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		<title>Five ways of reducing the risk of dropping employee retention</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2022 01:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Rate of Employee Retention Employee retention is no doubt a key challenge. A recent study by Gartner states that the rate of employee turnover is likely to be up to 75% higher. And in addition, it takes 18% longer to fill any available jobs than pre-pandemic. Not to mention the annoying &#8220;quiet quitting&#8221; phenomenon, which is white-anting businesses too! Robert Half&#8217;s 2022 Salary Guide states [&#8230;]</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Rate of Employee Retention</h2>



<p>Employee retention is no doubt a key challenge. A recent study by Gartner states that the rate of employee turnover is likely to be up to 75% higher. And in addition, it takes 18% longer to fill any available jobs than pre-pandemic. Not to mention the annoying &#8220;quiet quitting&#8221; phenomenon, which is white-anting businesses too!</p>



<p>Robert Half&#8217;s 2022 Salary Guide states that 78 per cent of employees are prepared to walk out the door if their pay rise request is not accepted. No wonder 31% of employers say their biggest challenge this year will be retaining top performers.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">And the reasons why staff retention is affected?</h2>



<p>The main reasons employees are leaving and affecting employee retention are:</p>



<p>Inadequate salary, deficient perks and benefits, overworked, lack of support, career progression, better work-life balance, absence of recognition, and unhappiness with management.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What can you do?</h2>



<p>Whether we are trying to shift a few covid kilos or improve our qualifications doesn&#8217;t matter. There is never a single magic bullet. It&#8217;s usually a series of conscious actions and the discipline to implement them that results in the outcome we seek.</p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.</p><cite>&#8211; Lao Tzu</cite></blockquote>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Let&#8217;s start from the very beginning</h2>



<p>Getting back to the basics by reviewing your people processes is a perfect place to begin to improve staff retention in your organisation. Here are a few thought starters.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">#1 Realistic Position previews</h2>



<p>The talent competition is fierce, and at an all-time high, so your recruitment process needs to be engaging, timely and professional. How you or your team handle the recruitment process can strongly influence the desire for a new player to choose to join your company or not.</p>



<p>Research shows that providing applicants with a realistic job preview during the recruitment process positively affects the retention of those new hires. Selling the job or the business as Utopia is not a good idea.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">#2 Professional interviews to increase employee retention</h2>



<p>When it comes to interview questions, &#8220;where do you see yourself in 5 years?&#8221; or &#8220;sell me that pen&#8221; are way past their use-by date. The objective of the initial interview is to confirm that skills and abilities align.</p>



<p>The goal of the second or final interview is to confirm fit. Is the applicant a good fit for the job? Equally important is for the candidate to verify if the job is a good fit for them.</p>



<p>It’s a lot less costly to retain people than hire new staff, and with retention as key focus, you need objective information to de-risk the selection process. Tools like our customisable psychometric GR8PI assessments will give you these critical candidate insights— insights that are impossible to glean at an interview.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">#3 Socialise and onboard for retention</h2>



<p>Early failure is often high among new employees, and hybrid work has added further complexity.</p>



<p>Onboarding aims to help your new team member understand how to be successful in their new job. First impressions count: you have one chance to make a great first impression when an employee starts with your company.</p>



<p>So, it&#8217;s best to ensure you have strategic onboarding and assimilation processes that can quickly help new people become embedded in your business and the role. And therefore, more likely to stay. Possible approaches here include:</p>



<p>shared and individualised learning experiences, formal and informal activities that help people get to know one another and assigning experienced employees as role models or mentors for new staff.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">#4 Managers are key to minimise staff turnover</h2>



<p>Those first few weeks and months in a new employee&#8217;s job are critical, especially in the new hybrid world. A first-rate manager-employee relationship is vital in delivering the employee experience and connection to the business for retention.</p>



<p>Compounding the challenge, many managers have never received any formal people management training. Frequently, a person has made it to manager due to tenure, success in their previous role, or the desire to retain a person.</p>



<p>While these may be valid, today, managers need access to new tools to lead and manage their employees. Such tools help them foster career aspirations, well-being, and connection to the organisational culture.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">#5 Training and development to improve employee retention</h2>



<p>CFO to CEO: &#8220;What will we do if we train them and they leave?&#8221;</p>



<p>CEO to CFO &#8220;What if we don&#8217;t and they stay?&#8221;</p>



<p>This conversation rings true today more than ever.</p>



<p>But not just any old training works. Sending your people to a one size fits all training course is just wasting money. Everyone learns differently, and unless you fully understand what training is appropriate for each employee, you will not achieve the outcomes.</p>



<p>A gap analysis can clearly highlight the specific deficiencies. Our customisable GR8PI suite of dimensions helps you identify gaps. By enabling you to benchmark and compare your staff at a glance, you can customise the thorough training needed across the various groups.</p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>Elon Musk says, &#8220;Some people don&#8217;t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.&#8221; </p></blockquote>



<p>If you&#8217;d like some help in this area, please <a href="https://directionsunlimited.com.au/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">reach out</a> or <a href="https://calendly.com/david-leahy/davidleahy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">book a call</a> to learn more.</p>
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		<title>Remote Work – What are seen effects of further shifts in this competitive market?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 02:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>After two years of disruption, further shifts in remote work and our lives have emerged. There’s been: the rise of individualism and independence bringing out new confidence to show up as themselves at work. (Fjord Trends 2022) hybrid employment arrangements placing more emphasis on staff being able to work remotely and maintain productivity and service delivery continued challenges to organisations due to Omicron leading to [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>After two years of disruption, further shifts in remote work and our lives have emerged. There’s been:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>the rise of individualism and independence bringing out new confidence to show up as themselves at work. (Fjord Trends 2022)</li><li>hybrid employment arrangements placing more emphasis on staff being able to work remotely and maintain productivity and service delivery</li><li>continued challenges to organisations due to Omicron leading to staff shortages resulting in increased costs of hiring more or temporary staff</li><li>Increased pressures on both existing and new staff in the present climate</li></ul>



<p>Moving forward, employers need to relook at balancing the flexibility they offer to individuals with the needs of the team and the greater good of the organisation. (Fjord Trends 2022)</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Obtaining the right information for remote hires</strong></h2>



<p>How can you increase your success rate and hire the right people the first time for roles in the current labour market? And what about remote work? How can you more easily identify those who will thrive and be productive in a work from home environment?</p>



<p>The traditional recruitment process leaves a lot up to chance. You’ll sift through a stack of resumes and cover letters trying to narrow down the people with the right experience and qualifications and get a sense of other relevant aspects.&nbsp;</p>



<p>You’ll then perform a round of interviews to gauge which candidate sounds and acts right for the role.</p>



<p>You might ask yourself:&nbsp;</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>“does this person have the right skills to perform the job?..&nbsp;</li></ul>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>the right credentials?..&nbsp;</li></ul>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>enough experience?..&nbsp;</li></ul>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>will they fit in with the workplace culture?..&nbsp;</li></ul>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>can they bring anything to the table to benefit the business?”&nbsp;</li></ul>



<p>While some of these questions can easily be answered with a CV and interview, others are trickier.&nbsp;</p>



<p>And let’s face it most employees, when asked if they would like to work from home, will answer ‘yes’. This is simply because they are only looking at the positive aspects of doing so.&nbsp;</p>



<p>But this is the homeworking equivalent of asking someone ‘How are you?’. And accepting the answer ‘Fine.’ As confirmation that all is well.</p>



<p>Some key questions are difficult to answer through the traditional hiring process such as&nbsp;</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>“Will this person be engaged in their work and great in this role?”&nbsp;</li></ul>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>“Is this person likely to be capable and productive in this remote work role?”</li></ul>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>In the long term will this person be able to handle hybrid working?</li></ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Engagement is critical</strong> for remote work</h2>



<p>Great managers and business owners know that higher employee engagement levels in the workplace&nbsp;<a href="https://directionsunlimited.com.au/jobfit/boost-employee-engagement/">translate to higher productivity</a>&nbsp;and better company performance. So especially in this current environment, how can hiring managers improve the likelihood of selecting highly engaged remote work top performers?</p>



<p>It all starts with thinking about how potential employees will “fit”, rather than experience and qualifications. Or even age and gender. Studies have shown that ‘fit’ is what counts if you want a high performer.</p>



<p>‘Fit’ refers to how well a person is suited to their job role, the environment, and the workplace culture. Whether or not a person ‘fits’ in a particular position depends on a few factors, for example:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>their attitude,</li></ul>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>personality, and</li></ul>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>enthusiasm for the work at hand.&nbsp;</li></ul>



<p>To find out which candidate is the right fit for the job and culture, hiring managers must check their biases at the door and use objective information to make their decision. Making this type of decision can be trickier than it sounds, but it is possible.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>How does it work?</strong></h2>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Hire someone who is objectively the right fit</strong></h3>



<p>Choosing the right person for a role can influence how long they stay in the job and how engaged they are with their role working remotely or onsite.&nbsp;</p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>According to<strong>&nbsp;</strong>Gallup, employee engagement is defined as “the involvement and enthusiasm of employees in their work and workplace”.</p><p>&nbsp;According to studies they conducted, businesses are 21% more profitable with engaged employees; I am sure most CEO’s would take this profit increase as a Christmas present!</p><p></p></blockquote>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Use your top performers as a benchmark for new talent</strong></h3>



<p>When a top performer walks out the door, it often feels like you’re back at square one; scrambling to build your team from the ground up again. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Companies, teams and hiring managers can make the process of replacing top performers easier while improving their hiring process each time.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Not all candidates are suited to remote work</strong></h3>



<p>Buffer.com published an annual global survey on homeworking and discovered in 2020 (like in previous years) that the top 3 difficulties people experience with homeworking, worldwide, are not necessarily related to the pandemic and lockdown:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>collaboration and communication</li><li>loneliness, and</li><li>not being able to unplug.</li></ul>



<p>This survey suggests that many individuals will either need help to overcome these problems or even that remote work is not a long-term viable option for some people.</p>



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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 11:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Over the last ten years or so, cultural trends and customer expectations have combined, resulting in more and more businesses prioritising customer success. Recent research&#160;reports that there has been an increase in the total number of open Customer Success jobs for the first time since February. In June, there were 6,515 available Customer Success jobs posted. This number was nearly 500 more than in May. [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>Over the last ten years or so, cultural trends and customer expectations have combined, resulting in more and more businesses prioritising customer success.</p>



<p>Recent <a href="https://successcoaching.co/blog/jobs-report-june-2021">research</a>&nbsp;reports that there has been an increase in the total number of open Customer Success jobs for the first time since February. In June, there were 6,515 available Customer Success jobs posted. This number was nearly 500 more than in May.</p>



<p>Regardless of the organisation’s size, gone are the days of Sales and Marketing departments only delivering the business goals. Today it’s critical to have the customer success department straddling sales and marketing to achieve your deliverables.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Customer Success versus Customer Service</strong></h2>



<p>Most customer support roles tend to be reactive as they respond to inbound customer requests, complaints and issues. The opposite tends to be the case when it comes to Customer Success roles.</p>



<p>These roles are focused on working proactively in partnership with customers post-sale to ensure maximisation of the product or service value delivered to the client and head off any issues before they fester. It’s critical that Customer Success delivers a positive customer experience and creates a close professional relationship.</p>



<p>If done correctly, Customer Success’s broader and essential role leads to business success. It’s also a vital contributor to customer loyalty. When you help your customers succeed, they become promoters and advocates of your business. Customer Success is connected to your bottom line as it:&nbsp;</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>minimises customer churn rates,&nbsp;</li><li>improves renewal and satisfaction,&nbsp;</li><li>and in turn, boosts revenue.</li></ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Murphy’s law</strong></h2>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>Edward Murphy Jr. was an American aerospace engineer who worked on safety-critical systems and was born in 1918 in the Panama Canal Zone. </p><p>He is best known for his namesake Murphy’s law, stating, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong”.</p></blockquote>



<p></p>



<p>While Customer Success done well offers a significant commercial advantage to a business, if done poorly and with Murphy’s law at times coming in to play significantly affects business factors.  </p>



<p><em>But what can possibly go wrong with Customer Success?</em></p>



<p>For starters, to maximise productivity, organisations may allocate too many client accounts to one team or representative to look after. Or weight incentives are heavily towards revenue generation. Or worse still, wrong people are assigned to the role.</p>



<p>Spend any time with a sales organisation, and you are likely to hear a similar story—a story about a consistently top-performing sales rep who failed to make the transition to sales manager.</p>



<p>And the reason? The skills and attributes required as a successful salesperson are vastly different to those needed to be a top manager. The same is true applies to Customer Success Managers.</p>



<p>The abilities and traits required to be a successful Customer Success Manager are many and varied, and selecting the right people for this role certainly presents risk elements.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>What makes a great Customer Success Manager (CSM)?</strong></h2>



<p>Firstly, there is no one size fits all. Industry type and service or product offering contribute to answering this question. CSM’s usually possess broad business experience. It’s not uncommon for people with backgrounds in sales, support, presales, project management, and even marketing roles to have made successful CSMs.</p>



<p>When we ask managers what makes a great CSM, they usually tell us their best people are proactive and tend to have similar traits such as:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Great at managing stress</li><li>Resilient</li><li>Empathetic</li><li>Customer-focused</li><li>Sincere</li><li>Keeps promises</li><li>Positive attitude</li><li>Calm in a crisis</li><li>Self-assured</li><li>Socially relaxed</li><li>Strong reasoning and analytical ability</li><li>Great communicators</li></ul>



<p>It’s quite the laundry list. The complex nature of backgrounds combined with the challenge of pinpointing the varied attributes that align with your business and service offering is where many organisations fail.</p>



<p>In fact,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sciepub.com/reference/14918">studies</a>&nbsp;tell us that failing to get the right person that fits your organisation will result in a decrease in productivity, higher levels of staff turnover and high levels of job-related stress.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Determine the requirements and spot the people</strong></h2>



<p>The challenge for organisations today, especially in the current tight market, is identifying the best potential CSM’s. Typically, in our work, we observe many organisations that rely on the job description, resumes and reference checks when making hiring or redeployment decisions. And this then results in a high level of three out of four recruits who just aren’t the right fit.</p>



<p></p>



<p class="has-text-align-center">It’s a case of &#8220;rubbish in = rubbish out”. If we don’t have the right information,</p>



<p class="has-text-align-center">how can we possibly make the right decision?</p>



<p></p>



<p>We have worked with many clients using our next-gen tools and helped them profile the critical success attributes that establish fit for a role. Using our 4-step robust process, our clients in the main enjoy a 3-fold increase in pinpointing top people that excel, 47% reduction in team turnover and a significant increase in productivity.</p>



<p>The war for talent is in play right now in Australia. You owe it to you and your business to remove the higher risk of getting it wrong.</p>



<p>Contact <a href="https://greatpeopleinside.com/australia/contact-us/">Great People Inside</a> to help recruit your next outstanding CSM or top performers for other important roles to benefit your organisation.</p>
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		<title>Your ideal candidate when hiring &#8211; what&#8217;s on  your wish list?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 04:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>We usually see various words and phrases in job ads that describe an employer’s wish list for hiring an ideal candidate.  This statement below I came across recently brought a smile to my face as it reminded me of this. Can you perform under pressure? asked the recruiter.  No, said the candidate, but I do a mean Bohemian Rhapsody! Some more standard features you might [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>We usually see various words and phrases in job ads that describe an employer’s wish list for hiring an ideal candidate. </p>



<p>This statement below I came across recently brought a smile to my face as it reminded me of this.</p>



<p class="has-text-align-left"><strong>Can you perform under pressure? asked the recruiter. </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-align-left"><strong>No, said the candidate, but I do a mean Bohemian Rhapsody!</strong></p>



<p>Some more standard features you might see employers looking for in hiring an ideal candidate are:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Ambitious</li><li>Resilient&nbsp;</li><li>Bubbly personality or Can-do attitude</li><li>Clear thinker and have a Strong work ethic&nbsp;</li><li>Share our passion</li><li>Accuracy and Attention to detail</li><li>a Team player, a Strong Leader, and yes, Perform Under Pressure!</li></ul>



<p>As an illustration, the typical wish list for the &#8220;perfect employee&#8221; often reads something like this:</p>



<p class="has-text-align-left"><em>&#8220;We are looking for someone&nbsp;<strong>ambitious</strong>&nbsp;who will demonstrate&nbsp;<strong>initiative&nbsp;</strong>and&nbsp;<strong>resilience</strong>&nbsp;has the maturity always to remain<strong>&nbsp;calm and professional</strong>. You will have an&nbsp;<strong>excellent work ethic</strong>&nbsp;and have&nbsp;<strong>outstanding communication skills</strong>.&nbsp;</em></p>



<p><em>You are&nbsp;<strong>respectful</strong>&nbsp;and enjoy&nbsp;<strong>working in a team</strong>&nbsp;in a&nbsp;<strong>fast-paced</strong>&nbsp;environment in which you will be able to&nbsp;<strong>prioritise</strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>handle multiple tasks</strong>&nbsp;while meeting deadlines&#8221;.</em></p>



<p>Job advertisements will also include what the work involves, and the qualifications and experience needed to be a successful applicant.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Consider the total recruitment cost of hiring a non-ideal candidate</h2>



<p>Despite rigorous selection processes, many <a href="https://www.leadershipiq.com/blogs/leadershipiq/35354241-why-new-hires-fail-emotional-intelligence-vs-skills">studies</a> tell us that up to 50% of new hires fail within 18 months.</p>



<p>For Australian businesses, the cost of these failures is indeed high.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hcamag.com/au/specialisation/employee-engagement/this-is-how-much-it-costs-to-hire-one-employee/192036" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Recent research</a>&nbsp;discovered the direct recruitment costs to hire ONE employee are on average a staggering&nbsp;<strong>$19,000</strong>!&nbsp;</p>



<p>Add to that&nbsp;<strong>another 30% to 50%</strong>&nbsp;of the annual salary with the total cost of induction, orientation, training, maintenance, termination, and lost opportunity.</p>



<p>There would be &#8220;skin and hair flying&#8221; in many management meetings if all these costs showed up on a Profit and Loss Statement line.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Your choice</strong></h2>



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<p>So, what gets in the way of more consistent selection outcomes when it comes to hiring an ideal candidate based on a wish list? Most would agree that even the most basic selection process can get it right with the required qualifications and experience for a role. </p>



<p>However, when it comes to attributes similar to the examples below, the ability to precisely assess if the person sitting in front of us possesses these is&nbsp;close to impossible:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li><strong>Tenacious</strong>&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Ambitious</strong></li><li><strong>Resilient&nbsp;</strong></li><li>possesses&nbsp;<strong>Initiative</strong></li><li>will&nbsp;<strong>Remain calm and professional,</strong>&nbsp;and</li><li>has an&nbsp;<strong>Excellent work ethic.</strong></li></ul>



<p>People tell us what they think we want to hear; after all, they are looking for a job!</p>



<p>Consequently, many of us make our hiring decisions based on our &#8220;gut feel&#8221; and what we &#8220;liked&#8221; about the candidate during the interview. In essence, we hire people we like.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Given that <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.businessinsider.com.au/job-interview-lies-australia-2018-10" target="_blank">research</a> tells us that more than 40% of Australians think it&#8217;s okay to lie during an interview, this stacks the odds against us. We need to add some objective data to our &#8220;gut feel&#8221; to help us get it right more consistently.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The way forward</strong> for hiring more ideal candidates</h2>



<p>The next generation award-winning Great People Inside (GPI) customisable assessment platform now available in Australia allows you to choose those specific attributes on your recruitment wish list.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Therefore, if you want to assess certain attributes, these can readily be selected. For example, attributes like:&nbsp;</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li><strong>Resilience </strong></li><li><strong>Tenacity </strong></li><li><strong>Ambition </strong></li><li><strong>Discipline</strong></li><li><strong>Customer Focus </strong></li><li><strong>Closing sales</strong>.</li></ul>



<p>Over 60 validated psychometric dimensions are available to precisely evaluate the crucial traits for both your business and the specific role. And if we don&#8217;t have what you need, we will build it for you.&nbsp; We call this full customisation.</p>



<p>With this in mind, no longer are you restricted to relying on your gut feel and hiring people you &#8220;like&#8221;. You can easily create GPI assessments as short or as long as you wish. </p>



<p>By adopting this approach, specific objective data can be added to your selection process and increase your success rate by up to 300%.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Don&#8217;t take our word for it!</strong></h2>



<p>We were delighted to recently receive the following feedback from one of our clients who has been using with great success the GPI platform for more than 18 months. This client uses the GPI platform to assess alignment to the company values of both internal employees and new recruits.</p>



<p>They tell us, &#8220;<em><strong>We are observing through using the GPI profiling tool to test for values fit, we are naturally defining critical success factors to base our hiring decisions on. </strong></em></p>



<p><em><strong>The more we benchmark our top performers and see success in our new recruits, the more we learn about what are the critical behaviours and interests that make a person a successful cultural fit in our business. </strong></em></p>



<p><em><strong>Whilst we would like to think we were good at picking this up before, GPI provides us with an evidence-based, tangible tool to confirm this and has been a real value add to our hiring decisions&#8221;.&nbsp;</strong></em></p>



<p>If you&#8217;d like to learn more, we&#8217;d be happy to let you try us&nbsp;<strong>for free.&nbsp;</strong>Click&nbsp;<a href="https://greatpeopleinside.com/australia/campaigns/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>HERE</strong></a>, and we&#8217;ll be in touch straight away.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>When recruiting a new team member, I have never met any business owner or manager who set out to deliberately hire a substandard performer. Then, why is it that studies tell us that we get it “right” (i.e., hire a top performer) only 25% of the time? The answer is that traditional recruitment processes, (resumes, interviews, and reference checks) are just not meeting the modern business needs of culture fit and diversity.</p>



<p>In Australia today, we are lucky that we have a highly educated and well-trained workforce, which logically means that most employees in Australia have the skills and competencies to perform their jobs well. But if this is the case, why is the hiring success rate so inconsistent?</p>



<p>Most new employees fail – not because they are incompetent or don’t have the required skills – but because they don’t “fit” with the practice owner, the manager, or their colleagues or due to other factors.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>What is fit?</strong></h2>



<p>Culture fit (the alignment of values, beliefs, and behaviours between the employee and employer) has become another one of those also overused cliches in business-speak. While it is essential, the issue when hiring is that it means different things to different people. As a result, hiring for culture fit alone can be difficult to measure and is not a reliable predictor of high performance. When we speak of ‘fit” we are talking about much more than culture fit alone. Our definition of “fit” is as follows:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Can the person handle the mental demands of this job?</li><li>Will they enjoy the environment and the people they must work with?</li><li>Are they highly motivated by this type of work?</li></ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Hardwiring</strong></h2>



<p>Psychologists tell us that our <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/what-mentally-strong-people-dont-do/201709/3-important-ways-your-childhood-shaped-who-you-are" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">core traits and beliefs</a>&nbsp;about ourselves and the world are hardwired into our brains by the time we are 10 or 12 years of age. Of course, as people we evolve and develop, however our deep-set inner identity and core beliefs about ourselves, others and how the world works are intensely cast in our DNA and are hard to change.&nbsp;</p>



<p>As we go about our daily work in the business, many of us will have observed our top-performing employees going about their jobs quite differently. Still, despite different approaches, they consistently deliver top outcomes and results.</p>



<p>Achieving these top outcomes and results is the DNA we refer to, the four or five key qualities most important to your business and that are possessed in abundance by your top performers. These qualities are the heartbeat of your company. We call this success DNA and when it comes to hiring new team members, they are non-negotiable.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The importance of fit</strong></h2>



<p>The low hiring success rate clearly demonstrates that if the right potential employees who share these critical success qualities are not found and employed, and you select a person who doesn’t fit, it’s unlikely this person will deliver top performance for your business. In fact, it’s <a href="https://www.leadershipiq.com/blogs/leadershipiq/35354241-why-new-hires-fail-emotional-intelligence-vs-skills">estimated</a> that 46% of newly hired employees won’t survive for a year because they aren’t a good fit for the job. Poor DNA matches are the number one reason why people become disengaged, dislike their managers or colleagues, and eventually fail or leave their jobs.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Modify your process by benchmarking your top performers</strong></h2>



<p>Unless you understand your top performers’ DNA success attributes, then the traditional selection process will continue to deliver less than 25% of top performers. The science-based Great People Inside customisable profiling tools we recommend will enable you to identify and quantify the success attributes they share greatly contributing to your business. When recruiting, you can measure your potential new recruits against these attributes to ensure they also have the required success DNA fit for your business.</p>



<p>Our easy-to-read plain language reports will also help you take your interviewing approach to new heights. Our Management Coaching and Onboarding reports will make sure your new team member contributes as quickly as possible.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Great People Inside assessments are customisable &#8211; so what?</strong></h2>



<p>Compared to assessments you may have used or taken yourself previously, Great People Inside assessments are the next generation &#8211; think original Nokia phone and iPhone 12!</p>



<p>You may be familiar with assessments that have been around for many years where you measure the dimensions the assessment provider has configured; you have no choice and no control. As a result, you may be measuring (and paying for) what you don’t need. Our customisation feature allows you to design an assessment that measures what you want to measure best suited to your business, which means you are in control, and most importantly, you decide what you want to pay. Even with its unique customisation features, GPI will usually be at the cost of comparable assessments (where they exist).</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Don’t just take our word for it</strong></h2>



<p>For the second year in a row, the <a href="https://greatpeopleinside.com">Great People Inside</a> platform has been in the top 10 best rating tools in the world.</p>



<p>It is a huge honour for us to find ourselves among the best yet again this year.&nbsp; In July 2020 Great People Inside was also ranked <a href="https://www.digitalhrtech.com/top-pre-employment-assessment-tools/#Great">#16 assessment</a> tool in the world by AHRI.&nbsp;</p>



<p>If you’d like to find out more please click here to <a href="https://greatpeopleinside.com/australia/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">contact us</a> or email australia@greatpeopleinside.com</p>



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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Thanks to https://unsplash.com/@wildlittlethingsphoto for the great photo During the past nine months in Australia, many people&#8217;s businesses have been hit hard by the pandemic. Here at GPI, our thoughts are with the more than 900 families who lost loved ones during this crisis and for those whose livelihoods have been negatively impacted. Recently though, some green shoots of hope have begun to sprout with domestic [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>During the past nine months in Australia, many people&#8217;s businesses have been hit hard by the pandemic. Here at GPI, our thoughts are with the more than 900 families who lost loved ones during this crisis and for those whose livelihoods have been negatively impacted.</p>



<p>Recently though, some green shoots of hope have begun to sprout with domestic flying making a return, vaccines becoming available, and borders reopening in time for Christmas, it appears business conditions will significantly improve in 2021.&nbsp;</p>



<p>With increased demand will come the need to hire additional people, but how can you increase your success rate and hire the right people the first time? And what about the new way of working from home? How will you identify those who will thrive and be productive in a work from home environment?</p>



<p>The traditional recruitment process leaves a lot up to chance. You might sift through a stack of resumes and possibly cover letters trying to narrow down the people with the right experience and qualifications and get a sense of other relevant aspects. You’ll then perform a round of interviews to gauge which candidate sounds and acts right for the role.</p>



<p>You might ask yourself, “does this person have the right skills to perform the job?.. the right credentials?.. enough experience?.. will they fit in with the workplace culture?.. can they bring anything to the table to benefit the business?&#8221; While some of these questions can easily be answered with a CV and interview, others are trickier. Some key questions are difficult to answer through the traditional hiring process such as “Will this person be engaged in their work and a great in this role?” “Will this person be capable and productive working remotely?”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Engagement is critical</strong></h2>



<p>Great managers and business owners know that higher employee engagement levels in the workplace&nbsp;<a href="https://directionsunlimited.com.au/jobfit/boost-employee-engagement/">translate to higher productivity</a>&nbsp;and better company performance. So especially in this current environment, how can hiring managers improve the likelihood of selecting highly engaged top performers?</p>



<p>It all starts with thinking about how potential employees will “fit”, rather than experience, qualifications, and even age and gender. Studies have shown that these factors are not statistical indicators of future top performance in a job, but that ‘fit’ is what counts if you want a high performer.</p>



<p>Following a recruit being let go during probation many of us have heard comments such as “we had to let them go &#8211; they just didn’t fit” but what does this actually mean?</p>



<p>‘Fit’ refers to how well a person is suited to their job role and the surrounding workplace culture. Whether or not a person &#8216;fits&#8217; in a particular position depends on a few factors, for example, their attitude, personality and enthusiasm for the work at hand. To find out which candidate is the right fit for the job and culture, hiring managers must check their biases at the door and use objective information to make their decision. Making this type of decision can be trickier than it sounds, but it is possible.</p>



<p>Assessment tools that allow you to develop a customised profile or model for the role you are hiring for bring objectivity into the hiring process. They validate data on existing performance, job tasks and results so that you hire individuals who are indisputably right for the role.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>How does it work?</strong></h2>



<p><strong>Hire someone who is objectively the right fit</strong></p>



<p>Choosing the right person for a role can influence how long they stay in the job and how engaged they are with their work. According to&nbsp;<strong>Willis Towers Watson</strong>, employee engagement is defined as “employees&#8217; willingness and ability to contribute to company success”. According to studies they conducted, businesses can expect a 13.7% rise in net income with engaged employees; I am sure most CEO’s would take this net income increase as a Christmas present!</p>



<p>While this knowledge is widespread with business owners and managers, the wrong people still get hired for roles time and time again. Why? Hiring someone using the traditional interview process and reference checks alone can be a bit of a guessing game. Someone might be highly proficient at talking their way through the interview process, but their skills at talking the talk mightn’t translate to walking the walk in the job.</p>



<p>Validated benchmarkable assessments take the guesswork out of the hiring process. They evaluate information about a person that cannot be determined by a traditional job interview. Instead of solely relying on opinions or a hunch, the assessments we recommend provide you with tools which use objective data to determine whether your candidate is right for the role.</p>



<p><strong>Use your top performers as a benchmark for new talent</strong></p>



<p>When a top performer walks out the door, it often feels like you’re back at square one, scrambling to build your team from the ground up again. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Companies, teams and hiring managers can make the process of replacing top performers easier, while improving their hiring process each time.</p>



<p>The Great People Inside customisable assessment tools we recommend not only provide you with a menu of dimensions you can choose from to measure those key attributes important for your business, but they can also significantly increase your success rate of identifying future superstars. These tools extract information on your best talents&#8217; abilities, personality traits, behaviours, and preferred learning styles. Using this information creates a customised profile for hiring new people who can successfully fill the shoes of your existing and past top performers.</p>



<p><strong>So how&nbsp;<u>do</u>&nbsp;you find out who is best suited to homeworking?</strong></p>



<p>Buffer.com published an annual global survey (FIG 1) on homeworking and discovered in 2020 (like in previous years) that the top 3 difficulties people experience with homeworking, worldwide, are not necessarily related to the pandemic and lockdown:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>collaboration and communication</li><li>loneliness, and</li><li>not being able to unplug.</li></ul>



<p>It suggests that many individuals will either need help to overcome these problems or even that, for some people, Working from Home is not a viable option.</p>



<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>FIG 1</strong></p>



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<p>Most employees, when asked if they would like to work from home, will answer yes – because they are only looking at the positive aspects of doing so. But this is the homeworking equivalent of asking someone &#8216;How are you?&#8217; and accepting the answer &#8216;Fine.&#8217; as confirmation that all is well.</p>



<p>You need a much more scientific approach if you are embarking on an enterprise-wide plan to introduce home working. Certain factors will help employers understand if, and where, their people will need help.</p>



<p>But what are those factors? And how do you measure them?</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The Great People Inside difference</strong></h2>



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<p>As an assessment business, Great People Inside specialises in creating assessments for the development of employees and teams. Although the size of the homeworking challenge is unprecedented, the essential work of analysing and developing your WFH team hasn’t changed – it’s what we do, all day, every day.</p>



<p>And because we customise assessments for specific purposes, we’ve developed a series of new assessments, informed by extensive, independent research, into the characteristics required for people to work, successfully, from home. These validated assessments will allow you not only to undertake a ‘health check’ of all your existing people, but also to identify whether that potential new hire has the capability and attributes required to be a star performer even when they are remote. Most importantly, these assessments will also enable you to respond to what they tell you. With our Partners, we offer individualised online development, provided by subject matter experts, to help your people cope with a new way of working.</p>



<p>The range of fully customisable Great People Inside assessment tools we recommend will enhance your selection process so that you can choose candidates that will help drive team and company performance and answer the question you had when starting the hiring process – “will this person be outstanding in this role even when working from home?” Which, after all, is what recruitment is all about!</p>



<p>If you would like to learn more about the Great People Inside assessments specifically designed for work from home employees and teams please click here to <a href="https://greatpeopleinside.com/australia/contact-us/">contact us</a> or email <a href="mailto:australia@greatpeopleinside.com">australia@greatpeopleinside.com</a></p>



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					<description><![CDATA[<p>We were recently featured in Dynamic Business, you can see the full article here. Lazy, entitled and flaky &#8211; just a few of the stereotypes given to millennials in the workforce and wider community. While data is increasingly indicating that these stereotypes are untrue, it’s also showing us that they are very unhelpful, especially for hiring managers and employers. Born roughly between 1981 and 1996, millennials [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>Lazy, entitled and flaky &#8211; just a few of the stereotypes given to millennials in the workforce and wider community. While data is increasingly indicating that these stereotypes are untrue, it’s also showing us that they are very unhelpful, especially for hiring managers and employers.</p>
<p>Born roughly between 1981 and 1996, millennials are predicted to make up the bulk of the workforce by 2020 &#8211; and they’re driving change at a rapid pace. This is something that employers can no longer afford to ignore, especially when it comes to hiring the right people and nurturing talent.</p>
<p>So, what do employers need to do to keep up with the changing paradigm, to source, retain and nurture millennial talent?</p>
<p>Read the full article at <a href="https://www.dynamicbusiness.com.au/featured/how-millennials-are-changing-talent.html" target="_blank">Dynamic Business</a>.</p>
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