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a day ago
2 min

Benefits of a happy brain: Positive employees are more productive employees

Psychologists in the field of positive psychology are finding a surplus of advantages associated with one overlooked predictor: happiness!

AJ Cheponis

3 days ago
4 min

What is employee engagement?

Highly engaged employees care about the work they do and put in discretionary effort. They go the extra mile.

AJ Cheponis

4 days ago
3 min

Culture Fit Interview Questions

High-performing companies look beyond the briefcase. A resume reveals nothing about a person’s values, passions, interests & beliefs.

AJ Cheponis

Jul 30
3 min

How to get more discretionary effort from employees

Unfortunately, many companies think they can motivate employees with foosball tables and well-stocked office kitchens.

AJ Cheponis

Jul 28
4 min

How to increase market share

Gaining and maintaining market share requires coordination and focus throughout an organization.

AJ Cheponis

Jul 23
4 min

How to have a successful new product launch

How do you make sense of all the moving parts when releasing a new offering? And, more importantly, how do you use them to your advantage so

AJ Cheponis

Jul 21
4 min

The cultural framework that can transform your business

The Competing Values Framework was developed in 1983 by Robert E. Quinn and John Rohrbaugh as a model of organizational culture.

AJ Cheponis

Jul 16
5 min

Sales and marketing alignment: how to decrease friction

You can reduce friction between the teams by aligning their goals.

AJ Cheponis

Jul 14
3 min

How to hire for a hard-to-fill position

When hiring for hard-to-fill positions, how do you get the right talent in the right seats? It' not luck, it has everything to do with data,

AJ Cheponis

Jul 13
3 min

DiSC vs. The Predictive Index

Here’s everything you need to know if you’re trying to decide between PI and DiSC.

AJ Cheponis

Jul 12
1 min

PI Integration with JazzHR

JazzHR can now integrate with The Predictive Index! Both JazzHR and PI offer no-cost access to our APIs to support integrations

AJ Cheponis

Jul 9
4 min

The biggest work productivity killer: culture

There are a variety of factors that can kill work productivity including poor job fit and being forced to work alongside low performers.

AJ Cheponis

Jul 7
3 min

Learn new organizational techniques from exponential organizations

Did you know that Google has a team whose only job is to find a way to disrupt Google’s current business model? We can learn a lot from that

AJ Cheponis

Jul 6
2 min

How to discuss DEI

Having honest DEI discussions is only the first step in a larger movement. Once you’ve solicited feedback, there’s a much tougher step ahead

AJ Cheponis

Jul 2
5 min

How to increase team cohesion in the workplace

Your team needs to be united around a common goal. Otherwise, each member will go off to do their work—and end up in wildly different places

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Jun 30
5 min

How to recruit a diverse workforce in 2020

Inclusion is different from diversity. Simply hiring a diverse candidate base is not enough to positively impact a company.

AJ Cheponis

Jun 29
2 min

How to keep your best people.

Savvy HR leaders always stress the importance of searching for company culture fit during recruitment interviews.

AJ Cheponis

Jun 25
2 min

Six habits of highly engaged employees

Theoretical arguments over precise definitions aside, it’s plenty tangible and clear, if you know what to look for.

AJ Cheponis

Jun 24
4 min

Three essential elements to implement retail training

Retail training programs are most effective when the content is directly connected to the company’s mission.

AJ Cheponis

Jun 22
7 min

How to hire a top-performing controller

Trusting your gut might seem like a decent way to make a hiring decision, it’s not the way to ensure you’ll end up with the best person...

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