Who’s Harming Your Company?

Solving for Subconscious

Sabotage

The Secret’s

We Hope to

Declassify

Today COMPANY CULTURAL BIAS

HIERARCHY VS. HOLACRACY

FINANCIAL DRIVERS – SHORT & LONG

ENGAGEMENT

PSYCHOMETRICS

PATH TO THE NEW ORDER

Science – Our current level of general

ignorance

The Animal in us All – Biology is ignored

at your peril.

Social Norms – The Near Impossibility of

Change

Neuro Elasticity, Positive Psychology

and the Rigor Required for Greatness.

Cautions and Disclaimers

Baseline of what we know and don’t know

Man’s focus on meaning via environment,

spirituality and self

Dr. Ericson’s “Gift” to those who can’t “get there”.

• Tetlock – psychologist @

California’s Haas School of

Business.

• 2nd cold war – Brezhnev’s

dead…Gorbachev & Reagan

• 284 pundits and experts predict

the future over years.

• over 27000 predictions

• results are barely more accurate

than a coin flip

Predicting

the future… we’re terrible at it!

25% is Dark Matter

Invisible Mysterious Gravity Glue.

70% is Dark Energy

Force that repels Gravity

“The Universe may be Conscious”

Archibald Wheeler - Physicist and coiner of the term

“Black Hole”

• Prenatal Environment

• Birth Family Socioeconomics

• Blood Glucose Levels

• Sleep Quality & Quantity

• Childhood Abuse

• Dopamine D4 Receptors

• Parasite Infection

• Lead Levels in Tap-water

• Glucocorticoid Levels

The Biology

of Human

Behavior

Odean’s analysis of

the trading records of

10,000 brokerage

accounts of individual

investors over a

seven-year period.

Anthropological, Cultural &

Financial Influences

- The Inherent Bias that Prevents

Change

The Mystery Influence

If people are essentially altruistic…why are these

results so skewed?

Journal.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0071303

Extremely complicated paper that proves complex

science can’t override socially strong beliefs.

Complexity Causes Paralysis

The Trust Game

Mr. A

Mr. B $10

$10 ?

?

$10

$10

$50

$0

$25

$25

$50

$0

?

Revenge

The Current

Belief/Theory Always

Blocks Progress

Status Quo is reality

Science advances…

funeral by funeral. -Max Planck

Is Change Possible?

Nature & Nuture can

be modified, but

only through long-

term, rigorous effort.

Engagement Tools

Engagement Tools

Engagement Tools

HBR

Credit Suisse

2,400 global companies,

with at least 1 female board

member.

Higher return on equity &

higher net income growth

than those that did not have

any women on the board.

• They Focus More on Facts

• They Process Those Facts More Carefully

• They’re Also More Innovative

The value of

Psychometrics in

identifying roles

Companies spend $3B on

assessments with poor

results…

less than 13% engagement

They can

predict job fit

& success

with 85%

reliability.

Current

Psychometric

tools are

cracking the

code on

behavioural

DNA, unlocking

the potential of

people !

Strategic Talent Decision Solution

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Modern assessments are capable of the equivalent of a battery

of psychometric tests One assessment has120 elements that can accurately predict success

Business Cluster

Investigative Cluster

People Cluster

Expressive Cluster

Services Cluster

Trade Cluster

35 CAREER

THEMES

Problem Solving

Work Habits

Motivational Factors

Self-Assessment

Human Relations

Coping Strategies

Lifestyle Priorities

Vocational Incentives

85 TRAITS

–

8 CLUSTERS

Strategic Talent Decision Solution

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SUCCESSFINDER COMPETENCY MODEL FROM 85 BEHAVIORAL TRAITS…TO 26 NATURAL COMPETENCIES

They allow the use of

a common language

and framework

familiar to the

workplace.

Strategic Talent Decision Solution

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Competency Model

a complete portrait of a person’s behavioural style (not just one

competency on its own)

a deeper understanding of what sets an individual apart in their unique

approach to work

the full scope of the person’s contribution to their professional

environment.

26 Competencies grouped into five broad

categories provide you with:

TALENT DASHBOARD

TALENT DASHBOARD Online Journey & Dynamic Behavioral Traits Report

Strategic Talent Decision Solution

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RESEARCH &

ANALYTICS

EXPERT

MODELS

ALL ROLES / ALL POSITIONS

ALL MANAGEMENT LEVELS

500 CAREER SUCCESS PROFILES

CUSTOM BENCHMARKS

LADDER OF LEADERSHIP

ADVANCED DATA

MINING

TALENT

DASHBOARD

PREDICTABLE

RESULTS

INDIVIDUAL TEAM ORGANIZATION

PEOPLE INTELLIGENCE / ANALYSIS TOOLS / REPORTS

MAKING DECISIONS ACROSS EMPLOYEE LIFE CYCLE

TALENT

ACQUISITION TALENT

DEVELOPMENT

CAREER

MANAGEMENT

MAKING DECISIONS ACROSS EMPLOYEE LIFE CYCLE SuccessFinder = One assessment, multiple applications

SELECTION &

ONBOARDING

DEVELOPMENT PLAN &

COACHING

CAREER MANAGEMENT

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

TEAM DESIGN

MAKING DECISIONS ACROSS THE

ORGANIZATION

Entry Level Hiring

Leadership Ladder

Internal Mobility

Executive

Coaching

Questions to Consider…

Entry Level Hiring : what are your biggest challenges ? Number of candidates / year

Number of candidates to test / year

Number of candidates hired (ratio tested/hired)

Internal versus External hiring ○ Percentage

○ Different process

Hiring for Specific Roles / Job Families

KPI = Retention Rate

KPI = Performance in the role

Crafting a custom solution

(for hiring, as an example)

Entry Level Hiring : Project Milestones

1. Selecting Roles and/or Job Families

2. Use existing benchmarks (we have 500+) or create your own

○ High performers : understanding unique behavior traits

○ Designing custom benchmarks to predict performance

3. Configuring Talent Reports

4. Training your team

○ SuccessFinder Cloud-based solution

○ Custom Talent Reports & Benchmarks

5. Go Live