Hiring
The close ties between onboarding and employee engagement
Learn why onboarding is so important, how to do it right, and how effective onboarding can improve employee engagement.
Kent Peterson · 5 min read
Hiring
Hiring
How to leverage workplace personality tests
Leveraging data from workplace personality tests will be the differentiator that gives your company a competitive advantage.
Alexandra LeBlanc · 5 min read
Hiring
How to hire a top-performing construction manager
A good construction manager is the key to a successful build. Learn how to hire top-performing construction managers in this blog.
Vickiana Rodriguez · 7 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
Hiring
The real problem with the Business Insider “thank you note” article
If you follow Tech Twitter, you might have seen this post, which blew up over the weekend. Written by Jessica Liebman, the executive managing editor of Insider Inc., the post generated lots of reader outrage. What was all the fuss about? Thank you emails. Her tweet (below) has almost 4,000 comments as of this writing….
Anuj Adhiya · 4 min read
Hiring
Compensation strategies for attracting and retaining top talent
Compensation is a major factor in employee attraction, retention, and turnover. Is your organization’s pay philosophy aligned with best practices?
Greg Barnett · 7 min read
Hiring
No experience, no problem: How PI helps individuals change career paths
Science is finding that experience is less relevant to job success and behavior plays a key role in predicting future performance. Read more on our blog.
Dani Dawkins · 6 min read
Hiring
How to hire a top-performing hospitality general manager
Hiring a top-performing general manager is key to success at your hotel. But what makes a high-performing GM, and where do you find them? Read on to find out.
Clayton Courtney · 7 min read
Employee Engagement
What makes a good consultant? 156 surveyed CEOs reveal the answers
We conducted a survey of 156 CEOs, presidents, and chairpeople as part of our What CEOs Really Want From Consultants Report. Here are four findings.
Laurel White · 2 min read
Company Culture
The secret weapon top CEOs use to solve business problems
Business problem solving is par for the course when you’re a CEO. Discover the discipline top CEOs use to solve their biggest challenges.
Erin Balsa · 7 min read
Consultant Resources
Is it legal for employers to give applicants pre-employment assessments?
Not sure about the use of pre-employment assessments in the hiring process? Get the ins and outs from one of our scientists.
Allison Siminovsky PhD · 8 min read
Employee Engagement
Reason #3 why good employees quit: team fit
There are four forces of employee disengagement and poor team fit is number three on the list. (Previously we’ve covered poor job fit and poor manager fit, which are reasons one and two.) Top organizations are built on high-functioning teams. That’s because a team that’s fully aligned is greater than the sum of its parts; team…
Jackie Dube · 5 min read
Company Culture
3 ways Gen Z will change the workplace
Move over, millennials: Generation Z is growing up, and its oldest members are now entering the workplace. Individuals from Gen Z (ages 7-22 in 2019, according to Pew Research) have much in common with millennials—but there are some significant differences, too. The more you understand what makes Gen Z tick, the better positioned you’ll be…
Laura Gayle · 5 min read
Hiring
20 management skills for talent optimizers
As a talent optimizer, you need to master diverse leadership and management skills. You might be naturally adept at some of the following skills—but developing competency in others will force you to stretch beyond your comfort level to close gaps. While it won’t be easy, doing that important work will set you up to be…
Erin Balsa · 12 min read
Hiring
8 hiring process steps we recommend (and model at PI)
At The Predictive Index, we pride ourselves on modeling best hiring practices using the PI solution and talent optimization. As we work with clients in the implementation stage, they find it helpful to hear how we use PI in our own hiring process. Here’s an insider’s look at how we leverage behavioral and cognitive data to…
Liz Palmieri · 7 min read