Interviews are a helpful way to gather information about potential employees. When done properly, they can yield information which would be unavailable through methods such as assessments or resumes. However, running interviews without first creating a plan can allow a variety of potential issues to arise. One of the biggest criticisms of interviews is that they do not follow a plan, and … [Read more...]
What is Adverse Impact and why you should care.
What is Adverse Impact and why as an HR person you should care. Adverse impact relevant to any hiring plan, as it can appear without warning or intent. Beyond simply the intent to discriminant against a particular class (gender, ethnicity, etc.), adverse impact occurs when a measure used for decision-making (be it an assessment or performance appraisal) produces biased results. Adverse … [Read more...]
3 effective ways to approach performance appraisals and when to use them.
Different approaches to performance appraisals One of the important considerations in creating your organization’s performance management (PM) system is the approach used to measure performance. According to organizational researcher Herman Aguinis (2009), there are three types of criteria: behaviors, results, and traits. The behavior approach to performance management focuses on specific … [Read more...]
Which is Worse? Not Asking at All, or Asking the Wrong Questions?
Let me answer your question in the most straightforward way. Asking the wrong questions is worse than not asking any questions at all. Teachers, professors and even parents have been harping on us for most of our lives to engrain within us that there are “… no are no stupid questions” to be asked. In the real world, that is really not true. Indeed, in a business setting there are bad questions … [Read more...]
The Importance of Asking the Right Questions
Questions are the lifeline and driving force behind all organizations. Through questions, a company and its team can determine important objectives and align performance measures that are based upon those goals. It is not so much about the questions, but more about the answers that will be revealed through the process of asking. For example, one of the corporate objectives may be the desire to … [Read more...]