Performance Reviews Must Die
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- April 2, 2018
Employees despise them. Supervisors dread them. The antiquated and ineffective annual performance review needs to die.
Pursuing Ethical Truth
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- March 26, 2018
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica have given us a painful example of how elusive truth can be and how easily it can be manipulated. The contrast between truth and fact becomes more stark with every exposed scandal that passes over our smart phone and computer screens.
Four Steps to Remove Bias in Hiring
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- March 19, 2018
Biases exist throughout the employment lifecycle whether we are aware of it or not. We filter candidates for new positions through involuntary lenses of subconscious emotion, performance is viewed through a lens of skewed expectations, and we are promoted or fired under the influence of similar effects. Here are four steps to eliminate these unconscious biases from your hiring process.
Challenging Cognitive Biases in Hiring
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- March 12, 2018
The use of objective data in hiring is growing. Psychometric assessments like the Core Values Index are revolutionizing the job market. With all this data now available, why are cognitive biases still prevalent in the hiring process? In this article, we discuss the twelve most common forms of bias in hiring and present ways to recognize and eliminate them.
The Hidden Money Pit of Bad Hires
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- February 26, 2018
Hiring employees is expensive and time-consuming, taking staff away from more valuable work. It gets even more expensive when the new hire is the wrong person for the role. How does the smart organization use objective data to avoid the money pit of a bad hire?
What Every Employee Fears: Failure to Meet Expectations
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- February 19, 2018
I always dreaded getting annual performance reviews, even though they usually went well. This one was different. "I gave you a ‘failure to meet expectations' score because you didn't achieve your objectives for the year," my boss told me. The problem was I had no idea what my objectives were.
The Value of Purpose
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- February 12, 2018
The three components of the Performance Fuel formula — clarity, purpose, and feedback — work together. Purpose is the feeling that what you do matters and will be appreciated. Unfortunately in many organizations today, the value of purpose in our work is often unappreciated.
The (Mis)Value of Cultural Fit in Hiring
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- January 15, 2018
Those who are passionate about their job and have a strong sense of purpose—that what they do matters and is appreciated—will add to the culture and help it grow. Their enthusiasm and passion will infuse the culture in a positive way.
The Dark Side of Working Hard
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- January 8, 2018
If someone is a hard worker, there is a universal assumption that they can do anything. We belabor the point with our children ad nauseum, "With enough hard work, you can be and do anything you set your mind to." Although with uplifting and encouraging intent, this carries with it the nasty underbelly of hard work that exists despite our unconscious denial.
The Compulsion of an Author
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- December 25, 2017
I wrote three novels in three years. It took a lot of time, but it wasn't work. Like an incoming tide, it was something I futilely tried to hold off before I finally relented and wrote the first page, and then the first chapter, and then the first book, and so on. It didn't take effort to write those books, it took effort not to.
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