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10 Best Practices for Succession Planning

joe Kistner August 5, 2016 Blog, Organizational Development No Comments

Making succession planning preparations is different than making other company preparations. Unlike most organizational adjustments you make, succession planning doesn’t warrant immediate results—it’s more focused on the long-term and the what-ifs. Since you cannot immediately see firsthand …

Workforce Optimization for your Incoming Employees

joe Kistner August 4, 2016 Blog, Workforce Development No Comments

According to Adecco Staffing’s second annual Way to Work Generational Survey, a worrying 74 percent of millennial and Gen Z respondents claimed that they felt as though their colleges and universities did not fully prepare them for …

Ways to Ensure Culture Fit During a Job Interview

joe Kistner August 2, 2016 Blog, Workforce Development No Comments

Experience, skills, and education are all important considerations for new hires. But there’s another factor that is just as important but is sometimes overlooked—culture fit. Culture fit is more than just whether or not a candidate will …

Employee Engagement Best Practices

joe Kistner August 1, 2016 Blog, Employee Engagement No Comments

According to a Dale Carnegie infographic, companies with engaged employees outperform those without by up to 202 percent. However, 71 percent of employees are not fully engaged. A typical engaged employee exhibits 4 telltale signs—enthusiasm, inspiration, empowerment, …

6 Effective Tactics for Executive Development

joe Kistner July 29, 2016 Blog, Employee Development No Comments

An executive in any organization must develop certain skills to be effective. But there’s more to it than that—along with the skills, there are also ways executives should act that’ll perfect their executive development processes. Executive development …

Effective Interview Questions for Determining Job Fit

joe Kistner July 28, 2016 Blog, Workforce Development No Comments

The dialog between interviewer and interviewee during a modern-day job interview is more in depth than a simple “tell me about yourself.” It is necessary to plan out the right questions to ask so that you can …

Talexes to Host “Innovative Hiring” Seminar

joe Kistner July 27, 2016 Blog, News No Comments

Waco employee assessment company seeks to educate local managers about best hiring practices Waco, TX (July 27th, 2016) – Talexes, a leading employee assessment company, has announced the introduction of their latest seminar Hire the Best – …

6 Keys for Retaining Employees

joe Kistner July 26, 2016 Blog, Employee Engagement No Comments

The Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey in 2015 found that “voluntary quits” are far outpacing layoffs. These voluntary quits take up 58 percent of those leaving jobs, while 35 percent are being laid off—and …

Stressed About Employee Productivity? Take a Break!

joe Kistner July 25, 2016 Blog, Employee Engagement No Comments

A new study from Staples found that more than 85 percent of employees believe taking regular breaks during the day would make them more productive. However, more than a fourth of workers overall don’t take a break …

How to Engage Employees

joe Kistner July 22, 2016 Blog, Employee Engagement No Comments

Do your employees show up every day with passion and purpose? Are they putting forth their best effort? Do they feel appreciated and necessary? Unfortunately, a vast number of organizations would answer ‘no’ to one or even …