It’s important to train your leaders to improve their self-confidence and efficacy, shaping individuals to reach their full potential. Effective ice breakers are useful not only for the training attendees but for you! The comfort it generates will also benefit you as the coordinator and make independent and outspoken potential leaders easier to handle.
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6 Myths about psychometric assessments
Psychometric myths
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Candidates can fake it
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Psychometrics can’t beat my intuition
Topics: Assessments
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How can psychometrics deliver ROI?
While it can sometimes be difficult to measure the tangible benefits of implementing any new software, HR teams are increasingly being required to justify their investments and have a good idea of an expected ROI.
Topics: Assessments
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Why are Cognitive Ability Tests timed?
When using a Cognitive Ability Test to assess your candidates ability, there are two different types of maximum performance test; speed and power:
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How is a Cognitive Ability Test scored?
What does a Cognitive Ability Test measure?
A Cognitive Ability Test measures the maximum performance of a candidate’s ability.
For example, the results from one of our ability tests show us how a candidate has performed, in comparison to a diverse group of previous test takers. This allows us to interpret the results in terms of what is typical within a given group, rather than just how many questions a candidate has gotten right.
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Assessing personality at work
Personality questionnaires are becoming increasingly common in the hiring process to help you create a more well-rounded and deeper understanding of a candidate.
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Causes of low employee engagement
Are your managers causing low employee engagement?
Research by Deloitte found over 1/4 of UK employees (27%) admitted that they were ‘not performing their best’ at work.
Topics: Employee engagement
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5 ways to improve your employee engagement
According to Gallup's 2021 state of the global workplace report employee engagement dropped by 2% from 2019 to 2020 and now stands at 20%.
Topics: Employee engagement
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Why use Situational Judgement Tests in your recruitment?
Situational Judgement Tests are a type of psychometric assessment that measures how candidates respond to a variety of different situations at work. Test takers are presented with a range of hypothetical workplace scenarios and are then asked to identify the responses that would be
most and
least effective.
Topics: Recruitment Assessments
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Grow your people and the rest will follow
Deciding where to invest organisational resources can be a daunting task for leadership teams. Eager to achieve observable growth and constrained by time, managers often become biased towards short to medium term solutions.
