The British Psychological Society defines psychometric testing as: “Any procedure on the basis of which inferences are made concerning a person’s capacity, propensity or liability to act, react, experience, or to structure or order thought or behaviour in particular ways.” In basic terms, psychometrics are simply a way of measuring psychological traits including personality, attitudes and beliefs and assessing an […]
Psychometrics can be used within organisations to help better understand and assess individuals and plan professional development. Psychometric testing is increasingly used in recruitment, performance measurement, goal setting and staff development. Business success is not only down to the knowledge and skills of individuals, but also their beliefs and attitudes. Smart managers acknowledge that their staff are more than just […]
Psychometric testing is used commonly in business today for everything from recruitment to professional development. But how much weight should we put on psychometric tests when it comes to hiring, firing and promotion? Critics believe that psychometrics is an inaccurate science and that data from psychometric testing should not be relied on when it comes to making important business decisions. […]
Used properly, psychometric testing can provide you with valuable data that can help you to hire the best people for the job, get the most out of your staff and help you to manage more effectively. However if carried out poorly, psychometrics can be a waste of time and money and the results can be inaccurate and unreliable. For this […]
Historically, the task of getting the entire workforce to complete a survey, collecting them, collating the data and analysing the results was huge one, and many companies wondered if it was worth the effort. Small businesses in particular, often did not have the available budget with which to conduct an effective engagement survey and act on the results. However, these […]
As managers began to recognise the value in employee engagement and its effects on running a profitable business, interest grew in how it could effectively be measured. Business analytics agency, Gallup, is commonly accredited with inventing the modern engagement survey and their research has been published in a number of publications including the Harvard Business Review and the Journal of […]
Employee engagement is a term used in business management that can be used to measure each employee’s attachment to their job and their following performance at work. Employee engagement is not the same as satisfaction, happiness or effort, although all these things may play a part in overall engagement levels. Employee engagement is linked directly with operational performance, and understandably, […]
You’d have to have been living under a rock in the business world not to have heard the term employee engagement. But while many managers recognize the term, surprisingly few actually understand exactly what it means and how utilising it could help to grow their business. Employee engagement is not a new HR fad or a meaningless buzzword. In fact […]
There are a number of factors, of course, that can contribute to a situation in which relatively strong, steady sales figures deteriorate. The first thing that needs to be understood of course is the why? In small organisations this can be solved fairly quickly. In larger more complex organisations the reasons may not be so obvious. It can sometimes take […]
When you return from that human resources conference, where you heard about the wonders of 360 degree feedback for the first time, it can be tempting to jump right in and start creating your new appraisal system on your first day back at the office. But hold off for a while, and consider that 360 degree feedback creates a major […]
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