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People analytics technology sets a new industry standard for enabling organizations to unleash their true potential and to build high-performance teams. 
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Executives often use hierarchy, relationships, or intuition to make these determinations.
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Traditional Reference Checks Don’t Work

Traditional Reference Checks Don’t Work In today's job market, references are an essential part of the job application and hiring process. An outdated practice still common in many organizations is the method of checking references at the end of the hiring...

Talents: Think differently or lose the battle

How can organizations better prepare for what’s coming? Organizations should embrace a more expansive and dynamic view of their talent supply—one that tosses out the usual preoccupation with titles and traditional roles and looks instead at the underlying skills...

Work Engagement and Impact on Work Performance

Organizations are always looking for ways to improve employee productivity, and they can learn from high-performing companies. Companies like Google, Apple and Netflix are 40% more productive than the average company by using a mix of employee performance management...

Three types of aggression and how to detect them.

Interviewer: Do you easily get agitated?Candidate: No, not at all. Interviewer: What would you do, if you do not agree with your teammate’s idea on a certain assignment.Candidate: I would listen to his ideas and then try to convince him but if he does not get...

Why are the BIG FIVE not enough for hiring…but can help?

Hiring employees is not rocket science, but complex and difficult. Even as we speak here, somewhere some company is hiring individuals at their end. There is no shortage of people who are willing to work but when it comes to hiring, the only thing we want you to know...

Topic: High-Performance Teams

Topic: Management & Leadership

Topic: Talent & Team Development

The Most In-Demand Soft Skills of 2020

The Most In-Demand Soft Skills of 2020

Recruiters have a front-row seat to the ever-changing mix of skills most prized by the business world. Understanding what those skills are early on can give you a leg up on the competition. And while the soft skills valued by companies tend to change gradually, the...

Psychology of Winning

Psychology of Winning

USA Swimming’s long-time high-performance consultant Russell Mark has his fingerprints on many of those 123 medals. Russell studies video and data then makes suggestions to swimmers and coaches to help them achieve faster times. In fact, The Washington...

Doesn’t Anyone Check References Anymore?

Doesn’t Anyone Check References Anymore?

I found the following story that speaks volumes why traditional reference checks simply don't work. Not long ago, I received a call from a furniture-store owner who was checking the references of one of my former employees. He introduced himself, and got right to the...