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Transparency in Talent Management

When companies keep their talent management processes close to the vest, employees assume the worst.

Jun 30, 2020

Transparency in Talent Management

Jun 30, 2020

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Why You Should Encourage Your Employees to Break Stuff (In Training)

Research suggests that making mistakes in training usually leads to better outcomes than avoiding them.

Jun 25, 2020

Why You Should Encourage Your Employees to Break Stuff (In Training)

Jun 25, 2020

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What the Customers from Hell are Costing You

The high cost of tolerating abuse and harassment from customers.

Jun 8, 2020

What the Customers from Hell are Costing You

Jun 8, 2020

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Being Late for Meetings Isn’t Just Annoying. It’s Bad for Business.

Showing up late isn’t just a breach of etiquette. It makes meetings less effective and less satisfying.

May 19, 2020

Being Late for Meetings Isn’t Just Annoying. It’s Bad for Business.

May 19, 2020

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Measuring Personality in Developing Countries

Some of the most commonly-used personality assessments fail when used with lower-educated individuals in low-income countries.

May 15, 2020

Measuring Personality in Developing Countries

May 15, 2020

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Overconfidence is a Hell of a Drug

Confidence and overconfidence look the same, which can lead to bad decisions.

May 13, 2020

Overconfidence is a Hell of a Drug

May 13, 2020

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What Happens When the Boss is Nose Down in a Smartphone

When managers are distracted by smartphones, employee job performance suffers.

May 5, 2020

What Happens When the Boss is Nose Down in a Smartphone

May 5, 2020

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We Interview Members of Ethnic Outgroups Differently. It’s Not Fair & It Doesn’t Work.

We tend to ask different kinds of questions to job candidates depending on their ethnicity.

Apr 30, 2020

We Interview Members of Ethnic Outgroups Differently. It’s Not Fair & It Doesn’t Work.

Apr 30, 2020

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When You Reject an Internal Candidate, They‘re More Likely to Quit. Here’s How to Fix That.

Opening a job to internal candidates means rejecting internal candidates.

Apr 29, 2020

When You Reject an Internal Candidate, They‘re More Likely to Quit. Here’s How to Fix That.

Apr 29, 2020

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When Everyone Knows, the Boss Doesn’t

The more obvious a concern is, the less likely that any individual employee will tell the manager about it.

Apr 28, 2020

When Everyone Knows, the Boss Doesn’t

Apr 28, 2020

Ben Butina, Ph.D., SPHR

Ben Butina, Ph.D., SPHR

I'm an IO psychologist. I help HR leaders make better decisions by providing them with accessible summaries of peer-reviewed research.

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