by Warren Bobrow | Dec 16, 2021 | Assessment Centers, Performance, Skills Assessment
Whether it is for succession planning or leadership development, many organizations are concerned about a person’s potential. That it is, in the future, will be this person be performing at their current level (at least relative to peers) or is there something...
by Warren Bobrow | Apr 6, 2020 | Assessment Centers, Pre-Employment Testing, Skills Assessment
COVID-19 is, and will continue to, affect many parts of our work processes. One of them is how we select new employees. Yes, even with layoffs some companies are hiring now and most will be again before the end of the year. With social distancing and the...
by Warren Bobrow | Aug 1, 2018 | Assessment Centers, Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing, Skills Assessment
Over the weekend I had a chance to go through an escape room (not as scary as it sounds). An escape room is a physical adventure game in which players solve a series of puzzles and riddles using clues, hints, and strategy to complete the objectives. This one was setup...
by Warren Bobrow | Feb 28, 2017 | 360 Feedback, Assessment Centers, Leadership, Performance, Talent Management
At a recent professional conference I attended there was a lot of talk about high potentials. Specifically, how to best measure potential versus actual performance (good luck getting managers to understand the difference). The idea of identifying high potentials...
by Warren Bobrow | Jan 24, 2017 | Assessment Centers, Performance, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, ROI, Skills Assessment, Talent Management
Something I hear frequently from clients is, “I wish I had a day/week/month to see my candidates do the job. Then I would make fewer hiring mistakes.” It is, of course, an intriguing idea. We test drive cars before we buy them. Why not try out people before we...
by Warren Bobrow | Dec 8, 2016 | Assessment Centers, Leadership, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Training and Development
I cannot tell you how many times I have worked with a client who has told me some sort of story about how they promote from within, but have a problem with the supervisors and/or managers not being able to let go of wanting to do the technical work instead of managing...
