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Keep Your Business Strong (With the CVI)

By
Steve Williamson, VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
September 8, 2025

Don't let a crazy economy threaten your business. Use the Core Values Index (CVI) now to maximize productivity, avoid costly turnover, and protect your company's future by aligning your team's core strengths to their roles.

7 Self-Help Questions the CVI Answers Better Than Anything Else

By
Steve Williamson, VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
August 25, 2025

From career fit to beating burnout, this Q&A explores 7 big self-help questions, and shows how the Core Values Index provides clearer answers than any other tool.

Business Survival in 2025: A No-Nonsense Guide for Thriving in Uncertainty

By
Steve Williamson, VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
August 4, 2025

Struggling with business survival in 2025? Here are 10 actionable tips to help you navigate economic uncertainty and hiring challenges, align talent, boost retention, and build a resilient, high-performing team.

How the CVI Builds Better Leaders

By
Steve Williamson, VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
June 2, 2025

Sustainable leadership means playing to your strengths, not constantly working against them. We describe four key ways the Core Values Index—the world's most accurate and reliable psychometric and personality assessment—can make you a better leader.

Success Story: When COVID Hit, Everything Changed

By
Steve Williamson, VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
May 19, 2025

"When COVID hit, everything changed almost overnight." That's what a small business owner told us when we discussed how they not only survived the global pandemic, but managed to find their stride and actually succeed.

How Will a Recession Impact Your Employment Strategy?

By
Steve Williamson, VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
May 5, 2025

Whether you are in the C-suite of a Fortune 500 company or you're just an individual trying to keep the rent paid, what is your strategy for navigating a possible change in the job market?

Is it Better to Plan or Prepare?

By
Steve Williamson, VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
February 17, 2025

What's the difference between planning and preparing? Are they just semantic variations of the same thing, or do they greatly affect results and outcomes?

AI: Bane or Boon?

By
Steve Williamson, VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
February 10, 2025

Like the label "gluten free" on a bottle of water, AI seems to be showing up in places where nobody asked for it and its usefulness is flimsy at best. But in other cases it's literally saving lives.

Leaders: Be a Catalyst, Not a Manager

By
Steve Williamson, VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
September 16, 2024

Leaders are most effective when they are a catalyst for the success of others. They are the oxygen that enables their teams to burn brighter. As soon as a leader feels the need to manage others, they've already headed down the wrong road.

The Secret Benefits of Teamwork

By
Steve Williamson, VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
August 19, 2024

Very few people are islands unto themselves. Cooperation and delegation are common asks in the business world. Some handle it better than others, all based on their Core Values Index personality profile.

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