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...
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...
by Warren Bobrow | Sep 10, 2012 | 360 Feedback, Performance, Talent Management, Training and Development
Is receiving feedback rewarding? Perhaps, if it’s positive. But, feedback providers tend to borrow from behaviorist psychology (Skinner, etc) in assuming that getting the feedback will result in learning, much in the same way that rewarding a behavior will. In most...
by Warren Bobrow | Sep 5, 2012 | Leadership, Performance, ROI, Skills Assessment, Surveys, Training and Development
You might think that’s an odd question given how much time and money companies spend on it. However, they rarely go back and examine whether or not performance improved or what they can do to ensure that it does next time. Why is that? Part of the reason is that...
by Warren Bobrow | Aug 27, 2012 | Commitment, Leadership, Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management, Training and Development
Tom Varian asked me to comment on how to assess employee attitudes towards their leaders and how to develop personal connections between employees and CEOs and other leaders, with whom they may never personally interact. It’s an interesting topic and brings up a few...
