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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
Aug 4, 20204 min read


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
Aug 3, 20203 min read


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 30, 20203 min read


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

AJ Cheponis
Jul 28, 20205 min read


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 23, 20204 min read


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 21, 20204 min read


Sales and marketing alignment: how to decrease friction
You can reduce friction between the teams by aligning their goals.

AJ Cheponis
Jul 16, 20205 min read


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 14, 20203 min read


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 13, 20203 min read


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 12, 20201 min read


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 9, 20204 min read


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 7, 20203 min read


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 6, 20202 min read


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

AJ Cheponis
Jul 2, 20205 min read


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.
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Jun 30, 20205 min read


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 29, 20202 min read


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 25, 20202 min read


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 24, 20204 min read


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...

AJ Cheponis
Jun 22, 20207 min read


Customer retention: How to skyrocket strategic results
The behavioral and cognitive demands of the CSM role have evolved, but companies have not changed the way they hire, promote, and develop...

AJ Cheponis
Jun 18, 20206 min read
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