The Talent Insights™ Blog
What Temperaments Do You Have On Your Team? [Infographic]
Every good manager knows that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to leadership. What motivates one team member might drain another, and one employee may enjoy a task that stresses another one out. How you manage and motivate your team depends largely on each...
The Real Cost of a Bad Hire [Infographic]
What does a bad hire actually cost your company? Is there any way to overcome a bad hiring decision? The infographic below outlines some of the costs you could face as a company for a bad hire but also offers a few tips to help you implement tools that can help you...
How to Conduct More Effective Interviews
How to Conduct More Effective Interviews Let’s face it: Interviews are hard for everyone. Assessing who is the best after talking to several well-rehearsed candidates can be difficult, but there are several techniques that can improve the quality of an interview....
How to Turn Around a Toxic Company Culture
Perhaps you are trying to transform a negative company culture. Or maybe you haven’t been consistent with hiring to fit a healthy company culture, so there is inconsistent culture alignment. You might also be dealing with the fallout from employees carrying the...
5 Hiring Practices That Build a Great Company Culture
How do you make sure you’re hiring people who will strengthen your company culture rather than tear it down? You can begin by slowing down to define and create a clear system that will pay off in the long run. Even if you are currently feeling the pressure to get a...
The Truth About Using Personality Profiles in Hiring Decisions
asThis just in: Personality assessments spur strong debate among HR professionals and job candidates alike. Okay, so maybe that's not news. In the debate, personality assessments, such as those based on Myers & Briggs Theory, are often accused of being misused in...
Introverted iNtuition vs. Extroverted iNtuition
Everyone uses intuition to some degree. People who use intuition pay attention to their impressions and are able to decipher meaning from patterns of information. Someone who prefers iNtuition has learned to think through data and patterns in order to discover new...
How We’ve Built an Award-Winning Culture
A company does not become a great place to work overnight or by accident. It takes a carefully created and executed plan to build a culture employees love -- which is exactly what Qualbe’s CEO set out to do when he started his own company. Having experienced the pain...
How to Choose the Right Pre-Hire Assessment
Have you ever read a blog that was pushing for or against one particular employee assessment? HR professionals learn from HR blogs written by HR experts -- who tend to believe deeply in the value of a particular type of pre-hire assessment (or the damage caused by...
How the DISC Profile Reveals Top Candidates
Can you pinpoint the behavioral responses that your top performing managers produce consistently and naturally? What about your top-performing salespeople? Administrative assistants? Let’s turn these questions on their heads. Can you identify the behaviors that seem...