AJ Cheponis
How to Develop Effective Career Paths So You Can Keep Your Best People
Before thinking about what you’re hiring for today, take a moment to meet with key stakeholders across the business to determine...
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AJ Cheponis
- Dec 28, 2022
- 13 min
A Hiring Strategy That Works
Here are five ways to develop an effective hiring strategy and align your HR practices with your organization’s needs.
AJ Cheponis
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
Employee development: Why it pays to invest in your people
Investing in the professional development of your team members can result in a wide range of advantages.
AJ Cheponis
- Dec 14, 2022
- 3 min
Inclusive Language: A Growing and Evolving List with Alternatives
Words (and meaningful silences) matter enormously in our lives. They enable us to cooperate, collaborate, and ally with one another as....
AJ Cheponis
- Dec 7, 2022
- 2 min
Self-awareness: The key to leadership success
Self-awareness is a mandatory trait for successful leaders. Yet, fostering self-awareness isn’t easy for some people.
AJ Cheponis
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
Controlling Your Turnover Rate: Learning the Art of Accommodation
A little accommodation goes a long way toward stemming the flow of quality workers from bleeding out your doors.
AJ Cheponis
- Nov 23, 2022
- 3 min
The Power of Good Communication in the Workplace
In the workplace, good communication isn’t just about mitigating conflict...
AJ Cheponis
- Nov 16, 2022
- 4 min
Streamline Your Hiring Process
Companies are scared of making bad hires, as a result, they have designed bloated bureaucratic hiring processes. Learn how to solve it.
AJ Cheponis
- Nov 9, 2022
- 3 min
4 Ways to Improve Collaboration
While having strong employee collaboration has numerous benefits, it takes hard work to foster this business practice.
AJ Cheponis
- Nov 3, 2022
- 3 min
Seven Key Questions Every Leader Must Ask Before Letting Someone Go
The more trust they have in you as a leader, the more they'll trust you to do the right thing when things go wrong.
AJ Cheponis
- Oct 31, 2022
- 5 min
How To Give Feedback That Actually Helps People Grow and Improve.
By understanding someone’s behavioral drives, you’ll know the kind of feedback they prefer and can anticipate how they might respond.
AJ Cheponis
- Oct 25, 2022
- 3 min
5 Ways We Can Help You Design and Build Winning Teams
Whether you’re tackling an ambitious goal, navigating a delicate client call, or adapting in the face of unprecedented change, you want...
AJ Cheponis
- Oct 19, 2022
- 3 min
Are You Self-Aware?
Finding ways to tap into the way you are truly perceived by others can be an invaluable growth opportunity.
AJ Cheponis
- Oct 4, 2022
- 5 min
How To Attract Candidates by Reference Profile.
Let’s say you’ve determined that only certain profiles will truly thrive in this position. How do you attract the right people?
AJ Cheponis
- Sep 27, 2022
- 3 min
Build a high-performing team.
Every business leader hopes to manage a high-performing team. And every employee hopes to be part of a high-performing team....
AJ Cheponis
- Sep 20, 2022
- 2 min
Has The Great Resignation Ended? Here’s what executives think.
Don’t wait for Forbes or Fast Company to declare The Great Resignation “over.” Don’t assume your organization is immune to burnout or...
AJ Cheponis
- Sep 13, 2022
- 4 min
3 Reasons to Collect and Apply Behavioral Data
Often, a “low-performing” team has little to do with actual low performers, and everything to do with how your team members interact.
AJ Cheponis
- Jul 5, 2022
- 4 min
Is your company culture driving employees away?
Companies who are looking to win the war on talent must lean into an employee-centric culture that inspires people through engagement and...
AJ Cheponis
- Jun 28, 2022
- 3 min
Understanding Generation Z In the Workplace.
Entire industries will rise and fall in the wake of Generation Z. Yet few industries or organizations seem to be ready for it. Are you?
AJ Cheponis
- Jun 21, 2022
- 4 min
What leadership skills can enable performance - and increase retention?
A good leader supports their team and sets them up for success. They give people the resources they need to do their jobs well...
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