by Warren Bobrow | May 20, 2013 | Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management
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...
by Warren Bobrow | May 6, 2013 | Commitment, Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing, Skills Assessment, Talent Management
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...
by Warren Bobrow | Apr 22, 2013 | Leadership, Talent Management
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...
by Warren Bobrow | Feb 19, 2013 | Assessment Centers, Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management
The Sunday NY Times had an interesting interview with Daniel Hendrix of Interface, Inc. The primary focus of the discussion was on Hendrix’s views on work-life balance and delegation. That message is important to leaders who are working way too much. Unless you are...
by Warren Bobrow | Dec 11, 2012 | Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Training and Development
I was at an event for healthcare executives last week and one of the panel discussions was on which leadership skills are needed for the future in the industry. Afterwards, I spoke to some on the panel and a few other attendees and asked them, “How do you identify...
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...
