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Guides
How to Define Company Values (So They Don't End Up on a Poster)
Stated values do not correlate with company performance. Something else does, and it completely changes how the list should be built.
9 min
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Science
Pre-Employment Assessments: Which Ones Actually Predict Performance
The market sells dozens of tests and almost none publish their validity. What each family of instruments measures and which ones predict performance.
10 min
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The differentiator is people
With AI, executing and learning technical skills gets cheaper. This diagnostic measures how ready your business is to make good decisions about them. Free, twenty statements, five minutes.
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Onboarding Plan: What to Do in the First 90 Days
The hiring decision gets judged in the first three months. Most companies spend that time handing over a laptop and walking someone through the org chart.
9 min
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Trends
The Three Jobs of a CEO (And the One We Never Systematized)
A CEO has three jobs: the direction, the numbers, and the team. Why the team is the only one we still decide on gut feel, and how to change that.
6 min
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Guides
The Job Profile: How to Define It With Data, Not a Template
The job description you publish and the profile you decide against are two different documents. Most companies have the first and none of the second.
8 min
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Guides
Talent Review and the 9-Box: How to Fill It With Data
The grid crosses performance with potential. You already measure performance. Potential is usually the manager's opinion, and that is where the exercise breaks.
8 min
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Science
Hiring Bias: What It Looks Like and How to Measure It
Hiring bias does not go away with good intentions or a workshop. It gets measured, and a rule from the 1970s is still the practical standard.
9 min
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Guides
Performance Reviews: The Methods and How to Choose
Rating scales, 360s, OKRs, forced ranking. Each answers a different question, and picking wrong is the most common reason the whole process changes nothing.
9 min
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Guides
Competency-Based Interviews: The Guide That Changes the Decision
The structured competency interview is one of the few formats with real validity evidence. Most companies implement half of it and lose the benefit.
9 min
The differentiator is people
With AI, executing and learning technical skills gets cheaper. This diagnostic measures how ready your business is to make good decisions about them. Free, twenty statements, five minutes.
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