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Workplace confidence: Your ultimate guide

10 min read

When I began contemplating workplace confidence, I started to think about the confident people I work with and how they deal with both mundane and tough decisions. What was the fundamental trait they all exhibited on a daily basis, especially in times of stress and pressure? Ownership.  Confident leaders and employees habitually own everything they…

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3 ways to improve your Glassdoor rating

5 min read

With over 48 million users and 32 million published reviews, Glassdoor is currently the No. 2 site for job searches in the U.S. 

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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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When it comes to motivation, one size doesn’t fit all

5 min read

I knew about “management by objectives.” Then I learned about “management by biscuits.” You can learn about management in the unlikeliest places. In this case, it was from Hamish, my out-of-control West Highland Terrier.

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The quiet epidemic of under-management

3 min read

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…

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Recruitment, team building, and coaching all wrapped into one tool

4 min read

Community Family Guidance Center (CFGC) is a non-profit children’s mental health agency with about 65 employees. Most of its employees are therapists and case managers and administrators. Joan Smock is their director of human resources. The Predictive Index (PI) did a question and answer with Joan to learn more about how they use PI at the…

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Using The Predictive Index to promote team transparency

9 min read

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.” 

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Decoding management communication

2 min read

Communication is the oil that keeps the engine of your organization running smoothly, and it all starts with management.  “I never met a good manager who wasn’t also a good communicator.” Today, more than two decades later, I still remember the conversation well. I was discussing “what makes an effective manager” with one of our company’s…

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The new way to approach employee objective-setting

4 min read

In order for employee objective-setting to work, it needs to be approached as more than a frustrating bureaucratic exercise.

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Employee development: Highly valued but highly neglected

4 min read

Employees everywhere want to improve and get ahead, so why aren’t you providing employee development opportunities?

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