Articles on talent selection and development

Forget personality for a minute, let’s assess thought time and action time

Leadership development has long relied on assessment of personality, cognitive, or behavioral...

Jamesson Solutions acquires Polygon Puzzle™, Trust Building™, Team Buildings™ and TPQ™

Jamesson Solutions has purchased three well-known business simulations and one personality...

Talent Tips: Motivation is the most important factor in choosing any job candidate

Many times people ask us about motivation. What is motivation? Generally, motivation is what...

How Larissa Cerqueira keeps Fluence competitive

We're amazed and inspired. Larissa Cerqueira is CHRO at Fluence, a leader in renewable energy with...

Heading off immature leadership with assessments and development

Photo: Adobe StockImmature leadership? No wonder we have so many people leading who simply aren’t...

How to avoid the true cost of making the wrong hire

Ever made a wrong hire in your business? Whether you are a large or small organization, have low...

Communication skills a top priority in Training survey

"Communication skills" has remained at the top of Training magazine's "Priority Skills for...

Donna Warrick in TrainingMag.com on multi-generational workplace issues

From TrainingMag.com ... The goal in cross-generational communication training is not to study...

HR may need some hand-holding to compete for younger “employee customers”

Employee customers? More and more, organizations are wooing new talent with techniques more akin...

The way you thought you needed to talk to Millennials is all wrong

Press Release: The way you thought you needed to talk to Millennials is all wrong— new...

Assessments and feedback for “back-to-workplace”

Chances are your office is pretty slow right now, as coworkers wrap up their summer vacations and...

The power of good presentation: body language

From winning a job to winning new business for your job, presentation skills are both fundamental...

Jamesson Solutions partners with TTI Success Insights for TriMetrix assessments for talent acquisition

We're excited to add a new facet to the Jamesson Solutions products and services: talent...

Part 1 – Presentation Basics

Almost all of us will have to speak in front of an audience at some point or another. Whether it’s...

Training ROI: learning and leadership development is becoming more tangible

Training ROI? In our decades-long careers in learning and leadership development the question of...

Coaches look at thought time and action time for more effective feedback, using The Leadership Nexus

Jamesson Solutions has acquired a new product in a partnership with the Winston-Salem authors of...

Talent Tips: Leadership development helps employee retention

Jamesson Solutions' Donna Warrick sees leadership development as both vital to maintaining a...

A leadership sandbox – How a peer-to-peer program builds leaders on the job

Peer-to-peer coaching lets each team member try out leadership. Photo: Adobe Stock.Learning to...

Before you hire, benchmark the job to find the best matched talent

When small businesses staff up, they don’t always know what or who they’re looking for. They may...

The PressTime business simulation works well with remote learning

Simulations are powerful learning tools, unfortunately many of them rely on teams working closely...

Get The Most Out Of Your Staff By Increasing Employee Engagement

Are you getting the most out of your people? It’s complicated. Increasing employee engagement is a...

Why you need assessments for talent selection

For talent acquisition, mere trust is never enough to assure a great match. Don’t start trusting...

Hone your organization for success with greater soft skills through talent acquisition and continuing development

People skills, emotional intelligence and agility — development terms that fall under the umbrella...

Optimized hiring helps HR fine tune its talent acquisition: but do a little research first

Optimized hiring is getting a lot of coverage in business and news. Basically, this refers to the...

Ever bomb an interview?

Fess up. Ever bomb an interview? Maybe it was for a job your really wanted. Or a talk with your...

How to read body language

Current politics is a boon for network, cable and internet news because every event is so visual....

Who Cries in a Business Presentation?

At a recent Advanced Presentation Skills workshop, we spent a day with the senior vice presidents...

Part 2 – 6 Elements of Successful Presentations

We've all sat through presentations that are boring, poorly organized, or hampered by overuse or...

How to recognize Leadership Moments

This is the chapter, "Leadership Moments" from The Leadership Nexus: Aligning Thought and Action...

Talent Tips: Use assessments to see a prospect’s “driving forces” for a more successful hire

Mike Warrick says a prospect's "driving forces" need to be in synch with their job...and vice...

Take your teams back to school with simulations

We never lose the feeling of back-to-school time, do we? Even if you don’t have kids or your kids...

Match extroverts to the right positions to ensure a better long-term hire

Let's look at extroverts. There’s a lot more to personality profiles than whether someone is an...

Using hiring assessments to measure motivation for development and career pathing

Mike Warrick's motivation was to sit down with Alison Nolan, formerly an HR partner at Volvo Group...

How to assess motivation when hiring

What is motivation and why does it matter? To learn more, we had insightful conversations with a...

Culture is key to attracting talent

Companies are taking innovative steps to attract talent in a competitive hiring environment....

Not your father’s Human Resources. Training can get your organization up to speed.

Donna writes in Training Industry about Human Resources becoming a bigger user of corporate...

Generational baggage and how you can check it

Last week’s New York Times Magazine features a sobering and thought-provoking article about a...

DISC helps talent acquisition tools do double duty for team development

Jamesson Solutions got into the talent acquisition arena earlier this year by establishing a...

From the Beer Game to Paper Planes, business simulations continue to be popular

We're not sure what the first business simulation was, but when you research the topic, you'll...

30 years of marriage = talent acquisition, training and development

(Photo: Mike and Donna Warrick) With our new Talent Acquisition services officially launched, we...

“Son, I’m A Storyteller.” Why Business Needs Stories.

This article is the first of a series that will discuss storytelling’s unique power in business...

Part 3 – Talk Your Walk: Leverage Your Behavior Style for More Effective Presentations

Understanding your behavior style can help you play to your strengths and find ways to anticipate...