People Management
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8 leadership lessons of 2018
Take a leadership lesson—or eight—from the annals of 2018. Let’s take a look back at the year that offered a slew of successes and a few cautionary tales.
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The 5 best podcasts for business leaders & leadership
The most successful executives are in a constant state of learning. You should always be looking for opportunities to learn, listen, and think creatively. Not only will you become a better leader, but you’ll help foster creativity in the workplace, and set an example for the employees at your company. Why podcasts are perfect for…
Company Culture
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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…
Employee Engagement
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Friday Forward: How a weekly email changed the way I lead
Several years back, I started the simple practice of sending out a weekly Friday email to my employees. That seemingly little habit has changed my company, helped me to be a more inspirational leader, and it’s even transcended my organization and impacts tens of thousands of people around the world today. This is the story…
People Management
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Be a great manager with these 12 leadership books.
12 leadership and team management books that have had the biggest impact on the way I manage and lead.
People Management
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The one trait all great leaders must possess
To become a great leader you must take control over one major part of yourself: your ego. Keeping your ego in check is a lifelong pursuit. As Charles Duhigg explained in his book “The Power of Habit,” our bodies naturally want us to create habitual behaviors. Basically, our brains try to find the most efficient way…
People Management
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Why leaders need to be more self-aware
Over the course of a long management career I slowly became conscious of a trend: Managers who had little idea of how they were coming across to others, who weren’t fully conscious of the effects of the messages they were sending, had difficulties with employees. On the other hand, managers who seemed more insightful about…
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A new way to recruit and network on LinkedIn
Finding good candidates is easy. Finding great candidates is hard. After all, the great ones love their current job and are absolutely crushing it. As managers and leaders, it’s our obligation to always be networking, looking out for the best interests of the company, and finding people who can add amazing value. I recently realized…
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Self vs. self-concept and its effect on workplace behavior
In The Predictive Index™ Behavioral Assessment, we look at people’s “self” as well as their “self-concept” when it comes to workplace behavior. I sat down with Dr. Matt Poepsel, PI’s VP of Product, to help unpack these terms.
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Mike Zani interviewed by The Naked Sales Guy podcast
Matt McClain and Megan Waddell, hosts of the Nake Sales Guy podcast, recently invited PI’s CEO, Mike Zani, to be on the show with them. The episode featured Mike giving Matt and Megan their behavioral assessment readbacks, as well as an engaging discussion about the behavioral traits required to achieve greatness in sales.
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My internal monologue when networking
Introverted or extroverted, networking opportunities create internal talk tracks in all of our heads I like to consider myself a fairly social person in the workplace. I interact with coworkers at the coffee machine. I have a work buddy to talk to about my wild and crazy weekends with (i.e., talk about my latest Netflix…
People Management
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Challenging performative leadership
Reevaluating leadership and challenging where true power lies
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Passion: What it is, how to get it, and why you need it
When what you do, how you lead, and how you conduct business no longer drives you, it’s time to reevaluate your definition of passion
Company Culture
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How a leader can change their peoples’ view of the organization
An organization’s culture is derived from the behaviors of the people within it An organization’s culture is a system of behaviors, expectations, priorities, traditions, and attitudes that work themselves out in the ways people communicate and get things done. To put it more simply, one could say that an organization’s culture is its system of…