by Kim McGinnis | Feb 3, 2019 | Leadership, Legal, Personality, Pre-Employment Testing
Work attitude is the key to job success. Just ask anyone – employers, trainers, researchers and employees alike will, without hesitation, agree. E.A.S.I-Consult® has long supported the well-known adage that smart employers “hire for attitude and train for skills.” But...
by Kim McGinnis | Feb 3, 2019 | Culture, Leadership
As the old saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” But there are some words that evoke stronger feelings than others. One such word is “toxic,” which, the Oxford Dictionary dubbed 2018’s “Word of the Year,” based in large part on how often the word was...
by Kim McGinnis | Dec 3, 2018 | Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing
You can probably already guess the most popular – or at least most widely used – method of hiring a new employee. In fact, research has shown it’s the most widely used across all countries, jobs and levels [1]. Considering its widespread use, it’s not surprising that,...
by Kim McGinnis | Dec 3, 2018 | Coaching & Mentoring, Leadership
Parting is such sweet sorrow.– William Shakespeare Shakespeare clearly did not have the workplace in mind when he wrote those words because, whether voluntary or involuntary, employees’ exits from organizations today typically involve more “sorrow” than “sweet.” Why...
by site admin | Sep 29, 2018 | Leadership
This is the first article in a three-part series focused on individual assessments. Individual assessments are not executive searches. We don’t find the people; we evaluate your finalist candidates once you get to that point in your process. Some people believe anyone...
by site admin | Sep 29, 2018 | Leadership, Learning Agility, Personality
When we come to the job, we bring more than just our skills; we also bring our personalities. Who we are determines how we deal with situations. Our personalities provide consistency in how we behave and make us distinct from one another. So, measuring personality is...
