Recruitment
Were you asked if you wanted to go back to the office?

Kevin Wood, The Myers-Briggs Company
If not, you might be part of a hybrid strategy that’s about to fail.
Social contracts, returning to the office and retaining your people in the new hybrid workplace

Melissa Summer, The Myers-Briggs Company
As employees return to the office, they’re expecting more flexibility in their social contracts with employers. How can HR help?
Developing future leaders

CPP Connect
Fortune 10 senior OD consultant talks about CPI 260 certification experience
That difficult woman #BloodyDifficultWoman

Penny Moyle, CEO OPP
Personality, gender stereotypes and leadership
Home-made competency models – a clown’s suitcase?

Rob Bailey - Principal R&D Consultant at OPP
“We’ve got our own competency model” sounds like an innocent phrase, but can be worrisome to an external consultant. Not all competency models are created equal, and even good ones can present a challenge to those of us who have to assess people against them.
Are you a confident idiot? The importance of cognitive confidence

John Hackston - Head of R&D at OPP
We’ve all heard the horror stories about bad business decisions. Way back in 1876, Western Union turned down an offer to buy the patent on the telephone, as the device clearly had ‘no commercial possibilities’; more recently we could cite Kodak inventing the digital camera but then doing nothing with it (because it could have cannibalised their film business) or Lehman Brothers borrowing hugely just before the housing bubble burst. With the benefit of hindsight, it is easy to see how wrong these decisions were, but the sad truth is that we are all prone to biases in our decision-making.
How long will it be before Smartphones replace computers for employee assessment?

Robert McHenry - Chairman at OPP
1.5 billion people in the world own a smartphone. That’s almost 20% of the world’s population; and in the US and Europe, 60% of the population own one. Such a ubiquitous device has become part of our daily lives. Many of us have it on hand at all times to check the weather forecast, get directions, access our text and email messages and read the latest news. Indeed, the average user spends three hours per day on a smartphone and 15% of all global internet traffic originates from smartphones.
Recruitment: it's on the cards

Rob Bailey - R&D Principal Consultant at OPP
As an Occupational Psychologist, something I’ve had to grow used to is being told by managers that there’s very little I’ll be able to add to how they currently recruit people. And so it was on the cold December night several years ago when I half walked, half skated across icy pavements to meet the night shift manager who had reluctantly been scheduled to see me.
Five tips for conducting effective job interviews

Robert McHenry - Chairman at OPP
Whether you need to hire staff for your own business, or you conduct interviews on behalf of a client, it’s important to get the most out of every job interview. As a business psychologist, I have studied selection methods carefully and practised them throughout my working life. Here are some tips on how to maximise the effectiveness of your next interview.
The Selfie Stick of Shame

John Hackston - Head of R&D at OPP
In the news this week, it seems that Humberside Police have come up with a novel way of recruiting their new Deputy Chief Constable. Prospective applicants were asked to include a ‘selfie’ with every request for an application pack. According to Chief Constable Justine Curran, this was because it was “vital that candidates embraced new technology” (hence presumably the idea that candidates should demonstrate their cutting edge technological expertise by taking and emailing a photograph). In Curran’s words, “it is vital that potential candidates understand the importance of embracing new technology within Humberside Police at the point of applying for the role”.
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