Is Your Employee Development Plan Actually Developing Anyone? How the Omnia Custom Profile Can Help Make High Quality Decisions About Your Development Process
Why does employee development so often come down to a once-a-year conversation where you ask someone to write their own goals in a box on a form.
Why Your Employee Development Program Isn’t Working (And What to Do About It)
Employee development is one of the most valuable investments a business can make and one of the most commonly mishandled.
AI Won’t Transform Your Business—Your People Will
The real power of AI isn’t the tech itself; it’s how your people learn to use it. Let’s explore how leaders can develop employees who are ready for a future alongside AI.
Stop Winging It! How to Build Careers and Loyalty in a Changing Workplace
Real development requires clarity, structure, and purpose. And it matters more than ever.
Introducing the Omnia Professional Development Coaching Guides
January is the time to set goals and return to a mission-oriented mindset. The new year offers new opportunities to develop employees, supercharge performance, and align team members with your organization’s vision.
Most People Lock Themselves Into a Year That Never Feels Right: The first 120 days are your chance to change it
This article is for people who are tired of busy years that leave no mark and want the next 120 days to produce real personal and professional growth, not just more activity.
6 Steps for Creating Personalized Learning Paths for Your Employees
Personalized learning paths enhance employee development by tailoring training to individual strengths and goals. It humanizes workplace development, helping to improve performance and retention. This blog explores six steps to creating individualized learning paths. It’s no secret that learning and development are crucial for business success, and the statistics bear this out. Gallup reports that […]
Stop Losing Your Top Talent: Why Employee Development is Your Best Retention Strategy and 6 Steps to Get it Right
Let’s dive into why employee development is the linchpin of employee retention, how it directly impacts your bottom line, and the steps you can take to build a team that stays, grows, and thrives.
Creative Ideas for Employee Development: Taking Development in New Directions
Employee development, done right, can energize teams, increase retention, and prepare essential team members for future leadership roles.
The Power of Tailored Talent Insights: How Omnia’s Custom Profile Helps Meet Unique Business Needs
The Custom Profile has a very special place in my heart – and in the hearts of all Omnia analysts, both past and present – because it’s what we all cut our teeth on when first starting at Omnia.
Hire, Retain and Develop Your People Using the Omnia Target Profile
The Target Selection Profile is an in-depth, automated report that compares a candidate against a specified range of behavioral preferences.
Unlocking the Power of Employee Development: Measuring ROI and Boosting Retention
As a business leader, you’ve likely heard or even said yourself, “Our employees are our greatest asset” countless times. But how many companies truly invest in their people?
Turning the Tide of Employee Turnover: Anchor and Retain Your Talent
High retention rates often indicate a healthy organizational culture where employees feel valued and are motivated to contribute to the company’s success.
Career Co-Pilots: Leading Employees to Chart a Path to their Own Development
Did you know that companies investing in employee development report a 34% higher retention rate? In today’s competitive job market, empowering employees to take charge of their career development is not just a nice-to-have but a critical business strategy. It takes two. Just as a pilot and co-pilot work together to navigate a plane to […]
From Resistance to Readiness: Navigating Organizational Change
Change is an inevitable part of organizational life. From the relentless march of technological innovation to the shifts in the market, organizations must continually adapt or risk being left behind. Yet, within this whirlwind of change, there lies a powerful opportunity for growth and transformation. That’s precisely where The Omnia Group steps in, armed with […]
One Size Doesn’t Always Fit All: Using Omnia’s Behavioral Assessment to Tailor Your Employee Development Programs
Behavioral assessment for employee development helps you build programs that fit each person’s natural strengths and motivations. With the right insights, you can create growth plans that drive engagement, boost skills, and improve retention. See how Omnia’s behavioral assessment can sharpen your development strategies. Employee development is one of the most important principles in organizational […]
Employee Development: The Key to Successful Succession Planning
Your company’s biggest asset is your people. They bring your products and services to life every day for your clients. The best performers move on quickly if they don’t see opportunities to grow and advance. Unfortunately, when they transition to a new position or, even worse, leave your company altogether, they leave a hole that’s […]
Unleashing Potential: How to Leverage Personality Traits to Empower Your Workforce
The key to a thriving team lies in understanding and empowering your employees’ unique strengths. One size certainly doesn’t fit all, and recognizing individual personality traits is crucial for fostering career growth and maximizing employee potential. Motivation versus Empowerment It’s important not to confuse motivation with empowerment. Although they are related, they have distinct meanings […]
Satisfaction by Design: The Value of Crafting Roles Aligned with Individual Personalities
Have you ever been in a situation where you felt you had to “overcome” your natural personality traits to be successful? For example, a reserved introvert attending a networking event or a cautious, risk-averse person going skydiving. Of course, there can be a sense of exhilaration and accomplishment when you stretch yourself by rising to […]
Earth Day 2024: Planting the Seed for an Eco-Conscious Work Team
Monday April 22nd is Earth Day. Created in 1970, the first Earth Day “…mobilized millions of Americans from all walks of life to birth the modern environmental movement.” The day has moved beyond the U.S. and now serves as a global opportunity for people throughout the world to work toward a brighter future. It’s a […]
Tech and Temperament: Exploring Personality Dynamics and Their Role in Workplace Innovation
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, technology plays a critical role in driving innovation and shaping the future of work. Amidst the rush to adopt the latest tools and platforms, one crucial factor often overlooked is the influence of personality dynamics on how individuals embrace and engage with new technologies. Understanding these dynamics is essential for […]
Sparking Innovation: Discovering the Creative Potential in Each Personality
Ingenuity and fresh ideas are essential for growth and progress within a company, and bringing the creative spirit that’s necessary for innovation to life is a team effort. Everyone needs to play a part in contributing to an organization’s advancement and goals to feel invested in bringing them to fruition. Though not everyone has the […]
The Right Word at the Right Time: 5 Ideas to Improve Your Company’s Communications in 2024
We are a week into the new year, and our collective sights are set on making (and sustaining) improvements that will put us on a good footing for 2024. Some people focus on achieving work-life balance, while others resolve to become more productive and organized. But few things can set the right tone for the […]
Five Easy to Miss Signs of Employee Stress
Everyone knows what stress on the job looks like. You can spot it from a mile away. Stressed employees are the ones shouting or locked in a bathroom stall, crying. They’re difficult to work with, and they snap at customers and coworkers. And they tell you. You can’t walk by without them announcing, “I’m soooo […]
Want to Avoid Family Conflict at Your Memorial Day BBQ? Understanding Personality Dimensions Can Help!
Summer is about to get into full swing, and there are a lot of things to look forward to. Days at the beach or pool. A more relaxed schedule for the kiddos. Vacations. Cookouts with extended family. Wait…did I just hear a fretful gasp? If that last one makes you grimace rather than smile, perhaps […]
Ready, Set, Grow! 5 Steps for Cultivating Talent in Your Organization
If you surveyed all business leaders, I believe most of them would say they want their employees to thrive and succeed. Aside from my optimistic view that most leaders want the best for their employees, there is also a practical side to employee achievement — successful employees equal successful businesses. Additionally, successful businesses create jobs, […]
How a Growth Mindset Can Help Your Company Flourish and 3 Ways to Get Growing!
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I don’t think I can do (insert task here). I just don’t have the natural abilities for that”? I know I have. In fact, just recently I was lamenting to some colleagues about a challenging assignment I worked on and how I struggled because I just wasn’t “wired” to […]
Looking for Ways to Retain Your Team? Here are 6 Employee Retention and Development Trends for 2023
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that employers added 223,000 new jobs in December 2022. And despite high-profile corporate layoffs dominating recent headlines, Monster reports that 92% of employers surveyed are looking to bring new people on board in 2023. Between backfilling roles that have been vacated or adding to the roster to accommodate […]
Leveraging Talent Within – How to Get Started with an Internal Mobility Strategy
Each year, The Omnia Group surveys leaders in small and mid-sized businesses across all industries to identify top talent trends and the strategies organizations are using to address them. Our current survey closes on December 31st, and we’re excited to publish the results in early 2023. If you haven’t already, please take a moment to […]
How Connection Impacts Employee Retention in the Real World
While there are a lot of components that go into employee retention, one of the most intriguing finds from last year’s Talent Trends survey is how employees’ sense of belonging can impact retention and productivity. It seems like a no-brainer when you think about it – feeling connected to an organization and enjoying quality relationships […]
The Only Way to Go is Up? Not necessarily! Redefining Advancement for Your Employees
Many businesses operate under the assumption that the only way for an employee to advance is through a promotion to a management position. After all, the top tiers of most org charts show leadership roles. It is a laudable goal to move toward management if the employee has a genuine interest in, and the natural […]
17 Ways to Boost Your Employee Retention Strategy
You let out a heavy sigh as you scan through the resignation letter on your desk. Employee turnover has always been somewhat of an issue at your organization. But lately, there’s been a mass exodus of talent. Unfortunately, this critical departure will leave you and the rest of your team scrambling to hit the targets […]
Reducing the Cost to Hire by Improving Retention
The hiring process is expensive. On average, it takes companies 30 days to fill a role and costs them $7,500 in lost productivity, but this expense doesn’t end once the position is filled. They now need to invest resources into training their new employees so they can be productive as soon as possible. If you’re […]
Managing During a Labor Shortage
With the high cost of employee turnover, there is never a good time to lose someone on your team. But with the Great Resignation or Great Reshuffle (depending on who you ask), it feels more critical than ever to hold onto your employees. This is especially true if you have directly felt the effects of […]
The Great Resignation: Who is Accountable for Employee Retention?
Let me tell you a quick story about the worst boss and worst company I’ve ever worked for. I won’t give specifics to protect the guilty, but my boss was a nightmare. He was a micromanager who required three email updates per day on the progress of projects. He also spoke to people like they […]
A Two-Million-Year-Old Problem: Coaching Your Service Team to Sell
Since the very first business of starting cave fires in exchange for furs and hides, the transition from sales to service has plagued organizations. The early people had it right. Grog, the fire starter, sold the sticks and built the fire. His invoice was a grunt and a snort, and Accounts Receivable was immediately funded […]
Using Personality Assessments to Build Stronger Teams
Employees are the key to driving results in any organization. From building revenue, producing the product or service, helping customers with problems, and everything in between, your people are the common denominator. Understanding what engages every member of a team will make it stronger and more productive. An individual’s personality type helps determine whether team […]
5 Ways Omnia Can Help You Coach Your Team (Even After March Madness)
If you are one of the millions of March Madness viewers, you’ve seen the coaches on the sidelines – suit coats and ties flapping, shouting their heads off, sweating and clapping. You might have thought, wow, that job looks stressful! It’s easy to forget that what we see broadcast is the tiniest little part of […]
5 Ways to Bring out the Best in Your People – Show Them You Care!
Turn on the evening news, read the latest AP wire, or open your Apple News notification and you’re likely to come across someone talking about The Great Resignation. Most likely, as a leader, you’ve had it happen to you and are desperately trying to fill empty seats while struggling to serve your clients with a […]
Reflection: The forgotten key to achieving your goals
Recently, I read a story on the Internet (so it must be true) about a bride-to-be who decided to have an over-the-top expensive wedding despite having a modest budget. In order to accomplish this, she told their family and friends that they would have to make a hefty financial contribution to the wedding or would […]
The Power of Self-Reflection
As the year comes to a close, it’s common to start thinking about our New Year’s Resolutions. You know, that list we make then forget about 3 weeks later, or less if you’re like me. There are the obligatory health and fitness goals… I will go to the gym 3x a week, eat less, move […]
Our Top 10 Tips for Employee Retention
Chances are, you’ve been blindsided by the resignation of an all-star employee. You probably watched productivity and morale take a nosedive — and wondered what went wrong. While some turnover on your team is ultimately inevitable, much of it can be prevented. So today, we’re gifting you our top 10 tips for employee retention. The […]
How Cognitive Reports Support Behavioral Assessments to Predict Job Performance
Hiring success depends on more than just resumes and interviews. Cognitive assessments show a candidate’s ability to think, learn, and solve problems, while behavioral assessments reveal their workplace traits and motivations. Using both gives you the complete picture needed to make confident talent decisions. When you hire someone, you want to be sure that they’ll […]
Five Important Soft Skills They Don’t Teach in School
Whether you’re striving to succeed as a leader, a long-term individual contributor, or are just beginning your career, you want to succeed. Whether you’ve completed formal education at a university, technical school, or earned certifications, the truth remains formal education has its limits. Hard skills are essential, but they’re not all you need to succeed. […]
Using Behavioral Tools Throughout the Employee Lifecycle
As previously mentioned, we’re exploring the value of managing through the employee lifecycle this month. This is the concept that building a happy (and therefore productive) workforce with minimal turnover requires more of an investment than the time it takes to hire, train and conduct reviews once a year. People need more and are demanding […]
The Employee Lifecycle: Why it pays to develop your people
Tony Curtachio and Omnia, a true story. It’s easy to tell when you have a great employee. They are hardworking, always pitch in to help others and go above and beyond each and every time. You know what you have and you don’t want to lose it. But what happens when things change, as things […]
How to Earn Your Positive Team Dynamics Merit Badge
Camp Omnia is our little way of paying homage to summer rituals while we continue adulting. In this week’s blog, and as part of our Camp Omnia series, we’re going to earn our Positive Team Dynamics badge. Even if they are working from home, completing most of their activities independently, your employees don’t generally work in […]
How to Earn a Merit Badge in Employee Retention
For many companies, hiring cools off as the temperature heats up. That’s because your potential new employees probably aren’t thinking about a career move. They’re too busy going on vacation, shuttling kids to camp, perfecting their landscaping, and spending time with loved ones. But, this recruiting slowdown is an ideal opportunity to focus on improving […]
Personality Spotlight: The Advisor
Continuing our series on performance management, we turn our spotlight to The Advisor. Like the Analytic (and all other personality groups), Advisors have specific behavioral traits and preferences that are the most comfortable for them. While they can show any behavior necessary to do a job for a short time, the core traits of the […]
Personality Spotlight: The Logistical Driver
What type of manager are you? A common question. Whenever I deliver management training, I usually hear from managers that they have a specific leadership style. They say things like, “I’m not a micro-manager. My people do their jobs and know they can come to me with questions.” Others say, “I don’t think of myself […]
Personality Spotlight: The Analytic
The Omnia Assessment measures our most comfortable behaviors in 4 areas: Assertiveness, Sociability, Pace and Need for Structure. When I say most comfortable, I mean those behaviors that require the least amount of stretch, the least amount of, well, discomfort. We all like to move smoothly on our rails so to speak. That certainly doesn’t […]
Personality Spotlight: The Visionary
The ultimate success of your organization depends on the value and service you bring to the market every day. Most of that value is distinguished by the strength of your product and services – and to deliver on that consistently, you need all your people firing on all cylinders. As leaders and business owners, we […]
Performance Improvement: Vital to Employee and Organizational Success
To thrive in an increasingly competitive market, your company needs every employee to contribute and carry out their responsibilities. When that doesn’t happen, it’s up to leadership to help that team member get back on track. Today’s blog explores performance improvement and why it’s vital to both employee and organizational success. Performance Improvement Defined Before […]
Rethink Career Growth
The True Value of Individual Contributors There is a belief that climbing your way to the top and becoming a manager of other people is the definition of success. Sometimes, we inadvertently extend that thinking to suggest that ambition means the same thing: the desire to work your way to the top in order to […]
Using the Professional Development Report to Grow Your Team
Believe it or not, a little personal self-awareness goes a long way towards developing a strong, introspective team — a team that communicates, a team that solves problems together, a team that works through challenges and manages mistakes in a way that promotes improvement rather than blame. Self-awareness means understanding who you are and the […]
Don’t Rely on Luck for Talent Development
In our experience, most successful people attribute their success to hard work, grit, and competence built on some level of talent over time. If luck was a factor, it seems to be coincidental. That said, relying on luck or “the hope method” is a bad strategy when it comes to developing the skill sets and […]
How to Do Employee Recognition the Right Way
This month we’ve focused strategically on employee recognition and appreciation. We’ve explored why personal insights and personalization is important in: Breaking down communication barriers Creating a recipe for recognition that promotes employee motivation Cultivating a team culture Now it’s time to examine the “how.” How do you show employee appreciation in the most beneficial ways? […]
Break Down Communication Barriers Using Personality Insights
You’ve probably heard of The Five Love Languages, a bestselling relationship book by Gary Chapman. In it, he talks about better ways of engaging with your romantic partner based on how you each express yourself romantically and by understanding each other’s needs. It’s probably no surprise that as a company whose primary offering is assessments, we love using these insights […]
Getting to the Point with Goal Setting
The older I get, the less often I am surprised. So, I was particularly delighted when I found a video that beautifully demonstrates how to accomplish a goal. As the mother of two teenagers, I watch a lot of YouTube and TikTok. Oh sure, I pay for cable and multiple streaming services, but whenever I […]
Can You Coach Your Employee to Change Their Personality?
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could change our personalities at will? We could reduce conflict, increase communication, and improve productivity with little effort in this magical scene. As employers, in addition to the above, wouldn’t it be grand if we could seamlessly coach our employees to achieve greater career success by changing their styles […]
You Must Know Your Team to Lead Your Team
As a leader, you’re expected to achieve company goals by effectively utilizing your most valuable resource – your team. So, how do you unlock their potential and guide them towards success? Honestly, you need to know your team to lead your team. Getting to know your team on a deep level can take years of […]
9 Steps to Effective Employee Coaching
Every organization wants effective, engaged employees. In fact, employees want to feel engaged and effective in their workplace. How does one keep employees engaged and identify and address issues before they become real problems? As you’ve probably experienced, employees are more likely to leave an organization when they don’t feel engaged and they’re not comfortable […]
Best Practices for Conducting Employee Assessments Remotely
As more employers shift to a remote workforce, managers look for ways to manage their teams more effectively. Whether a company is hiring new employees or transitioning workers into a remote context, having easy-to-interpret, actionable data about behavioral tendencies and cognitive traits provides leaders with an invaluable resource for developing a remote management strategy. When […]
7 Tips for Addressing Employee Performance Problems
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to force more employers to shift to remote working arrangements, it’s more important than ever for managers to monitor employee performance. While a remote workplace can certainly be quite effective, the lack of direct supervision can sometimes cause accountability to fall by the wayside. This is especially true if employees […]
6 Employee Retention Strategies to Try
Replacing skilled employees is a major challenge for any organization. In addition to the time and expense required to conduct a new search and hiring process to replace a departed employee, there’s also the lost productivity when remaining employees have to pick up the slack until a replacement is selected. That’s why having strong employee […]
Employee Development in Today’s Landscape: What Employees Want!
Providing employee development opportunities is one of the most important moves an organization can make to improve employee retention. A 2018 LinkedIn Learning report found that a shocking 94 percent of employees said they would remain with a company longer if it did more to invest in their career development. Considering that more employees quit […]
6 Steps to Improve Listening Skills at Work
The most successful leaders are always looking for ways to improve listening skills. Listening is the foundation of effective communication. The ability to actually hear and understand what is being said is critical to establishing and maintaining workable relationships with coworkers and clients, solving problems, resolving conflicts, and reaching organizational goals. Poor Listening Skills in […]
When Employees Lose Respect For Their Managers
You used to be one of the company’s most revered managers, but now it seems that you’ve lost the admiration and respect of your team. While it’s doubtful that any of your employees are brazen enough to come out and say, “I don’t respect you,” they show it by their actions. They’re not as excited […]
Employee Attrition Vs. Employee Turnover: What to Do About Both
Losing employees can be costly for your business and stressful for your HR department, management team, and other team members who have to take on the workload they’ve left behind. There are different reasons why an employee might leave your organization, but those reasons will usually fall under two main categories—employee attrition and employee turnover. […]
Retention Strategies for Your Red Zone Employees
The Great Recession threw many workers for a big loop, but folks are feeling confident again, and turnover remains on the rise. For sure, not all turnover is bad turnover. Organizations the world over have employees that “the powers that be” wish would leave already. However, this article isn’t about those employees. This article is […]
How Can a Strengths-Based Culture Help Your Business?
You’ve likely heard the newest workplace buzz around strengths-based cultures. But what exactly is that? It’s not how physically fit your employees are, but an atmosphere that relies less on the hierarchy of function and more on flexible and goal-driven teams. These teams can continually change, adapt, form, or reform based on a specific assignment […]
