Small Business Growth Using Comprehensive Assessments
I've been helping small businesses get "unstuck" for the past 10 years. For much of that time I relied on my knowledge and experience to guide these businesses down the right path, and that worked well. But over the last few years, I have become certified in all...
If You're Not Assessing...You're Guessing!
I use assessments for almost everything I do. I use them in hiring, for promotions, to understand others on your team (such as coworkers), and even for diagnosing business issues. They can also be used in determining compatibility in personal relationships, although I...
Team Building with DISC
My Aha moment came in about 1995-96. Our 6 person management team sequestered ourselves for a day of "team building" after we took a Myers-Briggs assessment. As we went around the group, many of us were similar "personality types," but one person stood out as...
Hiring and Assessments
If you are like many hiring managers, you feel that hiring is a gamble. You don't really know what you've got until the employee has been in the job for 6 months. I know of a company that hired a COO through a headhunter, and they had to let him go after just 9...