Is there a correlation between worker engagement and their level of performance?

Too many organizations are hiring the wrong people and too many employment seekers are making the wrong career choices. The root of the problem is a lack of real effort by both.

When people’s cognitive capability is in alignment with what is required in their role – they perform effectively.

Always embrace quality – it pays off in the long run!

Whether hiring external managers and staff, promoting internal people or deciding on who is best to receive developmental funds, it is important to have sufficient, appropriate, and accurate, information to help you to make the right decisions.

The incompetent don’t know they are incompetent!

Are you concerned that your valuable budget funds may be wasted on consultation, training and development programs that provide either ineffective or unsustainable results?

In today’s highly competitive global economy the most innovative organizations will be able to keep pace with change in demand by offering effective products and services.

For those people who can overcome their natural resistance to change, the reward for their openness is greater access to the opportunities that will get them what they want.

Innovation requires that the participants have an appropriate technical foundation, sufficient problem solving capability and cognitive scope and a suitable innovative thinking style.  

"Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things." — Theodore Levitt

‘Visionary’ is a commonly used term to describe the incredible Mr. Steve Jobs of Apple.  But what do we actually mean when we describe someone as having vision?

If you want to effectively compete in the new economy you will need to have the best possible mangers. Effective managers create an environment that is attractive to talented people by providing; challenging work, developmental opportunities, internal mobi

At the micro-level, innovation is impeded by fear.

If you want more from your work than just a ‘job’, you will need to differentiate yourself from your competition.

Our performance will be directly related to how we understand, and embrace, change.

Thinking in terms of “Lean”, performance will be enhanced when we fully understand internal and external customer requirements, we assess and evaluate a person’s capability to deliver according to these requirements, and we identify any performance gaps be

After educational, technical skills and experience requirements are satisfied, superior performance occurs when there is a personality match to the work, the manager, the team and the organizational culture.

Innovative organizations are staffed by innovative people.

Used properly, assessments can help leaders improve by identifying gaps between desired and perceived behaviours.

“If the recession has taught us anything, it is that what we were doing was wrong”.

If you are thinking about starting your own business at least you are starting off on the right foot – by thinking.

Whether you are currently employed, unemployed or considering a change in your employment situation, it is important to understand the difference between a job and a career, and to decide which is right for you.

When assessing an employment candidate to fill a vacancy for a supervisor, manager, or executive role, looking for “traditional” intelligence is insufficient.

Perhaps you have heard the phrase “The best apples remain high in the trees”? The theory being, the best apple-pickers know that they will have the greatest reward by putting out effort (climbing that ladder and finding the best apples to pick) rather than