Another Example From California Law as to Why You Need Honest Performance Appraisals

by Warren Bobrow | Feb 11, 2013 | Employee Engagement, Performance, Talent Management

I am more than open to the argument that most performance appraisal systems are mean, misguided, and do not improve performance.  Many are designed to be punitive rather than part of a coaching process.  Supervisors hate doing them because they are time consuming and...

Is Who THEY Know the Best Person for YOU to Hire?

by Warren Bobrow | Jan 29, 2013 | Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Talent Management

I’ll admit right now that recruiting is not my specialty.  You find them, I’ll assess them.  However, this article in the NY Times caught my eye.  It describes how some companies are aggressively encouraging employee referrals of job candidates.  While the article...

This Interview is Really About Me

by Warren Bobrow | Jan 7, 2013 | Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Test Validation

I’m always interested in reading about leadership and selection issues from a different perspective.  As in any field, HR (and industrial psychology) can become an echo chamber of the same ideas without generating much new thought.  With that in mind, I was fascinated...

Are You my Supervisor?

by Warren Bobrow | Nov 28, 2012 | Leadership, Legal Issues, Performance, Training and Development

“Are you my supervisor?” It seems like a pretty straightforward question.  In most organizations there is someone is who responsible for directing another person’s work.  Where this gets tricky is when the organization is being sued for harassment or some other nasty...

Performance of Support Functions

by Warren Bobrow | Sep 24, 2012 | Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Training and Development

There’s an interesting confluence of factors occurring in the National Football League (NFL) right now.  The NFL has locked out its referees over a pay and benefits dispute.  Why they did so is a whole other blog post.  The league is now employing referees from the...

Caveat Emptor

by Warren Bobrow | Sep 17, 2012 | Performance, Pre-Employment Test Validtion, Recruitment, Surveys, Talent Management, Training and Development

Let’s say you’re about to purchase an employment related test.  It could be for hiring entry level personnel, help make a promotional decision or for providing feedback to people on their skills.  There are about 50,000 of these available and several that purport to...