by Ira Wolfe | Jun 22, 2016 | Employee Performance Management, Employment Testing
When a hiring manager is asked to list the most important job skills, multitasking often appears near or at the top of list. For sure, top performers carry heavy workloads. Expectations are high to get more done with fewer resources in less time. Unscheduled...
by Ira Wolfe | Jul 16, 2015 | Career Development, Employee Motivation, Employee Performance Management
Advice to deal with toxic employees seem more abundant than sand in a desert. The problem is that without cooperation from the employee you might as well be shoveling with a rake! So let’s begin with the employee or manager who feels his success in life is...
by Ira Wolfe | Nov 5, 2014 | Employee Motivation, Employee Performance Management
How many times have you looked forward to a vacation only to feel depressed and de-energized as you head back to work? Or maybe you thought that graduation from college, a new job, a promotion, or reaching a certain age was all you needed to turn on the success...
by Ira Wolfe | Oct 22, 2014 | Employee Performance Management, Employment Testing
For decades and maybe even centuries, past performance has been a reasonably good predictor of future performance. It still is if … the job is repetitive and routine. Unfortunately that limits its use to primarily low-skill-low-pay. But since our world is changing...
by Ira Wolfe | Oct 16, 2014 | Employee Performance Management
In my last post I pointed out how ignoring your weaknesses was a flaw in the strategy to discover your strengths. Even Gallup admits that its research has been distorted. Let’s now move on to the second reason why relying on strengths alone is a path that may lead to...
by Ira Wolfe | Oct 13, 2014 | Employee Performance Management, Leadership
Recruiting and retaining talent is the highest priority in many companies. Discovering employee strengths is a popular strategy. Why wouldn’t management want to know if a candidate or employee had “the ability to consistently provide near-perfect performance in a...
