As one of the industry’s most respected employee testing experts, Success Performance Solutions and its President are in the news frequently. From local media interviews to coverage in the likes of Business Week, Forbes, Fox Small Business, Huffington Post, and more, Ira S Wolfe shares his thoughts and successes on hiring and workforce trends.
I used to hate Tuesdays. It wasn’t supposed to be that way. Tuesdays you see were self-designed to be my ideal day at work. I arrived at 7:30 AM, attended to one or two patients, and then left the office no later than noon. The problem was that I hated what I had to do […]
Hundreds of regional execs reveal their strategic standards for decision making. How uncanny! On the eve of the release of our Report on Integrity and Ethics, the longtime chairman and CEO of Freddie Mac, the president and COO, and the CFO were asked to step aside. Why? Lack of “cooperation and candor” and “management misjudgements”. Last […]
Supporting Workers in high stressed jobs is the target of a number of new techniques that can improve productivity It costs businesses dearly when employees call in sick at the last minute or even worse, when they come to work complaining and dragging their feet. Productivity takes a nosedive along with the morale of their […]
The Peter Principle still lives, and folks promoted beyond their level of competence continue to feed turnover and dampen morale. So? Is there a tactic to save the valuable employee who’s become a less than shimmering manager. Here are the rules. A little more than two years ago, Jim was hired as the new team […]
The Iceman cometh….and the Iceman went away. More than 25 percent, or over 2 million, of the jobs that were erased from the economy over the past two years are probably gone for good. Going back to the beginning of the 20th century, we’ve seen dozens of occupations disappear. As computers and automated systems increasingly […]
When a landmark Lancaster County bank decided to create a branch unique to its market, it called on Success Performance Solutions to help select employees who could deliver an above-average outcome. Dr. Ira S. Wolfe, founder and president of SPS, met with leaders of Union National Community Bank and helped them identify the core competencies […]
Higher stress creates greater need for team building By Christina Olenchek, staff writer In late June, the employees of a Mechanicsburg technology firm used items such as rubber duckies, eight-track tapes and candy canes to build a greater sense of teamwork. Several groups of IntelliMark employees scoured the area for these and other wacky objects […]
