Creativity and Innovation

Thinking Outside the Box

This is the fifth installment in our 25-week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency, explain its value, and give you tips to help you develop it. This week: Creativity and Innovation. We define Creativity and Innovation as creating new … Continue Reading

Continuous Learning

Continued Growth Requires Continued Learning

This is the fourth installment in our 25-week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency, explain its value, and give you tips to help you develop it. This week: Continuous Learning. Continuous Learning is taking initiative to regularly learn new … Continue Reading

Conflict Management

Conquering Conflict Constructively

This is the third installment in our 25-week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency and explain its value. Then we’ll give you tips to help you develop it. This week: Conflict Management There are many occasions in which you … Continue Reading

conceptual thinking

Making the Abstract Concrete

This is the second installment in our 25-week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency, explain its value, and give you tips to help you develop it. This week: Conceptual Thinking. Conceptual Thinking is analyzing hypothetical situations, patterns, and/or abstract … Continue Reading

Appreciating others employee engagement company performance

Improve Company Performance Through Appreciation

This week we’re kicking off a 25-week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency, explain its value, and give you tips to help you develop it. Up first: Appreciating Others. Appreciating Others, as the name would suggest, is all about … Continue Reading

Onboarding staff new hire training

Properly Onboarding Staff For Success

People often don’t realize how difficult it can be for new employees to become contributing members of an organization. Helping new employees get on board is much more challenging than most companies think. It’s common to adopt the attitude, “Well, they’re on board and making good money, now let’s see how they do!”  But, according … Continue Reading