Having the wrong person in any job is an expensive business problem given that most employers are not paying people to coast through their workday, playing on their phones and basically not doing their jobs. That’s the difference between doing the bare minimum to get...
Leaders and managers at all levels are tasked with driving their company’s objectives by working with their teams. They have power over their direct reports’ activities and ideally should guide their team’s initiatives — really rally the troops — to make great things happen. Think about...
Companies with highly-engaged employees outperform others with greater profitability, more productivity, lower turnover and fewer safety incidents. Here's some great tips from one of my clients, Continuwell https://continuwell.com/strategies-to-help-employees-thrive/ There’s a simple way to think of it. You need the right people in each job, managed by...
Learn how to align your people strategy with your business strategy. If you hire on resume alone, you end up with sheep when you need something quite different. There's more to people than their resumes! We help organizations define the ideal attributes required for every position in...
Do not be afraid of people with very low Ds, even when the D is the lowest factor. Here’s quick tutorial for those of you who don’t yet speak the Predictive Index (PI) lingo. PI measures an individual’s behavioral strengths and what I’m focusing on...
Executive Leadership and Business Consultant, Dolly Penland, today launched her new company, Business Results, LLC, an official Predictive Index® (PI) Certified Partner and PI® Certified Master Training Center. Business Results offers comprehensive leadership training programs, human capital strategy and business consultation services using the science-based...
You just met the perfect candidate, the unicorn of talent. Her resume was stunning—neatly written, and with all the right experience. She answered each of your interview questions to perfection and your gut feeling is she’ll fit right in to your organization’s culture. But sometimes your...
What do you do when you have a candidate with the “perfect” behavioral needs and drives for a position—you know they can handle the work, culturally it’s a match, they are driven and determines—but their overall cognitive score, their capacity to learn, adapt, and grasp...
