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

Talent selection, Uncategorized

When small businesses staff up, they don’t always know what or who they’re looking for. They may have titles in mind, but not clear agreement on the traits and motivation that are needed to do the job. This is not being slack. It’s the norm. Written job descriptions...

Are we seeing the most agile generation enter the workplace?

Talent selection, Uncategorized

Agile intern, Susan Miller is a student at University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. When a student can visualize and pitch their own internship, we like to hear about it. After all, we’re in the business of helping companies select the best matched talent based on...

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

Talent selection, Uncategorized

Let’s look at extroverts. There’s a lot more to personality profiles than whether someone is an “I” or an “E,” as Myers-Briggs might suggest to the casual user. Talent professionals get this and know it’s vital to drill down with MBTI and other assessments....

Last time we talked about unconscious bias, they threw paper wads at us

Uncategorized

We asked for it. This was the closing exercise in our new Unconscious Bias workshop that serves as feedback about what was learned. Most recently we did this for an automotive supplier in a group of hourly and salaried employees. We wanted to know how well we as...

Why don’t women speak up? Psychological safety.

Diversity, Uncategorized

Psychological safety is necessary for any organization. It helps facilitate open communications, improves individual performance and assures you get the best collaborative ideas. Too often, though, it’s lacking and usually this affects women and women of color...

Heading off immature leadership with assessments and development

Development, Uncategorized

Photo: Adobe Stock Immature leadership? No wonder we have so many people leading who simply aren’t prepared. In the past there were many more layers of management. Those days are long gone. As organizations flattened for efficiency, they lost critical training grounds...