We’re all about using performance DNA for talent management, so we’ve packaged up the "best-behaved" blogs of the year (most popular too) for our readers.
Whether you are just exploring the potential of predictive career success with performance assessment, or you’ve been using it in your organization to transform your talent management strategies, we think these insiders’ ideas are worth a read!
#1. How to Predict Passionate Employees: Pair People with Their Best-Fit Jobs
Point of view from Successfinder founder, Dr. Larry Cash.
Only employees exceptionally suited for what they do, coupled with an intense love of what they do, produce exceptional results.”
An exceptional candidate screening and selection process could be one of your most crucial processes for the overall success of your organization. Since the highest performers deliver 4X the value of others in the same role, there is a lot riding on making high stakes hiring evaluations for both short and long-term impact.
This blog highlights the SuccessFinder Assessment Platform premised on nearly 40 years of research that consistently concludes that once screened for requisite skills, knowledge, experience, the “right performance traits” is the only true driver behind best-fit candidate selection.
- Click HERE to see full article.
- Bonus: see our new video explaining the idea behind performance DNA below
SuccessFinder and the Science of Success - Best Fit Staffing
#2. 99% of HR Leaders Want to Improve Hiring with Performance Insights
Highlights from November 2017 SuccessFinder poll about critical issues in hiring and development
In a SuccessFinder poll of 230 HR leaders, it was nearly unanimous that understanding candidate behaviour is an important or extremely important factor in optimizing hiring decisions.
North America’s tight labour market with record lows in unemployment and record highs in open jobs going unfilled, makes it doubly challenging to find the best employee for the job. According to staffing firm Robert Half International, one concession companies are grappling with is that they may need to settle on candidates without all the requisite skills; in fact maybe only 70-75% of the skills on a job description. Therefore, in this market, in particular, behavior is quickly becoming the trump card.
Check out what else your peers are thinking about tapping performance traits in their hiring and development programs.
- Click HERE to see full article.
- Bonus: click HERE for a replay of the webinar on Best Fit Hiring that started this dialogue
#3. Women in Leadership: Take Risks and Play to Win
A personal perspective from Genevieve, Fortier, SuccessFinder customer and former SVP of HR and Public Affairs at McKesson; also an active board member and development coach/mentor.
Sadly, even women in the most senior business roles, like blog author, Genevieve Fortier, agree with the recent SuccessFinder “Mission Imposter” research results showing that even at the CEO level, women are as competent, but clearly not as confident as their male peers.
Her blog looks at the history that contributed to this situation, but also the evolution in play today that is changing how women and men look at the workplace and their roles in leading to new perspectives on meaningful work and engaged teams.
She highlights as well, her own experience in bringing about that organizational transformation that will empower a different mix of board and c-suite leaders as well as a better balance between men and women at the top of the business hierarchy.
#4. CEO Perspective: Creating an Inclusive Leadership Culture
SuccessFinder CEO Ron Dahms on building a culture that stymies Imposter Syndrome practices.
A 2016 Credit Suisse study showed that public companies whose management teams had at least 15% females, delivered 50% better growth than companies with less than 10% females in the C-suite. Yet, there is a leak in the female leadership pipeline: today, women make up 59% of college graduates, 39% of managers, and just 6% of CEOs.
So what can CEO’s and business leaders do to stop squandering the potential of their businesses and their female leaders? Plenty.
Ron Dahms, CEO at SuccessFinder, experienced personally—and through the journeys of his clients—how leadership diversity can stimulate a vibrant breadth of perspective. His blog highlights three ways to create meaningful and impactful leadership team diversity:
- Adapt your strategies for hiring and team engagement
- Use data to connect people to the best roles — and teams
- Reinforce culture with mentoring and continual feedback
- Click HERE to see full article.
- Bonus: for a copy of the CEO “Mission Imposter” research, click HERE
5. The New Leadership Imperative: Do You Have What it Takes to Perform?
SuccessFinder partner, Paul Frederick who counsels boards on top executive placement and succession, shares insights on agile leadership style required in today’s businesses.
Many of today’s corporate leaders have been grooming for executive positions for a few decades. They’ve developed strength in business acumen, depth, and breadth of skill sets and firsthand experience in finding and building teams.
But today’s top brass will not succeed with the strength of experience alone. In order to competently and confidently make timely high-risk decisions that drive business performance, their jobs—like high-wire performers—require that they are not just strong, but that they have the leadership performance competencies that empower them to also be extremely agile.
This blog outlines the business drivers behind the agile performance requirements and also spotlights the eight most critical performance traits for high performing executives.
- Click HERE to see full article.
- Bonus: click HERE to check out Frederick’s and Associates case study with SuccessFinder.
One more thing: why not celebrate the season of giving and share any or all of these insights with anyone in your network looking for better talent tools?!
Insights About Your Performance DNA To Advance Your Career
We are incredibly passionate about Performance DNA and the impact this scientific insight can have on you. Using SuccessFinder, you can discover your performance strengths and challenges.
In a given role, the high-performers have a common subset of performance traits. Our talent analytics compares your talent stack — performance traits and competencies — with high performers. We show you how to leverage your unique talents to achieve career satisfaction and success.
Focus on your strengths and manage your challenges. You complete the assessment online, we then provide you report and personal feedback via video call. We offer the service worldwide. We’d love to hear from you!
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