Guest Post from ADVISA Partner ExactHire By: Tom Branson Once upon a time, work was pretty straightforward. You grew or crafted something and sold ...
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Did You Know? Indiana Offers Grants for Training
Are you an Indiana company with regional impact looking to train and educate your growing workforce? If so, we should talk! The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) is offering Skills Enhancement Fund (SEF) grants to businesses making new capital investments in Indiana. The grant can reimburse a portion (up to 50%) of eligible training costs ...
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The Consequences of Not Having a Job Description
We believe strongly in the importance of job descriptions, which made a recent situation all the more painful. One of us had never written a job description for the babysitter. And boy, has there been a price to pay! Here’s the story: Writing a job description for a simple sitter role seemed ridiculous. For crying out loud, the job ...
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At Last: The Leadership Academy
Early in my time with ADVISA (now more than 4 years ago), I started hearing clients talk about leadership development needs. They didn’t know what to offer to hot shots who they wanted to retain, but who needed some time to develop and some leadership skills. Or there was the leader who was great in ...
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When to Consider Hiring a Coach
A third-party sounding board, thinking partner, resource, accountability coach and confidante can make a world of difference in building skills and changing behavior. Here are just a few of examples of when to consider hiring a coach: preparing for a job transition starting a new position building capacity developing high potentials closing a performance gap. ...
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How to Enjoy More Good Luck in 2013
May the luck o’ the Irish be with you this St. Paddy’s Day! While I’ve been known to rely on luck now and then (especially when it comes to weather and traveling), I prefer the maxim that you make your own luck. Some say good luck comes from hard work and preparation – this is ...
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Predictive Index® Newbies and Power Users Gather to Share Best Practices, Refresh Knowledge
If you attended Thursday’s PI® User Group meeting in Lansing, MI, you may recognize yourself in one of these photos. (Go to our Facebook page to see more.) If you were not able to attend, these shots give you a peek at what you missed. Brief recap: 40 PI analysts joined the ADVISA team for ...
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How will you work differently in 2013?
I’m finding myself in a lot of conversations about 2013 and several clients have asked if I think anyone in their company would find meaning in going through our Predictive Index Management Workshop™, which certifies them as a Predictive Index® analyst. The short answer is always, YES! Anyone who is dealing with any of the ...
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Five Ways to Develop Your Leadership Talent Pool
You’ve heard it before: good leaders are made, not born. Simply put, leadership is working through others to achieve results. This is often easier said than done, especially when the others may be quite different than us. Here are five ideas for how to develop a deeper pool of leaders at all levels of your ...
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Strength of Personality Key to Outside Sales Success
This is an occasional series describing (anonymously) a real challenge faced by one of my PI® clients in Ohio & Michigan and my recommendation to them. Please let me know what topics you’d like to see included in this ADVISA series. Scenario: A sales manager for an electric motor manufacturer has two outside salespeople with ...
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