Posts by Robin
The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™
Your Teams Can Do Better The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™ is an assessment-based learning experience that helps people discover what it takes to build a high performing team. Bringing together everyone’s personalities and preferences to develop a cohesive, productive team takes work, but the payoff can be huge–for your people, the team, and…
Read MoreThe PXT Select™ assessment: Simple. Human. Smart.
What is PXT Select™? PXT Select™ makes the very human decisions about hiring simpler and smarter. PXT Select helps fill the gap between the resume and the interview. It provides organizations with actionable objective data about candidates in a simple to understand format that can help you to interview better and hire smarter. It is…
Read MoreTwo Critical Tips for Conducting an Effective Interview
Hiring managers want to know the magic potion for how to conduct the best interview. In this video, I am going to share two critical tips that will help ensure you plan and conduct an effective interview. The tone you set and the way you listen during the interview will dramatically change the way you think…
Read MoreApril 2017 Round Robin
In April’s Online Workshop, Robin discussed two of the nine Behavioral Traits measured by the ProfileXT assessment, specifically Independence and Judgment. In this video, you will learn the strengths and benefits of both ends of the scale and how it impacts an individual’s work style and interactions. Even if you aren’t using the assessment, the…
Read MoreRobin interviews friend and colleague Brandie Hinen
In this short interview, Robin talks with Brandie Hinen, founder of PowerHouse Learning about her work, including how she helps business leaders improve inefficiencies, her ideal customer(s), lessons learned, and motivators. Robin and Brandie are long-time friends and colleagues; we collaborate with clients whenever we can. During this fun conversation, Brandie sprinkles in practical leadership tips, such as how…
Read MoreGetting Results from a Dreamer Worker
Which is better? Having innovative new ideas or putting those concepts in action? It’s a logical conclusion that ideas and implementation have equal importance. What good would brilliant ideas be if they go no where? And where would we be without the creative thinkers who dream beyond existing limitations? Yet I can bet that we’ve…
Read MoreThe Single Most Important Thing You Can Do to Avoid a Hiring Mistake
If you want to avoid a hiring mistake, this is the single most important thing you can do to hire the right person for the right job, yet it is often overlooked or not done to the degree of detail that is needed. This video helps you narrow in on what will make this hiring…
Read MoreToo Much Drama in Your Workplace? Here’s What You Can Do!
Whether you are struggling with the level of drama in your workplace, or unknowingly perpetuating it, there are immediate steps you can take to reduce and probably eliminate this toxic habit that is draining the productivity and morale from your staff. Robin shares ideas to help you address all stages of the drama equation in…
Read MoreDodging work assignments can be caused by the weather (or whatever else you are trying to avoid)
Do you have an employee or colleague that has a tendency to dodge particular tasks? Or perhaps have lackluster outcomes from an assignment? Grace’s behavior during this week’s snowstorm gave a clear indication of why that could be happening in your workplace. How a snowstorm can shed light on a common management problem On Tuesday, we…
Read MoreMarch 2017 Round Robin
In March’s Online Workshop, Robin discussed three of the nine Behavioral Traits measured by the ProfileXT assessment, specifically Sociability, Manageability, and Attitude. You will learn the strengths and benefits of both ends of the scale and how it impacts an individual’s work style and interactions. Even if you aren’t using the assessment, the information is…
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