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Only 1 in 10 Companies Measure ROI on Critical HR Functions
Despite a growing reliance on data and evidence-based decision making for planning and forecasting, sales, marketing, quality control, and safety, many employers still do not take analytics seriously when it comes to human resources. A new survey by ACT Bridge found...
Twas the Week Before Christmas and All Through the Shops – A DISC Tale
Twas the week before Christmas and all through the stores, everyone is scurrying and rushing toward the doors. The sales staff is exhausted, the shoppers are spent, The businesses are hoping, they'll make enough to pay the rent. But regardless of the holiday, one...
PeopleClues Helps Mike’s Carwash Enhance Its Candidate Screening
PeopleClues, an industry leader in workplace assessments, today announced the release of its latest case study, “Mike’s Carwash Cleans Up Recruiting and Candidate Screening Processes with Help from PeopleClues Pre-employment Selection Assessments.” The study focuses...
Avoid These 9 Toxic Supervisor Behaviors
Whether it's the interview or personality test, hiring managers tend to focus on the positive traits and characteristics of job applicants when hiring or promoting employees. While strengths are essential for success, it is also important to recognize potential...
New Study: Lowering Cost of Employee Turnover Is A Smart Thing to Do
For businesses that experience high levels of turnover, the cost of doing business adds up quickly. The cost of employee turnover which is often ignored can be a cost that spirals out of control. Based on the results of 30 case studies, it costs businesses about...
A DISC Recipe for a Happy Thanksgiving Dinner
How DISC Behaviors Can Make or Break Your Thanksgiving Dinner Whether it is Uncle Bob, Grandma, or cousin Sue, there are basically four different ways people prepare and celebrate the holiday. Understanding these four styles can be the difference between celebrating...
Hiring Right Takes More Than Just Good Job Fit
The problem of hiring right the first time has not yet been solved. Most companies still use a hiring process based on high-volume attraction and a quasi-scientific process for weeding out the weak, with the hope that a few good people remain at the end. Reliance on...
4 Criteria to Use Pre-Employment Testing Responsibly
Psychometric measurement is the basis for the safe and predictive use of pre-employment testing. Any tool associated with the job fit appraisal of an individual is considered an assessment by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity...
Effective Performance Management Begins with Self-awareness
How does a business start to improve the feedback it gives and receives? It begins with self-awareness. Self-awareness goes well beyond just taking a DISC or Myers-Brigg Type assessment. Yes, these tools are a means to the end. Too many organizations unfortunately...
Managers vs. Leaders
By Ken Blanchard and Drea Zigarmi You may think of the words “manager” and “leader” as two concepts representing opposite ends of a continuum. The term manager typifies the more structured, controlled, analytical, orderly, and rule-oriented end of the continuum. The...
