by Warren Bobrow | Feb 27, 2021 | Talent Management
When training others or delegating a task, one of the hardest things to do is presenting the information in a way the person understands. Sometimes we think of this as “explain it as you would to a 5 year old.” It really boils down to putting ourselves in...
by Warren Bobrow | Feb 16, 2021 | Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management, Training and Development
I frequently hear clients talk about how they need to hire people who are resilient. When I press them on what that means to them, they come up with words and phrases like: Bends, but doesn’t break. Learns from adversity Performs well under stress Doesn’t take...
by Warren Bobrow | Feb 8, 2021 | Culture, Talent Management
As COVID cases are dropping and the vaccines are available, companies are looking to see when (if?) they are going to bring people back to offices. There are likely to be all kinds of flavors of this, ranging from: We want everybody back, Monday through...
by Warren Bobrow | Dec 4, 2020 | Leadership, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Skills Assessment, Talent Management
In general, our personalities are pretty stable over our adulthood. Yes, we mature and big life events can alter us, but the building blocks of who we are as people are closer in stability to our eye color than our hair color. This stability has been important to...
by Warren Bobrow | Apr 13, 2020 | Performance, Talent Management
The COVID-19 pandemic has already affected businesses large and small. While as of this writing it is unclear we (in the US) are closer to the beginning or the end of business restrictions, we can safely assume that some businesses will not be bringing back all...
by Warren Bobrow | Dec 3, 2019 | Culture, Job Analysis, Recruitment, Talent Management, Uncategorized
The nature of work has always changed and will continue to do so. This report from the World Economic Forum outlining trends and predictions came out a year ago. I find its conclusions as true today as they were when it was first published. It is a...
