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May 28, 2020 8:51 am
Published by Shanan Marshall
According to the Greek philosopher, Heraclitus “the only constant in life is change” and going through a change like we are now is undeniably something we have to overcome. During this time of COVID-19 companies are rightsizing; forced to make tough decisions on who stays and what is essential to the team. As Lee Iacocca once put it, “In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product and profits. Unless you’ve got a good team, you can’t do much with the other two.”. A good process is essential when putting together cross-functional teams (e.g. production – training – inventory – marketing – sales – customer service) to maintain high levels of alignment in the organization. Therefore, having to layoff good, hard-working employees to save costs in order to thrive, is a position companies must consider while simultaneously safeguarding their business operations during difficult times. Unfortunately,......
May 11, 2020 3:34 pm
Published by Shanan Marshall
For 41 years, Self Management Group has been evaluating and quantifying the personality and attitudinal constructs that best differentiate top performers. With well over 5,000 predictive validation studies completed over this time period, spanning all industries, positions and continents, the most statistically consistent and powerful predictor of top performers is SELF MANAGEMENT. This consistent finding is even more impressive when you think of the lack of statistical control associated with field research. Our validation studies were undertaken across the globe and over a 4 decade time span (i.e., significant periods of change), in different languages and cultures, with participants of various ages, work experience, and positions; yet despite all of this uncontrolled error, people with a stronger Self Management orientation were statistically over represented among top performers. Below are just a couple of graphs highlighting the predictive power of Self Management: Figure 1. NHL Players Over 15 Year Time Span......
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