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 […]
Is Your Management Style Driving People Away?
It’s tough out there. People are reprioritizing what they want at work and leaving jobs that aren’t meeting those needs. We’ve talked a lot about ways to increase engagement and improve retention, but none of that matters if you aren’t taking a close look at your own leadership strengths and weaknesses. We hear, more often […]
How to Use Personality Type to Avoid Stress Spirals
One of the many cool things about personality assessments is that they are a springboard for any human resource initiative, problem, or interaction. Filling an open position? Assess your top performers to build a job benchmark. Having conflict on a team? Use the Omnia assessment to understand the communication style of the parties involved. Getting […]
Hunter or Farmer? How to Build a Strong Sales Team with Both
Approach any group of sales leaders and this debate is likely to come up in their sales strategy conversation: Which is the better sales-type — Hunter or Farmer? And can a person be both? Most often, there are true distinctions and objectives for each role. And there are nuances in terms of the personality traits […]
The Perfect Recipe for Sales Success
Which is better, chocolate or vanilla? It’s a question that sparks hearty debate. Just like, which is more important, sales or service? In truth, every department is vital to the running of an organization, but sales feed the organization (and everyone in it)! That’s why finding great salespeople is so important. But not everyone is […]
Attack of the Sales Phonies
You’re sipping coffee and going over the sales report, thinking about the new people you’ve hired. This is the most promising crew so far — Jake, who has worked with some of your competitors; Ashley, so knowledgeable and prepared for the interview; Luis, the most personable guy you’ve ever met. Yes, this is a great […]
CareerMaze – The key to finding a successful career path that aligns with your strengths
From the time children are old enough to speak in sentences, adults start asking what they want to be when they grow up. That pressure builds fast! Typically, the answers begin with princess, firefighter, dinosaur expert, dancer, and evolve to nurse, doctor, lawyer. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a child say they want to […]
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 […]
A Ten-Step Employee Selection Process: Don’t Leave Hiring to Chance
Welcome to March! It seems like a great time to talk about luck. You know, because of St. Patrick’s Day. And who doesn’t love St. Patrick’s Day? Some cities dye entire rivers green just for fun. Not to mention the parades (well, maybe not this year), green beer, leprechauns, shamrocks, and pots of gold at […]
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 […]
