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How the WorkPlace Big Five Profile™ Unlocks Performance at Every Stage of the Employee Lifecycle

How the WorkPlace Big Five Profile™ Unlocks Performance at Every Stage of the Employee Lifecycle

HR teams today are being asked to do the impossible: increase engagement, improve retention, support development, and strengthen culture, all without adding more programs, more people, or more hours in the day. That’s why we created The WorkPlace Big Five Profile™. Built on the gold-standard Five-Factor Model and grounded in over 40 years of behavioral science, the WorkPlace Big Five Profile™ is a personality-based development tool built specifically for the modern workplace. It reveals how people naturally work best—how they communicate, lead, collaborate, adapt, and grow—and helps align their natural tendencies with the demands of their specific roles. And because… Read More »How the WorkPlace Big Five Profile™ Unlocks Performance at Every Stage of the Employee Lifecycle

How Self-Led Personality Insights Boost Engagement and Retention at Scale—Without Adding to HR’s Workload

How Self-Led Personality Insights Boost Engagement and Retention at Scale—Without Adding to HR’s Workload

Employee engagement is one of today’s biggest business challenges. Turnover is costly. Burnout is widespread. And people are craving more meaningful work. Managers and HR leaders want to support employees better, but launching yet another program is an unlikely solution. What often gets overlooked is that disengagement doesn’t start with workload or lack of recognition. More often, it begins when employees don’t understand how they naturally work best, or how to apply that knowledge in their roles. Engagement Starts with Employees Knowing Themselves When personality differences go unrecognized, friction builds. People get placed in roles that do battle with their… Read More »How Self-Led Personality Insights Boost Engagement and Retention at Scale—Without Adding to HR’s Workload

Why Aligning Employee Strengths to Roles Unlocks More Than Training Alone

Why Aligning Employee Strengths to Roles Unlocks More Than Training Alone

Every year, organizations spend billions on training and development programs hoping to fix “people problems.” But if someone’s role works against their natural strengths, all the workshops and coaching in the world won’t change the outcome. Instead of unlocking engagement, you get: Short-lived performance spikes that fade within weeks. Frustrated employees who feel like they’re swimming against the current. Burned-out managers still searching for solutions. It’s not that your training isn’t working, it’s that you may be missing the piece that makes it truly transformative: starting with people’s natural strengths. Let me give you a common example. The Story You… Read More »Why Aligning Employee Strengths to Roles Unlocks More Than Training Alone