Intrinsic-Extrinsic partnerships can be highly effective in problem solving situations. However, problems can arise which can lead to a failure of proper dialogue developing between the two. Where this becomes pervasive, employee retention programs can suffer and employee turnover rates often increase. Avoiding the ‘Yes-Man’ Syndrome The alternative to dialogue is monologue, a concept originally…
Intrinsic Thinkers are typically both risk takers and change oriented. By making sure that recruiting solutions take this into account, it is possible to improve employee performance management best practices and build effective employee retention programs. In my blog posts about thinking styles, I have described employees with the intrinsic style of thinking as creative…
As mentioned in my last blog post, Extrinsic Thinkers are both risk averse and change resistant. This needs to be taken into account in recruiting solutions as part of an effective employee retention program. In previous blog posts, I have also described employees with this style of thinking as having strong listening skills and individuals who…
So far, in our blog post series about how employees’ thinking styles affect job performance, we have described Intrinsic Thinkers as innovative, poor listeners who love change and Extrinsic Thinkers as strong listeners who solve problems in collaboration with others and who tend to be change resistant. We have also referred to performance evaluation examples…
Without doubt, thinking styles influence employee performance. In this series of blog posts about the strengths and weaknesses of Intrinsic Thinkers and Extrinsic Thinkers, I have explained how studies of performance appraisal data collected through Talent Chaser have shown that Intrinsic Thinkers are innovative people, but frequently poor listeners and that, as a consequence, they…
In one of my previous blog posts, I introduced you to the concept of the Intrinsic Thinker and indicated that individuals with this style of thinking are typically very creative individuals, but poor listeners. In today’s blog post, I’m going to flesh out the typical Intrinsic Thinker profile in more detail. As I do this,…
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…
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…
