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High-potential identification too often reflects visibility rather than capability. This study validates personality assessment scores against 15 cultural and leadership outcomes at a large energy organization, building a more objective framework for

Predicting Sales Performance with Core Drivers

A focused validation study matching Core Drivers personality scores against standardized performance ratings across 65 sales employees at a technology company, identifying clear, statistically significant signals for hiring and development decisions.

The Personality Profile of a High Performer

Drawing on data from nearly 2,000 employees, this study maps the personality and values profile of high performers in a financial services sales team. It tests whether combining values with personality produces meaningfully better predictions of perf

What Makes a Great Warehouse Supervisor?

Across 146 warehouse supervisors and 12 locations, this study identifies the personality-based competencies that consistently drive team engagement, including a counterintuitive finding about the role of assertiveness at the frontline.

Does Personality Predict Culture Fit?

Culture fit is easy to define and difficult to measure. This study tests personality data against 10 performance and cultural outcomes at a technology company, showing that when cultural values are precisely defined and validated against real data, t

How Well Does Personality Predict Performance?

This study goes beyond hiring, testing a personality assessment against 15 cultural and management dimensions at an energy company. It asks whether personality can predict how people show up across an entire organizational framework.

What Makes a Senior Leader Effective

This study tests psychometric assessments against real performance outcomes at a global technology group. It finds that some widely trusted leadership capabilities predict less than expected, while others predict considerably more.

Predicting Performance and Retention with Personality-Based Role Fit

This study revisits personality-based fit models built for a financial services organization, testing whether Role Fit and Culture Fit scores continue to predict performance and retention 18 months later.

Technology

How far can AI go in defining job fit?

AI can help define job fit, but only up to a point. Learn where large language models align with human experts on soft skills, and where judgment and context still matter most.

Playbook

Opinion vs Evidence: A Practical Playbook for Data-Driven Talent Reviews

Talent reviews shape careers, succession pipelines, and development investments. This playbook shows how to shift from opinion-based discussions to evidence-based decisions using behavioral data that better predicts future performance.

Technology

Talent Shift: Five ways AI is transforming talent strategy

AI is changing how we work, but not what makes us valuable. Discover why soft skills are the key to future-ready talent strategies.

Technology

Uniquely Human: Why soft skills matter in the AI age

As AI becomes more common at work, human skills like empathy, adaptability, and collaboration matter more than ever. Learn how to assess and grow them at scale.