by Ira Wolfe | Jun 8, 2011 | Employee Performance Management, Employment Testing
If you ask 100 managers to explain why employees fail, you will likely get at least different 101 answers. But once you remove all the smoke, mirrors, theories, and old wives tales, there are really only seven reasons. Lack of Technical Skills/Knowledge. Everywhere...
by Ira Wolfe | May 23, 2011 | Employment Testing
Would you hire a candidate if he agreed with the following statements during the interview? I am usually satisfied with work that is “good enough.” It is not necessary to do more than enough work to get by. My anger frightens other people. Sometime you have to...
by Ira Wolfe | Feb 21, 2011 | Employee Performance Management, Employment Testing
The word of the year at DynaTech is “improvement.” It’s not glitzy, fancy, or catchy. It doesn’t grab you with the intensity of the 1980s and 1990s buzz word “kaizen,” which by the way means “improvement” in Japanese. But it’s a word that every employee...
by Ira Wolfe | Nov 8, 2010 | Employment Testing
Until the time comes when managers can hit the add and remove “personality traits” button and re-program a poor performing employee, organizations must evaluate the whole person- hardware and software – before they hire or promote him or her. I recently hired a...
by Ira Wolfe | Oct 30, 2010 | Employment Testing
What motivates salespeople? If you listen to sales managers, money motivates. In fact, many sales managers will reject a candidate outright if he suspects the applicant isn’t motivated by money. You can’t blame them. If earning more money through closing more sales...
by Ira Wolfe | Oct 27, 2010 | Employment Testing
The proliferation of personality tests on the Internet and an increased desire by companies to hire the right employee the first time is driving up the utilization rate of pre employment assessment tests by small business. Popularity often breeds myths and pre...
