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Thad is a senior marketing director at PI.

Bob Glazer

Leadership lessons from a 28-time award-winning CEO

5 min read

Bob Glazer’s company, Acceleration Partners, has won 28 awards. Here’s what this business, culture, and performance guru has to say about leadership.

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4 habits of effective senior leadership teams

4 habits of effective senior leadership teams

5 min read

What does a talent-optimized executive team look like? Here are four habits of effective senior leadership teams.

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hiring manager Thad Peterson

8 recruiting tips for successful hiring

18 min read

The most important thing you can do as a hiring manager is to hire the right people. These 8 recruiting tips will ensure you do that.

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Mike Zani CEO the predictive index

How top CEOs hire talent

3 min read

High-performing CEOs have a secret when it comes to hiring the right talent. Learn what they’re doing differently and how to apply it to your own business.

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people management is easier with behavioral assessments

A conversation about people management with Jeff Haden

31 min read

Author and LinkedIn thought leader Jeff Haden talks about people management, millennial managers, and even “chug points.”

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hiring manager Thad Peterson

“I’m grateful for _____ at work.”

8 min read

True fact #1: Writing down the things we’re grateful for leads to increased happiness. True fact #2: Companies with happier employees tend to be more productive. With those things in mind, I set out to find out what employees here at The Predictive Index are grateful for. A win-win: It gives people a chance to…

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Mike McKee on leadership lessons learned

An interview with an NHL player turned CEO

24 min read

From a Princeton pizza shop to the NHL, from Goldman Sachs to software solutions, Mike McKee, CEO and Director of ObserveIT, has worked on and led teams of every flavor. But whether it’s delivering pizzas or developing security software, it always comes down to people. The Predictive Index Senior Director of Marketing, Thad Peterson, sat…

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Manager sits behind desk at office

The traits of great managers (a data-driven analysis)

1 min read

We recently released the results of a study of 5,000+ employees about their perspectives on their managers. From it, we gleaned some amazing findings, all of which can be found in our People Management Study report. I had the chance to have a conversation with Craig Weber, author of Conversational Capacity, to talk about our…

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Manager ratings and employee engagement levels

We asked 5,103 people about their managers. Here are 3 fascinating findings.

4 min read

The idea for this study was hatched in April when I was out there poking around the interwebs, trying to dig up some hard data about what traits are found in great managers (and terrible managers, for that matter). What I quickly found was there is an abundance of self-proclaimed management experts who opine about…

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The key to success: confidence

5 min read

Whether asking for a raise, presenting in front of a large group, or taking on a complicated project confidence is the key to success

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Man doing work

Why you should use job targeting

5 min read

When I applied for a job at The Predictive Index (PI), I went through the same steps you’d expect for a job application process, at least initially.

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Two coworkers smiling

My life as a PI Promoter

6 min read

Learn how this Promoter uses their natural charisma and enthusiasm to make a difference in the workplace.

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My life as a PI Venturer

8 min read

My name is Thad Peterson and I’m a Venturer. More on being Venturer in a bit, but let me first set the stage by telling you a bit about me and my job.

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Two coworkers talking

How to design an effective interview process

7 min read

The interview process, in many organizations, is broken. Even the most successful organizations who pride themselves on process fail to answer key questions—What’s the best way to go about the interviewing process? How should you record the thoughts of each interviewer? How many people should be involved? Is it easier to just let interviews fall…

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