Company Culture
4 min read
Five reasons your email makes me cringe
The all-too-common email habits that make your coworkers want to poke their eyes out
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Employee Engagement
3 min read
The quiet epidemic of under-management
We hear a lot in the business world about over-management, specifically the well-documented and demoralizing tendency toward micromanagement. In fact, a 2014 accounttemps survey found that 68% of people who felt micromanaged found it demoralizing. But we hear relatively little about under-management. Yet this quality—this tendency to (often subtly) avoid one’s managerial responsibilities definitely plays…
Employee Engagement
9 min read
Using The Predictive Index to promote team transparency
Have you ever had the feeling one of your colleagues just didn’t like you? You might have thought, “That person just doesn’t understand me. If they truly took the time to get to know me, I think they would like me.”
Uncategorized
4 min read
How to calculate employee turnover cost
A large part of employee turnover is connected to bad hiring decisions. SHRM estimates average annual employee turnover rates to be around 19%. For a 200-employee-sized business, that’s 38 departures every year. In compensation terms, the real cost of employee turnover can be up to five times the position’s annual compensation, depending on the type of role, location,…
Behavioral Assessments
3 min read
Comparing Myers-Briggs vs. The Predictive Index
A lifelong MBTI practitioner’s take on PI. What’s a woman who’s built her career around Myers-Briggs (MBTI) to do when her husband buys The Predictive Index (PI)? I’m not talking about buying the PI assessment solution, mind you. I’m talking about him buying the whole darn company. PI is a tool that can be considered a competitive…
People Management
3 min read
5 PI patterns that have potential to be sales rock stars
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…
Uncategorized
4 min read
Four ways to introduce The Predictive Index to your people
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,…
Company Culture
4 min read
Five reasons your email makes me cringe
The all-too-common email habits that make your coworkers want to poke their eyes out
People Management
3 min read
Challenging performative leadership
Reevaluating leadership and challenging where true power lies
People Management
4 min read
What to do when you can’t stand the people you manage
Frustrating employees got you down? Here are 5 ways to combat this management nightmare. In one key area, senior management differs not at all from the role of the supervisor on the shop floor. Regardless of your level in an organization, you will over the course of your management career have difficult people to deal…
Uncategorized
6 min read
When a valuable employee leaves, how do you fill the void?
After an all-star employee suddenly left the Florida State Fair Authority, the organization looked to The Predictive Index to pick up the pieces.
People Management
4 min read
Conflict management: Are you sweeping it under the rug?
Handling conflict and being ready to face it is a key component of being a leader
Uncategorized
5 min read
The Predictive Index develops continual improvements to its employee review process
The 4 steps PI is using to implement 360 reviews within the organization
Company Culture
5 min read
5 steps to marketing your business from the inside out
When employees identify with a leader’s “why,” they become ambassadors for your cause.
People Management
10 min read
What I learned from watching a bunch of losers
8 tips for creating better performing organizations in business and sports