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Robert A. Coleman, Ph.D. | July 25, 2024
Identifying a Candidate Fit: What to Look Out For
The importance of hiring the right candidate cannot be overstated as selecting the ideal candidate for a job can lead to reduced turnover, increased productivity, and increased engagement. While recruiting for technical skills can be vitally important, soft skills are equally critical to success and matching the needs of a role to a candidates interpersonal abilities is as important aspect of the search effort. In addition, there must be consideration as to how each candidate fits within the company’s culture and values.
The benefits and importance of proper candidate selection cannot be overlooked, and the idea of role fit is a two-way street. Here, the organization should not only consider their needs, but also be aware and mindful of the candidates desires as well as the latter has a large impact on goal achievement. In fact, our global Teamwork study revealed that 85% of those on high-performing teams were in a role where they were encouraged to use their individual skills and talents. These results aren’t automatic and it can undoubtedly be difficult to identify how to choose the right candidate for the job, but below we’ve identified key areas of focus to help identify potential candidate fit.
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Robert A. Coleman, Ph.D. | July 12, 2024
Maintaining Leadership Consistency in the Face of Change
If change is an inevitability we must contend with in life and at work, then it stands to reason that embracing change and navigating it well will improve both the journey and outcomes.
As John F Kennedy said, “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”
So, while change is a given, balancing that change with consistency is important for leaders within organizations.
Leaders work to increase productivity, increase revenue, and hit targets, but how many also focus on the importance of consistency in leadership and how that impacts the workforce within an environment that constantly produces or requires change?
In this blog, we look to provide a few tools leaders can use to leverage consistency in a dynamic business environment.
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Robert A. Coleman, Ph.D. | June 20, 2024
How to Build Engagement with Remote Employees
Remote work is here to stay. There are many contributing factors why someone might work remotely, including the capabilities of technology, potential cost savings for both the company and employee with reduced overhead and commuting costs, and an increased desire to achieve work-life balance. In addition, we don’t want to overlook the impact Covid had in promoting a remote environment at the time. But while there can be benefits with remote workers, it can also introduce a unique set of issues that can negatively impact an organization. To make remote work successful, companies need to know how to keep remote employees engaged and working to their best potential. Let’s explore why that’s difficult and what to do about it.
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Robert A. Coleman, Ph.D. | June 10, 2024
Four Ways to Prevent Your Employees from Burning Out
Discover four effective strategies to help your employees avoid burnout and maintain productivity in the workplace with insights from Dale Carnegie.
In order to address burnout, we need to understand its root causes. There are many reasons a person might be burnt out, including a poor work-life balance. Dale Carnegie’s recent global research revealed that 30% of employees feel they can never fully disconnect from work and only 24% are very satisfied with their current work-life balance.
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Robert A. Coleman, Ph.D. | May 23, 2024
Striking a Balance when Using AI in Human Resource Management
When considering artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace it’s important to remember that change, including technological change, has consistently contributed to an organization’s successes as well as its failures over the years.
Technology and machine learning are evolving at a rapid pace, bringing with them concerns about adoption, implementation, and use. This is especially true for human resources (HR) departments, where there is a broad range of applications for AI use, and the best technology today can quickly become outdated or ineffective tomorrow.
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