by Warren Bobrow | Nov 13, 2012 | Commitment, Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing, Surveys, Talent Management, Training and Development
While this post is about the election, it is NOT about politics. Rather, it’s about decision making and how letting pre-determined analyses about the facts affect the process. In this case, the facts were the polling data regarding the presidential election (you can...
by Warren Bobrow | Nov 5, 2012 | Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Training and Development
There was big news recently about Disney’s decision to buy LucasFilm, George Lucas’s company which is best known for owning the Star Wars franchise (movies, books, consumer products tie-ins, etc.) and the special effects house Industrial Light and Magic. Disney made...
by Warren Bobrow | Oct 29, 2012 | Leadership
Because We Have Always Done it That Way Our economy is always changing and evolving. Adults, regardless of age, can think of a product or service that we used 10 years ago that does not (or barely) exist any more. When the companies that made the product go out of...
by Warren Bobrow | Oct 22, 2012 | Leadership, Pre-Employment Test Validtion, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment
Imagine you are the V.P. of H.R. (or other position where you are responsible for the quality of people being hired by your organization) and your C.E.O is quoted in a national newspaper with the following excerpt: Q. Give me an example of how you [get a sense of...
by Warren Bobrow | Oct 15, 2012 | Leadership
I find that the presidential (and vice presidential) debates serve as much of a Rorschach test than anything else. By the time they occur, nearly everyone who is watching has already decided who they are going to vote for, so the interest is in how their impressions...