by Megan Bullard on February 8, 2010
In what feels like the thousandth season of The Bachelor we witness once more a crowd of beautiful women waiting in line for their chance to be the fiancée of a handsome professional. The women are attractive, talented and sometimes charming, but every group has a black sheep, and this season is no different than [...]
by Megan Bullard on January 19, 2010
Clients of Profiles International gain a competitive advantage by understanding their people at the deepest levels.
Profiles International develops employee assessments and talent management solutions to improve employee and manager performance and workforce productivity.
Clients of Profiles International gain a competitive advantage by understanding their people at the deepest levels. This includes how they think, natural tendencies, [...]
by Megan Bullard on December 23, 2009
It is crucial for managers to remember that employee motivation is one of the greatest gifts they can give.
The end of the year is infamously stressful. Employees juggle work with holiday expectations, and that can lead to them to feel overwhelmed and underappreciated. It is crucial for managers to remember that employee motivation is one [...]
by Megan Bullard on December 15, 2009
Mergers have become a necessary evil for countless businesses since the beginning of the recession. Companies have had to make difficult decisions in order to stay afloat, and merging is often the best way to save jobs. Mergers are stressful; they often induce anxiety, and they almost always start the rumor mill. Despite the anxiety [...]
by Megan Bullard on December 8, 2009
Team building is a multi-faceted concept that requires managerial nurturing for proper development.
Employees who are given constant communication from their managers or leaders feel engaged, and they will produce at higher levels than employees who receive little or no communication. Teams that receive constant communication from their leaders will be able to function more efficiently [...]
by AshleyDawn Sheppard on November 24, 2009
There are four simple ways to help employees become engaged, and all of them begin with the leaders of the business.
This is Part 3 of our series about employee engagement. Part 1 and Part 2 addressed common issues businesses face when employees are unengaged.
“Great leaders are team builders; they create an environment that fosters trust [...]
by AshleyDawn Sheppard on November 24, 2009
This is Part 2 in our series on employee engagement. Part 1 addressed more common issues businesses face when employees feel unengaged. Part 3 offers the solution to these common problems.
Conflict
Being in an office is much like being in a family. There are a handful of personalities, moods and motivations. So resolving conflict in an [...]
by Lisa Hagy on November 23, 2009
Given the world’s current economic condition, there has never been a better or more important time to build customer loyalty. First, the lifetime value of a customer can be exponentially greater than the value of a series of single transactions from one-time customers. Second, in this era of social networking, one Tweet or Facebook status [...]
by Megan Bullard on November 23, 2009
Personal strengths and weaknesses are often discussed during interviews. No matter how self-aware someone is, their perception of themselves will always be biased. Weaknesses often remain underdeveloped because positive attention is always awarded to people’s strengths. What happens when the strengths begin to mirror the weaknesses?
Knowing strengths and weaknesses on an individual level allows for [...]
by AshleyDawn Sheppard on November 18, 2009
Everyone has been a disengaged employee at some point, but people don’t want to talk about engagement in this economy. The general attitude seems to be, “Keep your mouth shut, your head down and do your job well so that you don’t get fired.” Some even say that the concept of engagement is too [...]