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Do You Have the Culture You Want?
I know that it’s not in fashion to talk about organizational culture anymore as the concept of engagement has taken over. But there is something still to be said about how people think they should act and the social norms that influence them. These influences exist...
Those Who Want to Lead vs. Those Who Can
I am a guest blogger this week on the Human Capital Institute website (and will be monthly for the next 6 months). This month I write about managing the leadership identification process at http://www.hci.org/blog/those-who-want-lead-vs-those-who-can. Feel free to...
To Retest or Not to Retest
When giving tests, especially for promotions, candidates who don’t move on in the process due to their scores always want to know when they can take the assessment again. Their assumption is that they’ll do better the next time they take the test. This is often a...
Mentoring Lasts
Several years ago, my graduate school mentor was talking to me about family trees and the conversation moved to academic ones. We talked about some people in the field and who their mentors were and how these branches formed different thought areas. I’m sure the...
Taking Recruiting to the Big Data Level
In the end, recruiters are sales people. They find prospects (potential candidates), qualify them, and hopefully get the best into the hiring pipeline. Before job posting websites, to find candidates recruiters had to have great personal networks. There is still no...
What’s New in Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
I had a chance to present on innovations in assessment at the annual industrial and organizational psychology conference (SIOP) in Houston a couple of weeks ago. The panel was fun and engaging, I had a good time and learned a lot during those 90 minutes. The rest of...
Does Paying More Get You Better Talent?
As politicians talk about raising the minimum wage, free agent football players are getting new contracts, and there being some focus on retailers who pay a significantly higher wage than their competitors, it’s as good of a time as any to talk about the relationship...
Good Employee Selection Intentions Gone Bad
Creative thinking is critical when starting a business. While the bank might want the entrepreneur to have a business plan, marketing strategy, etc., a lot of the early management goes by the seat of the pants. There are not tried and true methods for the business,...
Greedy Recruiting
I’m not an economist (nor do I play one on TV), but reading the economic data, it is hard not to conclude that hiring is at least slightly on the rise. Given that we are still pulling out of a recession and high unemployment, the talent pool is as good as it’s been...
Talking About Selecting the Right People for the Right Jobs
I was recently interviewed by David Hadobas of CCNG about using validation selection for hiring. Specifically, we talked about using tests to correctly place people based on their abilities in call centers. But, we talked about managerial selection as well. Give it...
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