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Thad is a senior marketing director at PI.

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Recruiting active vs. passive candidates

6 min read

When I started looking for a job last year, it was the first time I’d done so in more than five years, and I was overwhelmed. Thinking about new routines, new commute, new people, new coffee machine, new set of work passwords. It was daunting. I’m what we at PI call a Controller pattern, a key…

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How self-aware are you?

4 min read

Recently, I had a client come to me very upset. She had begun working with two people who both had a Predictive Index behavioral pattern almost identical to hers and she said, “Melanie, please tell me I don’t come across like those two!” Unfortunately, what I couldn’t tell her was that the descriptions she gave me…

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When to fire an employee: We hire for skills, but fire for something else

3 min read

Think about this: When you interview a candidate for a position, a primary input in the decision-making process (the resume) is provided by the candidate. While the resume certainly gives you an overview of experience, education, and skills, it’s still information that’s curated by the candidate. This is equivalent to a used car salesperson handing…

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Understanding culture fit

7 min read

Culture fit is an often-misunderstood concept. 

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“Bringing your whole self to work”: What the hell does that mean?

6 min read

As a bit of a business geek, I read a lot of books about management, business trends, and company culture. And there’s a term that I’ve noticed slip into our people management vernacular over the past 3-4 years: “Bringing your whole self to work.” It’s kind of catchy.

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Self vs. self-concept and its effect on workplace behavior

1 min read

In The Predictive Index™ Behavioral Assessment, we look at people’s “self” as well as their “self-concept” when it comes to workplace behavior. I sat down with Dr. Matt Poepsel, PI’s VP of Product, to help unpack these terms.

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Using behavioral requirements to get the right people in the right seats

4 min read

A majority of companies and their hiring managers don’t give adequate consideration to the behaviors needed for a role.

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PI acquires Certified Partner, P.I. Associates

1 min read

WESTWOOD, Mass., August 17th, 2017 /PRNewswire The Predictive Index, LLC, an award-winning workforce assessment platform, today announced that it has acquired P.I. Associates, a management consulting firm and value-added PI reseller headquartered in Boynton Beach, Florida.

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Mike Zani interviewed by The Naked Sales Guy podcast

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Matt McClain and Megan Waddell, hosts of the Nake Sales Guy podcast, recently invited PI’s CEO, Mike Zani, to be on the show with them. The episode featured Mike giving Matt and Megan their behavioral assessment readbacks, as well as an engaging discussion about the behavioral traits required to achieve greatness in sales.

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5 PI patterns that have potential to be sales rock stars

3 min read

Before building an all-star sales team, these PI behavioral patterns will identify who your top-performing salespeople are. While nothing trumps a Job Assessment, or setting a Job Target, to determine the perfect fit for your sales organization, I am often asked by prospective and current clients which patterns we typically see in different sales positions. One…

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Four ways to introduce The Predictive Index to your people

4 min read

How you introduce an assessment into your organization can determine its success or failure Sometimes, it is not what you say, it’s how you say it that can make all the difference. Companies nowadays are growing so quickly that they forget this important message and divert to not saying anything at all! Communication is critical,…

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Five reasons your email makes me cringe

4 min read

The all-too-common email habits that make your coworkers want to poke their eyes out

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When a valuable employee leaves, how do you fill the void?

6 min read

After an all-star employee suddenly left the Florida State Fair Authority, the organization looked to The Predictive Index to pick up the pieces.

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The Predictive Index develops continual improvements to its employee review process

5 min read

The 4 steps PI is using to implement 360 reviews within the organization

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5 steps to marketing your business from the inside out

5 min read

When employees identify with a leader’s “why,” they become ambassadors for your cause.

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