Mel Robbins to keynote OPTIMA 2019
Mel Robbins, world-renowned speaker, author, and commentator, will be the closing keynote of OPTIMA 2019, the talent optimization conference.
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How leaders can ensure equal pay for employees
Learn actionable ways to address pay inequality on your team, as well as ways you can prevent pay inequality in the first place.
An interview with Stefan Valentin
Tell us a bit about why you came to The Predictive Index in the first place. What drew you? I actually came on board as a referral from PI’s only product manager at the time. I’ve known her for years and she’s the type of person who always goes all-in on things with a passion…
An interview with Sarah Mulvey
Sarah, you were a teacher in South Carolina, then up and moved to Boston. You got a job as an administrative assistant at The Predictive Index, but you’ve got a totally different job today. Walk us through your journey at PI. Sure! I never expected to end up where I am now, but I guess…
How to build leadership capacity at your company
Increasing leadership capacity has an outsized impact on employee engagement and business results. Here’s how you can start building up your leaders.
Why leadership agility is critical to company success
In today’s market, your organization’s survival is based on a number of key factors—including its ability to be agile. Are you an agile leader?
Talent optimization and the agile leader
A key success factor in agile transformation is the collective mindset and behaviors of its leaders. Talent optimization can help leaders make that shift.
Talent optimization: why you should invest in leadership development
The science says that leadership development programs are effective in developing current and future leaders, as well as improving organizational results.
Holding employees accountable: where most leaders fail
Accountability is key to achieving business results, and yet many business leaders fail to hold employees accountable. Here’s how to get it right.
These people problems are destroying your business—and HR can’t solve them.
Business leaders, can we talk? I’ve got some good news and some bad news. First the bad news: The vast majority of your businesses–regardless of your company size or industry–won’t reach their full potential this year. Instead, a variety of people issues will create risk for your business and destroy value. This “people tax” will…
3 signs you have poor organizational structure
Here are three signs you have poor organizational structure. If you see that your organizational design needs fixing, we can help.
How great leaders inspire followership
There is an interesting leadership conundrum that’s common in business settings: informal leaders often have many loyal followers while formal leaders may have few—maybe none! Why? Because leadership isn’t something that can be simply bestowed upon someone by an organization. It’s something that is earned. “The language used for effective followership is ‘exemplary followership,’ coined…
Best books for leaders to kick-start 2019
Luke Thomas is the head of growth at getAbstract, which finds and rates the top business books, articles, and video talks then summarizes them into 10-minute abstracts. Today, the company is the world’s leading provider of compressed knowledge for organizations of all sizes. A new year has begun and many of you are working hard at…
How leaders can help their teams beat the post-lunch productivity dip
Chris Butsch is a professional speaker who helps companies supercharge engagement, grow leaders, and keep their best people. He is a leading voice on the ROI of workplace happiness. It’s 2:21 p.m. You’re staring down at the remnants of a burrito and half a cup of coffee that’s quickly cooling to room temperature. Emails, calls, and…
What leaders must remember when faced with disappointment
The creation of self-control and calmness in difficult situations is something business leaders must master. We all have a story to share. It’s what makes us real. Consider my scenario, a couple of years ago, as a published tenured academic professor with 15 years of service at the same college. My roles, responsibilities, and reputation…