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Knowledge To Fuel Your Involvement
Performance Management for Covid-19 and Beyond
Performance management is key to any company’s success. Regular performance reviews ensure employees are given the opportunity to develop their professional skills, while keeping productivity high. But creating an effective performance management program can be a...
People Analytics Podcast Interview with SHRM
Take a listen to a podcast interview that our founder, Dr. Craig Wallace, did with Deborah Stadler of SHRM's Executive Network. Topics range from the evolution of people analytics to using them to drive business outcomes to machine learning and AI, all the while...
Strong, Involved Teams are the Key to Hybrid Working Success
The COVID-19 crisis has caused significant changes to the working environment, with many businesses trying out remote work for the first time ever. Now, in early 2021, we’re seeing the “light at the end of the tunnel” due to the vaccination rollout. Many companies are...
Why Talent Retention Matters Now More Than Ever
$37,661.77. Does that sound like a lot of money to you? You might be surprised to learn that this is the approximate cost of losing just a single mid-level employee! When all factors are taken into consideration, losing employees is very expensive. It can end up...
Investing in What Matters Most – Your People
The leaders of successful businesses know that investing in human talent pays off. In the words of Sir Richard Branson, decision-makers should “train people well enough so they can leave; treat them well enough so they don’t want to.” And when it comes to people...
How Your Psychological Blockers Sabotage You
The tortoise and the hare – A parable that has educated generations. Clearly, the rabbit was faster and should have won the race by a large margin. Yet, the slow and steady turtle took home the trophy while the rabbit took a nap. We all understand the message, but...
Stop Managing for the Weekend – Your Letting Everyone Down
Managing for the weekend needs to be put out to pasture. Strong, involved leadership is needed today, more than it has been for a very long time. The pandemic has hurt businesses, dampened spirits, and dramatically changed lives. Disruption brings change. And change...
Target Your Learning And Development
A new organizational symptom of COVID-19 has recently been discovered: frozen learning and development (L&D) efforts. While the new symptom might not be directly impacting the bottom line yet, and is not a universal symptom, such symptoms have been known to...
Collaborative Leadership In A Virtual World
As an organizational psychologist, I’m curious about the role of leaders in a virtual work world with uncertain futures. Leaders are looked to for guidance during these uncharted times, but assuming we have to revert to command-and-control leadership to get everything...
Analytics Is A Modern-Day Answer for HR
Stone-age humans relied on them. Socrates, Confucius and Newton did, too. The Vikings used them to invade Britain. Occam’s Razor is based on them. Franz Gall used them to develop phrenology. Harry Markowitz did as well for selecting stock portfolios; Billy Beane for...
