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XChange 2018: Probe Human Behavior To Boost Employee Engagement

I’d like to thank the The Channel Company for a wonderful 2 days. The leadership and talent at XChange 2018 was impressive. Employee engagement was listed as their top industry challenge and hopefully we left them with a methodology for efficient engagement and most importantly, increased productivity and profit. Here’s a short example from our presentation: Let’s paint a picture we’ve all experienced. Take Ron, a seasoned and producing Director of Sales. Ron has been at his firm for years. His boss, the CEO, understands Ron and luckily, engages him productively. Ron needs opportunity to influence, he needs feedback, and

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Is Adaptability the Key to Performance?

Are you adaptable? Why? We found this read by Dylan Walsh of Stanford Business fascinating for a few reasons. First, we too believe adaptability is a key component in predicting success in our workplaces. Secondly, we also believe in the premise that adaptability or learning speed is hard to accurately measure. However, our work at Kinsey Management using The Predictive Index is proving that learning speed and the ability to adapt to new experiences and synthesize them into new outcomes is essential to personal and organization success. MEASURING THE ABILITY TO ADAPT We employ The Predictive Index (PI) Cognitive assessment.

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Servant Leadership: The Secret to life is serving others with humility….

There is a time in every person’s life where they can choose to answer the call. I answered a call last July to accept an invitation to hear Damon West speak to a Houston area high school football team. Having spent time as a high school football coach, I understood the importance of servant leadership, the art of motivation, team dynamics, peer pressure, and the derailment of potential by bad choices. My “why” lies in people. Possessing a degree in Sociology, I have long been fascinated how our behavior can be shaped by the groups in which we belong, yet

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