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What Is The Worst Way to Evaluate Manager Competence?
"What is different about being a Manager?" starts out a blog I read regularly. In it Tom Foster, the author, asks: "What is different about being a manager [than a supervisor]?" This is an ongoing and growing conversation I have with senior managers and business...
Answers to More 5 FAQs about Pre Employment Testing
As the popularity of pre employment testing increases, so does the number of frequently asked questions. Below are five of the most common questions. Won't some people be offended by being asked to complete a test?Certainly, but if some people are offended by a...
Why Mothers Teach Lousy Sales Skills
Mothers are pretty incredible people. Beginning with conception through adulthood, they care for us, feed us, mentor us, sacrifice for us, protect us and … you get the point. But the one thing most mothers don’t do well is teach top performing sales skills. In fact,...
Why Use Pre-Employment Testing
More and more companies, including small businesses and non-profits, are starting to use pre-employment testing to screen out high risk applicants and select the right employees. The most popular employee tests are skill, personality and aptitude. These tests are used...
New White Paper: 3 Steps to Screen Faster, Hire Smarter
Your business lives or dies on your ability to find, hire and keep qualified, competent and engaged employees. But that job is getting harder, particularly on the recruiting side, according to a recent survey. While most HR professionals say that finding good job...
The ABC’s of DISC – What Energizes and De-Energizes Employees
I've recently published several posts about how DISC influences individual preferences toward customer service, learning, and even delivering performance reviews. While I received several comments and emails about the content in the articles, a majority of readers...
How Much Is Employee Turnover Costing Your Company?
A conservative estimate of the cost of turnover for hourly employees is 25 percent of their annual salary. A search for studies about costs associated with hiring and employee turnover places the actual expense closer to 50 percent for hourly employees—and many times...
Integrity Tests Reduce Hiring Risk, Lower Workmen’s Comp
Interest in pre-employment integrity testing is exploding. Curiosity about its effectiveness prompted a writer for HR Magazine (log in required to view article) to call me for an interview. While I wasn’t personally mentioned in the article, my company Success...
10 Reasons Hiring Managers Fear Pre-Employment Tests
UPDATED August 6, 2019Despite strong evidence and research to the contrary, many HR professionals and hiring managers still resist using pre-employment tests during the hiring process. Based on over nearly 25 years of conversations, I came up with 10...
Documenting Employee Performance: 4 Reasons Why You Must Do It
Effectively documenting employee performance. It is sometime boring. It is sometime time-consuming. But it is ALWAYS Important. But rather than focus exclusively on "how to document performance,” let’s consider why documenting employee performance is so important in...
