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Susan Cain: Debunking Myths About Introverts

Indeed

According to Susan Cain, author of the New York Times bestseller “ Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking ,” these negative myths come from a widespread cultural bias toward extroverts. Since Cain first started researching “Quiet” in 2005, public discussions have changed.

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How You Can Develop a Curious Workforce — and Reap the Benefits

Linkedin Talent Blog

Some of this is cultural. Finally, there are now an array of online tools that use predictive assessment to measure behavioral attributes such as curiosity. At the same time you’re honoring curiosity with its own day, you want to make sure it also becomes central to the daily fabric of your company and its culture.

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The Benefits of the Temp-to-Hire Recruitment Model for Employers and Employees

AkkenCloud

Companies that recruit using the Temp-to-Hire model are less vulnerable to the expensive risk of making bad hires as they build a collaborative, productive culture in their companies. The average 90-day contract allows employers to assess in-depth a candidate’s skills and strengths.

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Three things a CEO must focus on in digital transformation

TeamBuilderSearch

Focusing first on small goals, the proverbial low-hanging fruit, will allow an organization to set a transformational culture of success and confidence. More importantly, people will be too afraid bring forward their most creative and innovative thinking if a permission to fail culture is not nurtured. Guess what?

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Three things a CEO must focus on in digital transformation

TeamBuilderSearch

Focusing first on small goals, the proverbial low-hanging fruit, will allow an organization to set a transformational culture of success and confidence. More importantly, people will be too afraid bring forward their most creative and innovative thinking if a permission to fail culture is not nurtured. Guess what?

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Pro-Tips for Interviewing Millennials

Jobbatical

After failing employer’s assessment tests many times before getting a graduate job in 2005, Edward created PracticeReasoningTests to teach the lessons he learned along the way. This may or may not sift out candidates that will not have the proper workforce cultural moxie to succeed. The first stop is usually the paper trail.

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10 of the Most Successful Business Leaders Share Their Secret to Discovering Great Talent

Linkedin Talent Blog

The first two are all about figuring out whether a candidate will have a positive influence on those around them — an important cornerstone of the company culture. Since he took over as CEO and Chairman of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, Bob Iger has tripled the company’s annual profit and quadrupled its stock price.

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