3 new talent management trends to kick off 2019

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Stacia Sherman Garr is a researcher and thought leader on talent management, leadership, D&I, people analytics, and HR technology. A frequent speaker and writer, her work has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, and The New York Times. Stacia co-founded RedThread Research in 2018, after leading talent and workforce research for eight years at Bersin by Deloitte. Before Bersin, Stacia spent nearly five…

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Workforce planning is essential

Workforce planning to meet today’s goals and tomorrow’s

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Without a workforce plan, HR professionals are filling seats rather than finding talent, and patching problems instead of nurturing engagement.

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Employee in a creative workplace

3 ways to foster employee creativity

3 min read

As you think about how you run your company, are you giving consideration to the importance of creativity? Too many executives limit their thinking when it comes to creativity and blithely assume that it’s the purview of the design department or the marketing team. But in most organizations these days, creativity is what drives innovation—and…

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Jeffe Hedaa talks IT team development

The right way to develop your IT team

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Mike Zani, CEO of The Predictive Index, sat down with Jeppe Hedaa, CEO of 7N, to find out this leader’s one-of-a-kind formula for team efficiency—more specifically, IT development and the areas that make a real difference in performance. Press play to listen to the podcast or read the transcript below. Mike: I’m Mike Zani. I’m the CEO of…

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Don't be afraid to ask your underperforming employee tough questions

5 questions to ask your underperforming employee

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Underperformance can stem from many issues. Unclear expectations from management, poor cultural fit, and a lack of constructive feedback are just a few. Underperforming employees prevent your company from meeting its business goals. They can also dampen the rest of the team’s spirits. Bad energy is contagious. As a manager, you know you need to…

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workplace book club books

Be a great manager with these 12 leadership books.

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12 leadership and team management books that have had the biggest impact on the way I manage and lead.

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5 ways to avoid email misinterpretations

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Text, email, Facebook Messenger, heck, let’s even throw snail mail in there—nowadays, there are a ton of ways to communicate with our peers without having to interact face to face. And because of the ease and convenience, we have become dependent on these tools as our first form of communication. The problem is, the written…

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Woman working on whiteboard

Please can we just get stuff done

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Why, despite the vast amount of technology at our disposal, do organizations consistently struggle to get stuff done?

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PI coworkers laughing

How self-aware are you?

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Recently, I had a client come to me very upset. She had begun working with two people who both had a Predictive Index behavioral pattern almost identical to hers and she said, “Melanie, please tell me I don’t come across like those two!” Unfortunately, what I couldn’t tell her was that the descriptions she gave me…

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man talking to people

How to understand different types of employee behavior in the workplace

6 min read

Understanding the influencing factors and types of employee behavior is critical to your success. Here’s the four key factors you need to know.

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employee talking

Using The Predictive Index to promote team transparency

9 min read

Have you ever had the feeling one of your colleagues just didn’t like you? You might have thought, “That person just doesn’t understand me. If they truly took the time to get to know me, I think they would like me.” 

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Man angry at work

Five reasons your email makes me cringe

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The all-too-common email habits that make your coworkers want to poke their eyes out

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Woman holding soil with small plant growing

Employee development: Highly valued but highly neglected

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Employees everywhere want to improve and get ahead, so why aren’t you providing employee development opportunities?

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Performance evaluation

Why your company is fumbling with performance feedback

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Anchor performance reviews with data to prevent performance feedback fumbles. You know who woke up thinking, “I can’t wait to conduct performance reviews for my staff today.” Answer = no one ever. Constructive criticism is often at the heart of the dreaded performance review. But for some reason, evaluators forget the first word in that…

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