During my development of the Talent Chaser software, I discovered two predominant styles of thinking when I replaced the personality test with the performance profile questionnaire: the Intrinsic Thinker and the Extrinsic Thinker. It turns out that when with evidence-based recruitment these two styles of thinking are properly taken into account in the management of…
If you’ve read my blog post titled “How Thinking Styles Impact Employee Retention Rates“, then you already know how the development of our evidence-based recruitment and management development software solution Talent Chaser has provided us with a great deal of data and insight into the reasons and solutions for high employee turnover. It has become clear that employee…
In some of my previous blog posts about employee retention, I described how employee turnover rates have become pervasive and extremely damaging to both the bottom-line and service quality of organizations. I described how by creating a software solution with performance profiling and performance appraisal integrated into an adaptive system, it has proved possible to…
In this series of blog posts, I have introduced you to the general concepts of evidence-based processes and their application within the arenas of both employee recruitment and management development. Through the deployment of this approach, we have learned that one of the most important ways that employee retention can be improved is by building…
Do you cringe and look at your watch and your fully booked calendar when you think ofPerformance Appraisals? You are definitely not alone. In order to STOP thinking that Performance Appraisals are a waste of time, you need to think about the benefits of evaluations both from your perspective and that of your team. So, what…
In previous blog posts, I introduced the concept of Performance Profiling and mentioned that this technique, together with that of Performance Appraisal can be used together to create an evidence-based approach to recruitment in which the effectiveness of recruitment methods can be continuously verified by looking at the data generated through the regular assessment of employee…
Performance appraisal (otherwise known as performance measurement) was originally based on the idea that managers would benefit by using a systematic process to involve their direct reports in the improvement of organizational effectiveness and the accomplishment of organizational mission and goals. The first industrial performance systems were introduced into engineering companies as a way to…
We all want to find the treasure and get the reward! Our treasure is our employees and our reward is that they perform well and remain with us long term. But how do we do that? We need a plan, a map, an outline, a step-by-step process, a formula……But what is it? How do we reach…
Over the past thirty years, a great deal of effort has gone into the improvement of recruitment methodologies. During this time, as the world has become more data literate, more and more organizations have turned to mathematically-based candidate assessment techniques to improve employee retention. Currently some 60% of job applicants are required to complete some…
Oh No! It’s annual performance appraisal time again. If you’re a manager or work in a human resources department, you may have thought this – whether you say it or not. Performance appraisals seem such a waste of time. You say, “I meet with my direct reports when issues arise; why do I have to…
