Management
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Can failure be a useful learning tool?
Leaders need to stop seeing failure as a red flag and start seeing it as an opportunity.
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Hiring
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Four easy steps to help eliminate gender bias in your hiring practices
Gender equality, psychometrics, and a simple methodology to level the hiring playing field My days here at The Predictive Index (PI) headquarters are unpredictable in the best way. I spend my time consulting with hot tech start-ups, mushroom farms, Fortune 500 energy corporations, and everything in between. Through my varied experiences, I have found that…
People Management
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The 5-step strategic workforce planning framework
What is strategic workforce planning Strategic Workforce Planning is essentially aligning your human capital needs with those dictated by your business plan and strategy. A well thought out workforce plan will answer questions like: For well-established HR departments and larger organizations, workforce planning can be a catch-all term that covers everything HR-related from annual reviews…
Hiring
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The candidate whisperer: The power of the job post
A couple of years ago, a recent college grad and self-described “big idea thinker & doer” took to LinkedIn to share his experience and insight as a new full-time job seeker. His article focused mainly on job descriptions and offered companies advice on how best to construct them to attract millennial talent like him. Nearly…
Consultant Resources
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Eight ways to avoid burning out at work
By Elsbeth McSorley
Hiring
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Top 5 recruiting and hiring mistakes that HR often makes
Hiring mistakes not only waste time and money – they can also impact company morale. Having a refined recruiting and hiring process is crucial to the success of any organization. It’s important to know what pitfalls to avoid when selecting candidates, in the interest of ultimately bringing the best employees for your company on board. The…
Consultant Resources
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The special sauce for developing strategies that stick
By Matt Poepsel, PhD
Hiring
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The hidden costs of mediocre employees
Groundbreaking companies cannot be built on the efforts of mediocre employees. It is absolutely shocking the number of large firms that languish while they put off eliminating underperforming employees. Even worse, those employees who just tread water, who stay out of trouble, meet their quotas, complete their assignments but never use their imagination – never…
Consultant Resources
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From hire to retire: How assessments stand the test of time
By Greg Barnett, PhD
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