Vive la différence! Workplace diversity contributes to innovation and how training can help

Diversity, Uncategorized

A new study from North Carolina State University suggests that organizations that make strides to achieve workplace diversity are also more innovative. This innovation manifests in more new products and, in some cases, even more patents and new uses of technology. “We...

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

Diversity, Uncategorized

Employee customers? More and more, organizations are wooing new talent with techniques more akin to marketing than human resources to reach young people who brand themselves by their work. Competition for talent is getting tougher as the economy improves and...

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

Assessments, Talent selection, Uncategorized

Optimized hiring is getting a lot of coverage in business and news. Basically, this refers to the use of assessment in the hiring process. It’s a fundamental change from earlier HR practices wrought from the continuing refinement of assessments. We’re proponents of...

Generational baggage and how you can check it

Diversity, Leading across generations, Uncategorized

Last week’s New York Times Magazine features a sobering and thought-provoking article about a reported increase in the number of adolescents suffering from anxiety. In “The Kids Who Can’t,” Benoit Denizet-Lewis documents a period in the life of a high school student...

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

Diversity, News, Presentation skills, Uncategorized

Press Release: The way you thought you needed to talk to Millennials is all wrong— new communications skills course addresses generational differences in business and the workplace Greensboro, NC— In many industries, relations between manufacturers and their dealer...

Ever bomb an interview?

Body language, Development, Presentation skills, Uncategorized

Fess up. Ever bomb an interview? Maybe it was for a job your really wanted. Or a talk with your boss about a salary increase. Or critical performance review. Or an important sales call. It’s a little bit like a bad dream, because you probably know you’re...

DISC helps talent acquisition tools do double duty for team development

Talent selection, Uncategorized

Jamesson Solutions got into the talent acquisition arena earlier this year by establishing a value-added associate partnership with TTI Success Insights, maker of the TriMetrix assessment suite. We consider the suite to be very powerful, delivering scientifically...

Assessments and feedback for “back-to-workplace”

Assessments, Uncategorized

Chances are your office is pretty slow right now, as coworkers wrap up their summer vacations and your vendors and clients have automated “I will be out of the office until…” messages on their e-mail. If you do business with European companies,...

How to read body language

Body language, News, Presentation skills, Uncategorized, Workshop sampler

Current politics is a boon for network, cable and internet news because every event is so visual. And we’re not even talking about spectacular footage of space launches or significant human achievements, either. These days it’s downright compelling to just...

Five ways to use your body to get what you want in the workplace

Body language, Development, News, Presentation skills, Uncategorized

Selling an idea, leading a team, winning new business and getting a raise are just a few of the situations in which presentation skills can make a big difference in the outcome. In the three-minute video clip below you can learn about five body language techniques...