The compatibility between managers and their employees is critical. Oftentimes the chemistry and personal fit is overlooked in the hiring process and when people end up leaving, they don’t typically quit the company they work for, they quit their boss. There is certainly no shortage of leadership advice available at your fingertips with a simple […]
Two Excellent Tools for a Leadership Development Program: Profiles PXT Select & Checkpoint 360
Tags: be a better leader, Capable and Ready Leaders, coaching, developing employees, employee assessments, leadership competencies, leadership qualities, Profiles Checkpoint 360, pxt select
A question often asked by our clients regarding the leaders they have in place: How can we be confident we have the right leadership in place to drive the rapid growth we expect of the organization? The variety of available statistics indicates this is a valid question that many organizations should be asking. The reality […]
Nurturing Leadership: Creating a Safe Haven for Employee Growth
Tags: be a better leader, coaching, developing employees, employee assessments, employee growth, leadership, leadership qualities, leadership skills, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment, PXT Select Leadership Report, PXT Select Talent Management System, talent management, Talent Management System
In the dynamic landscape of modern workplaces, leadership plays a pivotal role in fostering an environment where employees can thrive, grow, and feel safe. A safe space is not just a physical concept; it encompasses emotional, psychological and professional aspects. In this blog, we will explore the significance of leadership in cultivating a safe haven […]
3 Leadership Traits to Exhibit in 2022 and Beyond
Tags: be a better leader, coaching, employee assessments, leadership qualities, pxt select, talent management
The disruptions since the start of the pandemic have turned out to be longer lasting than first anticipated. We haven’t gone back to the “old normal” as many are still working from home, conferences are taking place remotely (if at all), supply chain issues continue, and the health care system in many places is under […]
3 Practical Ideas to Optimize Your Organization’s Succession Planning Efforts
Tags: coaching, developing employees, employee assessments, leadership, pxt select, succession development, succession planning, talent management
Succession planning is an integral part of the talent management process. It provides a way to identify key roles, people with the right skills and high potential and key positions that may need filling in a short space of time. Many of the executives we speak with express concern about their company’s lack of bench strength. […]
3 Tips to Keep Employees Engaged and Prevent Resignations
Tags: coaching, developing employees, employee engagement, employee interests, engagement environment, hiring, pxt select, resignations
Virtually everywhere you read on social media and in the news, we’re learning about the staggering number of people leaving their job. Gallup and Harvard Business Review reported over 11,200 resignations in February, March, and April, 2021. CBS News reports more than 4,100 resignations in the month of August 2021. It is estimated that 40% […]
Critical Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring or Building a Sales Team
Tags: behaviors, coaching, developing high performance employees, employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, leadership qualities, On-boarding, pxt select, sales assessments
Sales is the lifeblood of any business. The magnitude of an organization’s success has a direct correlation to the execution of quality sales. Therefore, you want sales to be scalable and predictable. Often you hear sales referred to as an “art form”, but art is not scalable or predictable. Here are 2 key mistakes we […]
Determining Key Behaviors with the PXT Select Coaching Report
Tags: be a better leader, behaviors, coaching, Coaching Report, decisiveness, developing employees, developing high performance employees, employee assessments, judgement, On-boarding, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment
At Profiles Incorporated we understand the impact of knowing your employees well and the importance of a fine-tuned recruiting program that is focused on selecting the right employee for the right job. Enter, the PXT Select Assessment. The PXT Select is a talent management system designed to allow hiring managers to optimize their leadership efforts […]
Do You Trust a Stranger More Than Your Own Boss?
Tags: be a better leader, behaviors, coaching, Compatability, employee assessments, hiring, leadership competencies, leadership qualities, pxt select, team engagement, Trust, workplace
The compatibility between managers and their employees is critical. Oftentimes the chemistry and personal fit is overlooked in the hiring process and when people end up leaving, they don’t typically quit the company they work for, they quit their boss. There is certainly no shortage of leadership advice available at your fingertips with a simple […]
Are Your Organization Leaders Capable and Ready to Lead Their Teams as Your Business Emerges From This Pandemic?
Tags: be a better leader, Capable and Ready Leaders, coaching, developing employees, employee assessments, leadership competencies, leadership qualities, Profiles Checkpoint 360, pxt select
One of our clients recently mentioned their leadership team had raised the question: How do we really know we have the right leadership in place to drive the rapid growth we expect? The variety of available statistics indicates this is a valid question that many organizations should be asking. The reality is only about 1/3 of […]
Leading a Team During a Pandemic
Tags: be a better leader, coaching, developing employees, developing high performance employees, employee assessments, profile XT, team building tips, team engagement
Many of our customers have shared with us the difficulties they encounter while trying to lead their various teams through a pandemic. It’s not easy when you cannot meet in person. Once you have completed the Profile XT assessment and have the data for each team member you are able to generate a Profiles XT […]
Emotional Intelligence: The power of the sliver
Tags: 4 branches of emotional intelligence, coaching, developing employees, emotional intelligence, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Many of us loved the movie The Matrix as there were so many analogies and metaphors that resonated with how we experience life. One of my favorite lines came from Morpheus (played by Laurence Fishburne), the brilliant leader who searched his whole life for Neo, the messiah-like hero who was chosen to save the world […]
Staying on Track with Your New Year’s Resolutions
Tags: be a better leader, be a better sales person, coaching, developing employees, employee assessments, keeping new years resolutions, new years resolutions
Now that we’re a few months into 2015, it’s a good time to follow up on those New Year’s resolutions you made before the ball dropped and you went back to business as usual. Maybe your resolutions were personal in nature such as exercise more or stop smoking. If you had aspirations to improve your […]
How to Execute with any Audience with Thinking Style
Tags: coaching, developing employees, employee assessments, keys to decision making, sales assessments, team building tips
Over the past couple of months, we’ve focused on the Behavior section of the Profiles Sales Assessment Concurrent Performance Model Overview in order to show how a 12 person team might create a tension free environment by properly executing an assessment. Read all of the posts here! Let’s now focus on the Thinking Style section […]
How to Execute with Any Audience with Energy Level
Tags: coaching, developing employees, employee assessments, managing an employee with high energy, multi tasking, sales assessments, team building tips
We hope you’re enjoying this blog series on How to Execute with ANY Audience where we show a real world example of a Profiles Sales Assessment Concurrent Performance Model Overview and offer our consulting advice to team members on how each other might view certain situations. We looked at the Sociability, Attitude, Independence, Manageability and […]
How to Execute with ANY Audience with Manageability
Tags: coaching, developing employees, employee assessments, leadership qualities, managing difficult employees, managing independent employees, sales assessments, talent management, team building tips
As we continue our series of blog posts that focus on sections of a real world example of a Profiles Sales Assessment Concurrent Performance Model Overview, we hope that you’re gaining a better perspective on how to execute an assessment. If not, we offer personalized consulting services to support the assessment results of your employees. […]
How to Execute With ANY Audience With Attitude
Tags: coaching, developing employees, employee assessments, leadership qualities, managing difficult employees, red zone, team building tips
Last month, we discussed how to utilize the data from our Profile Leadership tools to OPTIMIZE your interactions with employees, people you’re interviewing, your sales team, etc. We gave examples of ways to interpret the results of the Sociability Behavior section of the Profiles Sales Assessment Concurrent Performance Model Overview in order to create a […]
How to Execute with ANY Audience with Independence
Tags: coaching, developing employees, employee assessments, leadership qualities, managing difficult employees, managing independent employees, sales assessments, team building tips
In this series of blog posts, we are showing real life examples of how to utilize the data from our Assessments to gain a better perspective on how you and your team might view certain situations and areas of conflict. We looked at the Sociability & Attitude Behavior sections of the Profiles Sales Assessment Concurrent […]
How to Execute With ANY Audience
Tags: coaching, developing employees, employee assessments, sales assessments, team building tips
No, we are not here today to discuss how to “eliminate” those hard to reach audiences. Quite the contrary! We want to give you a taste of how to utilize the data from our Profile Leadership tools to OPTIMIZE your interactions with those audiences such as employees, people you’re interviewing or your sales team. This is […]
Optimize Your Red Zone
Tags: coaching, developing employees, leadership qualities, recruiting, red zone
It’s the time of year for New Years resolutions and maybe yours is to manage your organization more efficiently while increasing production. Sounds like a lofty goal but not if you focus on the three areas of your business where you get the highest rate of return for your efforts. We call that, the RED Zone.
10 Important Questions to Help Identify High Potentials
Tags: coaching, developing employees, developing high performance employees, employee assessments, identifying top employees
According to a study by the Corporate Executive Board (CEB), as many as 25% of high-potential employees plan on leaving their jobs within a year. Many organizations make the mistake of only looking at ability when assessing an employee’s potential for managing a job. When trying to identify a high-potential (or HiPo) employee, it is […]