News You Can Use | Issue 02 |
What We’ve Been Reading On-boarding – One size NEVER fits all Disengagement for new employees – particularly younger employees – begins with the onboarding process. Our research (and others, like the Gallup Q12) indicate that the most disengaged workers tend to be younger, with university degrees. Only, we don’t think it’s because of a lack…
Competency and the Link to Engagement and Performance: If you’re not focused on competency… what ARE you focused on?
At WFSI, we’re laser-focused on competency as THE key to organizational performance. And while there are companies who say they have a competency focus, when you scratch a bit below the surface, you find that things aren’t necessarily what they may appear to be. One example we’ve seen repeatedly is in recruiting for “entry-level” positions….
Competency Testing in Recruiting: It’s Probably A LOT Easier Than You Think…
When we talk to companies about testing for competency during recruiting and selection, we often get pushback: “That’s too complicated!” “That’s too expensive!” “That takes too much time!” But does it really? We maintain that the biggest reason that companies don’t do really engage in competency testing is that they really don’t have a proper…
Human Capital Process Maturity Yields Results
Our client, a $100M/yr steel design, fabrication and construction operation, was concerned that their existing human capital practices weren’t optimized to the current requirements of the business. We worked with the HR and Operations management to conduct an HR practices audit against a comprehensive process maturity model, and within a week provided senior managers with…
