Tip #66: Using Personality Assessments as part of the Employee Selection Process

Many companies use personality assessments as part of their selection process when hiring or promoting employees. The purpose of using personality tests is to look for the personality characteristics that will predict future job performance. Personality tests typically measure one or more of five personality dimensions (often called the “Big 5″). These are: extroversion, emotional [...]

Tip #65: Developing Business Acumen Skills

Many organizations want their employees to show “business acumen” in the way they do their jobs. But what are the skills involved in business acumen and how can employees develop these skills.
The following are some tips on how to develop and demonstrate business acumen skills:

People demonstrate business acumen skills by:
- Understanding how the [...]

Tip #64: Building Motivation into Job Design

Keeping people motivated at work is critical for productivity and for achieving results. There are many motivation theories out there but one that we feel is particularly relevant for HR people to understand is the “Job Characteristics Theory of Work Motivation”. This is research tested approach to building motivational factors into the job design.
Here [...]

Tip #63: 3 Tips for Developing a Performance Improvement Plan

In the past we have talked about employee performance within the workplace and how to assess it (http://www.dailyhrtips.com/2009/04/09/hr-tip-performance-assessment/). Now we are going to discuss how to take the information learned in a performance assessment and put it into an employee Performance Improvement Plan (PIP). Here are some tips for when and how to develop a [...]

Tip #62: 4 Tips for Managing Diversity

Diversity in the workplace is important for a number of reasons, not least of which is the organization’s need for new, innovative, diverse ideas. Organizations with employees from diverse national cultures and ethnic backgrounds are more likely to contribute to better informed decision making - particularly in the increasingly interconnected global marketplace. So how should [...]

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