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Pre-Employment Screening Part II

Part I of this post discussed some of the reasons why an organization would conduct pre-screening of potential employee candidates and talked about the pros and cons of conducting the screen using in-house resources or outsourcing to a specialist. This post will continue discussion around hiring the best Consumer Reporting Agency (CRA) to help you […]

Pre-Employment Screening Part I

Employers are acutely aware that hiring an applicant with an undesirable background, criminal and/or civil record, or falsified credentials can carry enormous economic and legal consequences. Pre-employment screening has proven to be a cost effective way to protect the business, the owners, and employees from the disaster a “bad hire” can bring. That said, employers […]

14 Things a Leader Must Do

Below are 14 things that some of the most effective leaders in organizations do today to help their organization be successful. These are not focused on managing the company’s finances, preparing for Board meetings, or planning strategy; but rather, in addition to those certainly important items (along with many others), these 14 key items help […]

Do You Work for One of Those Nice Organizations That Avoids Conflict?

One of the excuses we commonly hear as a reason for not actively engaging in dialogue with employees regarding their performance is “We’re really nice at XYZ organization” or “We avoid conflict and causing people to feel badly about themselves.” Translation, “We have people who are underperforming, but we’d rather not have those conversations.” Or, […]

Using Bloom’s Taxonomy: Teaching Adults to Learn Effectively

Incorporating principles of adult learning theory in any training program is the foundation to ensuring a successful transfer of skills from the training program back to the workplace. Adult education focuses on the facilitator ensuring the participants are able to achieve sustained behavioral changes to improve in a particular area(s). For example, enabling adult participants […]