Best practices when completing an employee review

Reviews are an important tool for determining, tracking, and evaluating employee goals and goal attainment. Not only do they help you evaluate how an employee is doing based on their competencies and job responsibilities, but they provide an opportunity for you and your employees to align on goals and map out how their work contributes…

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Sample email: Introducing the XP Survey to your employees

Audience: All employeesTiming: 2-3 weeks before the PI Employee Experience (XP) Survey goes liveEmail purpose: Introduce the XP Survey to your employee base Directions: Copy and paste the language below, and use it as a starting point for your email. Feel free to personalize the language to your liking. We recommend you send this email…

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Sample email: Introducing the XP Survey to your management team

Audience: People managers at your organizationTiming: 3-4 weeks before the PI Employee Experience (XP) Survey goes liveEmail purpose: Kick off the XP Survey with your management team before inviting employees to take the survey Directions: Copy and paste the language below, and use it as a starting point for your email. Feel free to personalize…

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Build Job Targets with confidence

Job targets enable confidence in job fit – the sense of feeling productive and satisfied in your work because your day-to-day tasks energize you.

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Email preview: Diagnose XP survey reminder email

Directions: Preview the PI Employee Experience (“XP”) Survey reminder email your employees will receive from The Predictive Index. This email is sent on the day you selected when scheduling your XP Survey. Note: Before your survey goes live, it can be helpful to introduce the survey to your management team and employee base. Feel free…

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Rating Interview Responses using the STAR method

Behavioral interviewing assumes that past performance is an indicator of future performance. We ask people about their previous experiences in order to see if we can align their responses with our expectations of the job and situations we know they’ll encounter.  Using the STAR method to gain more insight into these areas, you’ll identify a…

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Taking action on engagement

Soliciting employee feedback is a critical part of building a best-in-class company culture. When your people feel safe to share candid, timely, and specific feedback, it brings you one step closer to creating meaningful change in your organization. But feedback alone won’t spark that change—action must follow. Unfortunately, many leaders struggle to translate feedback into…

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The four drivers of engagement, and how to measure them

Engagement is something any great organization strives for. When people are engaged by their work, team, and organization, they tend to give their 100% each day. Yet engagement can be a difficult concept to grasp. How do you measure it, let alone improve it?  In this article, you’ll learn the definition of engagement, the four…

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What is the Behavioral Target?

Every individual is wired differently. Their behavioral makeup dictates how they approach and respond to situations in the workplace. And the more insight you have into those behaviors, the better equipped you are as a colleague, team, or organization to understand your people – and put them in positions where they will thrive.  Let’s explore…

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Cater onboarding to your employees

Not every employee likes to work or be managed in the same way. Some people like clear rules and careful planning. Other people feel stifled by rules and prefer to wing it. By catering your onboarding process to these preferences, you can keep employees more engaged in the onboarding process. That doesn’t mean you need…

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Make onboarding a team effort

In the last lesson, we mentioned asking future coworkers to greet a new employee. Your team shouldn’t just help with early onboarding, though—they should be involved in the whole process. We’ve created a FAQ for this below.

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Onboarding starts when the offer is signed

Many organizations don’t start onboarding until the employee official walks in the door. But why wait? By starting the onboarding process early, your new hires can begin to absorb your organization’s culture and values before their first day. They’ll hit their first week with more confidence, fewer hiccups, and stronger relationships. Check out our very…

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What is onboarding and why is it important?

When an organization hires a new employee, it’s rare that the employee immediately starts working. Instead, the employee needs to learn some basics first, like what their role is and how it helps the broader organization. The process of teaching an employee these basics is called onboarding. Onboarding is often defined as the first week…

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