Human Resources Surveys, Tests, and Assessments

Wall Street Journal Says Some Employers May Increase Testing Following New Haven Firefighters Decision

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:35:49 PDT

In spite of the many advances made in the testing industry regarding fairness, many employers are still hesitant to use it during employment screening. A recent WSJ article says that some are...

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The Perils of Accentuating the Positive

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:23:42 PDT

New Book from Rob Kaiser, co-author of The Versatile Leader, Pushes Back the Pendulum of Strengths-based Development. Since the early '90s, the pendulum of academic and popular thought on business...

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Three Steps to Getting the Most from Career Assessment

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:20:42 PDT

If you're in a career change right now, be sure to take advantage of the advice offered in our latest white paper: Three Steps to Getting the Most from Career Assessments. This white paper shows...

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Tests & Assessments for Career Direction: An Overview

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:54:03 PDT

Formal career assessment has become very popular and, when used judiciously, provides reliable information in a concentrated timeframe to support career changes and job searches. There are four major...

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Professional Certification for Hogan Personality Inventory

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:19:39 PDT

Next Session: September 24, 2009 No one can predict the future performance of a new hire, but we have found that employers who use personality tests from Hogan Assessments take a lot of the...

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Another Way to Identify High Potential Candidates

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:59:19 PDT

We keep hearing about the importance of talent identification and management. We thought our friends and customers would like to know about a new tool: the High Potential Candidate Assessment Report...

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Companies Still Investing in Leadership Development

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:00:24 PDT

For the past several months, it seemed to us that employers had not yet cut back on leadership development--and in some cases, were increasing it. A recent article featured in the Wall Street...

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Career Transition? Top Career Guides & Sites

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:16:58 PST

Many books and courses have been devoted to the problem of finding work that suits you. If you're in career transition mode, see the books and Web sites below; according to our research, they are...

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"Freedom to Do My Job" Joins Lowest Employee Survey Norms

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:16:11 PST

Sign of the times? We recently updated our employee survey norms and we’ve seen the sense of freedom to do the job, trust and open communications join the list of "least favorable" items this year....

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New Research on Leadership Versatility

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:50:57 PST

When it comes to leadership competency, more is not always better. Research shows that the most effective leaders know how and why to balance their skills--and to avoid overreliance on their comfort...

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Personality Test Predicts Safety Consciousness

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:06:09 PST

The caller on the other end of the line was a long time acquaintance from the HR field. "How do I know if I’m hiring a safety-conscious trucker?” he asked. "Are there any tools out there help predict...

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Importance of Understanding Work Values during Career Transition

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:28:23 PST

Values Assessment Different from Interest Inventories, Personality Tests Recognition, power, tradition, security, fun, pleasing surroundings, money--these are the values that often make the...

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Low Employee Survey Ratings Are Sometimes "Normal"

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:45:02 PDT

Trying to define a "normal" workplace is as difficult and unpredictable as describing a "normal" family, but we've learned there are average or predictable responses to certain questions or groups of...

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Nonprofit Leaders More Skilled than Corporate Counterparts

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:03:31 PDT

Nonprofit Leaders Rate Higher in 360 Feedback Never assume anything. It’s an old warning—and one that proved true again when we studied leaders of nonprofit organizations in partnership with...

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Fast Track to Intepreting Personality Tests

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:58:45 PDT

Free of Charge for Certified Users of Hogan Assessments We were recently pleased to get a new tool to help interpret Hogan Personality Inventory reports. Called the "Dyad" Training Tool, it allows...

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Fun at Work … a Big Predictor of Job Satisfaction

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:40:57 PDT

Over the past five years, we’ve had almost 100,000 people complete the short version of the Full Engagement Profile, a work/life balance and stress management measurement. Lately, we’ve been looking...

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Success in Cross Cultural Business Settings

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:47:54 PST

Measure Your "Globe-Ability" The Global Assessment Inventory (GAI) measures ten attributes crucial for successful adaptation to multiple cultures, particularly in your work environment. GAI is now...

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Lack of Sleep Is the Culprit, Say Survey Respondents

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:21:57 PST

Lack of sleep raids our energy stores, robs us of peak performance and destroys work/life balance, according to almost 100,000 individuals who completed the short version of the Full Engagement Self...

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Executive Leadership Competencies Mapped to "FYI" Competencies

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:08:13 PST

Many organizational coaches and HR departments rely on Lombardo and Eichinger's For Your Improvement: A Guide for Development and Coaching. Performance Programs recently mapped the 4th edition of the...

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New Guide Helps Interpret Hogan Personality Tests

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:44:15 PST

Personality tests from Hogan Assessments are very popular among our customers, so we were glad to learn of the new book called The Hogan Guide by Robert Hogan, Joyce Hogan, and Rodney Warrenfelz. New...

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Hogan Business Reasoning Inventory Updated

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:42:01 PST

Most psychologists believe that cognitive ability is the best single predictor of occupational performance and other important developmental outcomes, including health, wealth, and life satisfaction....

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Work-Life Survey Shows Only Six Percent Reach Peak Personal Energy

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:31:56 PST

Since March 2003, the Human Performance Institute, Orlando, FL, has sponsored the Full Engagement Self Profile , an online survey that helps individuals assess how well they are managing life energy...

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New Research: Employee Job Satisfaction Related to Individual Energy Management

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:37:28 PST

Attention employers: want to increase employee job satisfaction? Free cafeteria food and flex time aren’t it. An employee’s job satisfaction may depend as much on the positive mental, spiritual,...

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New 360 Survey Measures Executive Emotional Intelligence

noreply@blogger.com (Kathleen Groll Connolly) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:21:37 PDT

Executive leadership skill differs from the leadership required at lower levels of organizations. First, executive leaders create and articulate visions. Second, executive leaders must lead people to...

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Faking It: Can Job Applicants 'Outsmart' Personality Tests?

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:26:03 PDT

"Faking" is probably the biggest apprehension employers have about using personality tests during the hiring process. These concerns are well founded. Job applicants are motivated to "pass the test"...

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