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AJ Cheponis

Aug 20
3 min

How to roll out changes at your company

Before taking action, make sure your leadership team is aligned on a goal.

AJ Cheponis

Aug 18
3 min

Company culture in the age of the cloud

Altering processes can cause disruption—especially in organizations where employees have maintained positions for more than 10 years.

AJ Cheponis

Aug 3
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.

Learn new organizational techniques from exponential organizations

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

Diversity and inclusion go hand-in-hand with talent optimization

AJ Cheponis

Jun 4
3 min

Diversity and inclusion go hand-in-hand with talent optimization

For companies that fail to invest in D&I initiatives, the risks are great.

How to recruit and hire a top-performing sales manager

AJ Cheponis

May 19
6 min

How to recruit and hire a top-performing sales manager

Quantitative data and technology provides hiring managers with the ability to leverage data to predict candidate job-fit.

Organizational resilience: what you need to know

AJ Cheponis

May 11
4 min

Organizational resilience: what you need to know

To be resilient means to be able to return to your original shape after being bent, stretched, or pressed. “Resilience” is being used now...

6 reasons to use cognitive tests for hiring

AJ Cheponis

Apr 28
3 min

6 reasons to use cognitive tests for hiring

Frank L. Schmidt found that cognitive ability explains, on average, a whopping 42% of job performance!

AJ Cheponis

Apr 21
3 min

What makes a high-performing team?

Even if all your employees are good at what they do, they can’t achieve all that is possible if they aren’t empowered to work together.

Building a different kind of construction company with talent optimization

AJ Cheponis

Apr 9
3 min

Building a different kind of construction company with talent optimization

According to Casey, focusing on optimizing talent is paying off. With an attrition rate well below the industry average of 21.4%.

5 PI patterns that have the potential to be sales rock stars

AJ Cheponis

Apr 2
2 min

5 PI patterns that have the potential to be sales rock stars

Understanding the natural drives and needs of your people will allow you to identify the best behavioral style and patterns.

The CEOs guide to performance management

solutions171

Mar 26
3 min

The CEOs guide to performance management

OKRs should serve as a guide. They are not a to-do list or project planning document.

AJ Cheponis

Mar 13
5 min

How to implement a new process at work

There comes a point in every business when something happens that radically changes how the business operates: Leaders start to implement pr

7 stats on the importance of talent in health care

AJ Cheponis

Feb 24
5 min

7 stats on the importance of talent in health care

People are your most expensive and most valuable assets. Yet only 4 in 10 health care companies have a talent strategy.

4 pitfalls to avoid while developing your corporate identity

AJ Cheponis

Jan 23
4 min

4 pitfalls to avoid while developing your corporate identity

All companies think about and struggle with Corporate Identity.

How to hire a top-performing loan officer

AJ Cheponis

Jan 2
7 min

How to hire a top-performing loan officer

Ambition alone doesn’t mean someone is a great candidate for the role. You need to hire the right people to meet your revenue goals.

AJ Cheponis

Nov 14, 2019
6 min

What is talent optimization?

Talent optimization is a four-part discipline that details what’s required for aligning your business strategy and your talent strategy so y

3 analytics tools that measure people data

solutions171

Sep 24, 2019
3 min

3 analytics tools that measure people data

People data covers a broad scope. While you might want to home in on one area—such as employee sentiment or candidate experience—consider ot

The dangers of promoting management to their level of incompetence

solutions171

Jun 19, 2019
3 min

The dangers of promoting management to their level of incompetence

They don’t consider the employee’s natural talent or training to perform at the next level.

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