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Turn Around a Failing Team by Leading from Within
READ THE FULL ARTICLE ON DISCINSIGHTS BY PEOPLEKEYS When a client of ours, let’s call him Joseph, took over a company project, he knew it wouldn’t be easy to turn things around. The design team had fallen behind over the course of a year and a half. They were just six months away from the final delivery date originally committed and had blown through more than half-a-million dollars originally allocated to the entire project. Yet, there was still nothing ready to deliver to their client. There was a huge liability sitting on the table…one that would ruin the company entirely. Joseph knew a special leadership skillset would be needed, the…
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Coaching life changes for the passive personality styles
READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE ON DISCINSIGHTS BY PEOPLEKEYS When it comes to dealing with stress, change and volatile situations, understanding DISC personality styles and communicating change in the proper way is always necessary. When you coach against life changes, a behavioral approach not only builds trust amongst all involved, but it allows each personality to contribute without the fear of conflict or confrontation. As we previously discussed in our blog about coaching life changes for the active personality styles, according to DISC theory personality styles can be separated into Active and Passive styles. The active “D” and “I” styles tend to react quickly to challenges and being stagnant drives them…
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Which assessments are legal for hiring?
READ THE FULL ARTICLE ON DISCINSIGHTS BY PEOPLEKEYS. Employers are saving both time and money by implementing tools for predictive hiring into their regular hiring practices, and to get past the obstacles met within the initial screening of candidates, hiring managers have begun applying a number of pre-hire assessments into final decision-making. These assessments serve as indicators of what a person may or may not bring to the table, how they will interact with an existing workforce and how they will perform in particular environments. According to FindLaw.com, “Forty percent of Fortune 100 companies indicated that their employment selection systems included some form of psychological testing. A similar survey by…
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How to Deliver Your Sales Message
READ THE FULL ARTICLE ON DISCINSIGHTS BY PEOPLEKEYS Have you ever noticed the difference in day-time advertising, as opposed to the advertising you see at night? Some commercials last longer at 1:00 PM than they do at 5:00 PM… and there are many variations depending on the channel. Well, there is actually a reason for that and it’s not as far-fetched as one might believe. This is part of behavioral selling, where the way you deliver your message can make the difference between attracting a new client or losing them before you even opened your mouth. This same model can be successfully applied to boost your own bottom line. We…
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6 Ways to Boost Sales by Understanding Your Clients
READ THE FULL ARTICLE ON DISCINSIGHTS BY PEOPLEKEYS Let’s be honest – unless you sell something that is scarce or in high demand, such as power or bottled water in the desert, people may not really care if they’re going to buy from you or someone else. That’s why your approach means everything and understanding your clients will provide the best path to success. People have problems to solve, not products to buy. That’s why a good salesperson will use the proper approach and provide information in the right way to open doors. Let’s look at some common approaches of highly successful sales people to boost your sales. READ THE…
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