by Warren Bobrow | Jan 12, 2018 | Leadership, Skills Assessment, Talent Management
An attribute associated with leadership is determination. The idea that once a goal has been established and a plan laid out, effective leadership involves sticking to it and absorbing the inevitable bumps that come along the way. This may involve coaching or...
by Warren Bobrow | Oct 24, 2017 | Leadership, Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management
Whenever I teach about leadership the participants and I talk about the value of charisma. Not surprisingly, most of those in the workshop feel that the most effective leaders are these larger-than-life figures. That is, until we start talking about ones that are not...
by Warren Bobrow | Oct 3, 2017 | Employee Engagement, Performance, ROI, Talent Management
The economy is in a unique position right now. Unemployment is at the lowest rate this century as is the net migration rate. This leaves employers of a skilled workforce in the position of a smaller pool of candidates in general and likely one that contains fewer...
by Warren Bobrow | Jul 10, 2017 | Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management
Since age bias is something that could affect nearly all HR professionals, I am surprised that it does not get more attention. But, with the average age of employees in the U.S. going up (see here) and companies likely to recruit more older workers due to the...
by Warren Bobrow | Jun 7, 2017 | Culture, Employee Engagement, Performance, Talent Management
Uber finds itself in the news for lots of reasons, not all of them good. The most recent story concerns the firing of 20 employees for a variety of bad behaviors to show that they were being held accountable for their actions. I am not so concerned with whether this...
by Warren Bobrow | May 24, 2017 | Employee Engagement, Performance, Recruitment, Talent Management, Training and Development
The state of California and several of its cities have been on the forefront of raising the minimum wage. The arguments for (people cannot live on the current minimum wage) and against (it will cost jobs because business will need to lay people off) it are familiar. ...
