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| 1. Developing
objective selection criteria (putting round
pegs in round holes) |
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PDP’s
JobScan module is a tool designed to develop Position
Models by clustering top performers and statistically identifying those behavioral
characteristics having a high correlation. When performance cannot be determined
objectively our JDA (Job Dynamics Analysis) technology fills the bill. You will be able to
select candidates based on their ranking against the appropriate Position Model.
"Aids managers in developing profiles for
successful hiring in each job category, making for a more rewarding employment
experience for both the Manager and employee."
Aaron Nahale, President
Setpoint Systems Corporation, temperature
controls and energy management
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| 2. Developing
effective advertising for recruitment |
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When a
Position Model has been developed JobScan provides
specific advertising content designed to target the style of candidate indicated by that
same model. Our How To Advertise section can actually increase the number of viable
candidates to consider. |
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| 3. Improving
and simplifying interviewing techniques |
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JobScan enables you
to compare a candidate with a specific Position Model and provides you with preliminary
behavioral interviewing questions to use during the interview. Managers are usually so
anxious to fill positions they may overlook opportunities to validate their choice.
Our Interviewing Guide helps to confirm a
candidates fit.
"We have been especially
impressed with the interview
questions and advertising
support provided by JobScan. We have
also conducted several Team Building workshops using TeamScan feedback and found
them to be equally painless to administer and extremely well received."
Katie Osse, Director of Training and
Development
SAGE Hospitality Resources, HOTEL
OWNERS/MANAGEMENT
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| ENHANCING
MANAGERIAL COMPETENCIES |
| 4. Improving
management’s ability to motivate (Finding
an employee’s on-button) |
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Why
wait to find out what gets a co-worker's motor running. We are constantly offering
employees stuff that turns us on and wonder why they don't get excited. ProScan provides managers with a customized motivational
package for each individual employee and a simple process for using the information toward
a win-win result.
"While there are many instruments which
determine the individuals "personality profile," none render the value
that PDP does. I am particularly impressed with the Motivators
Section. It provides users with the ability
to set goals and take action that, when implemented, will reduce their stress
and improve their morale. I know of no other instrument which possesses
this capability."
Michael D. Arabe, SVP Sales
COMPS.com, COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY INFORMATION SERVICES
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| 5. Quantifying
work related stress |
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Have
you ever used something besides a hammer to pound a nail? This activity
parallels what we do to employees. We hire or promote people into situations with
which they aren't comfortable . The ProScan survey
provides management with a process for identifying the adjustments employees are making as
they attempt to succeed and/or survive, whether the adjustments are work related and
productive or counter-productive relative to organizational and personal goals. |
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| 6. Identifying
employee morale |
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The
ProScan survey allows management to identify potential
problems related to employee satisfaction. Low morale can be a precursor to losing a
valuable employee. Find out employees are unhappy before they change companies.
"We can without hesitation recommend PDP to
anyone who is looking to improve their hiring decisions and increase the
effectiveness of their employee
management and motivational
programs."
Gregory V. Peay, President
Careers, Ltd., CORPORATE RECRUITERS
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| 7. Understanding
how a manager’s style impacts employee performance |
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Have
you ever worked for someone you didn't like or respect? Did it affect your
performance? If, as most managers, you're answer to these two questions is yes,
then it stands to reason that every day you can and probably do impact the
performance of your employees, positively or negatively. The TeamScan Perception Report has multiple applications one
of which is clarifying potential conflicts that might arise due to style differences. Now
a manager can accurately predict what will and won’t work with each employee.
"All Project Managers have mentors/partners
and by utilizing the profiles we can best partner to complement strengths and
weaknesses. We have had extremely low turnover (less than 3% to date)
and given people opportunities to excel."
Mary Mathiowetz, Division Manager
Startek, THE
OUTSOURCING SOURCE
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| 8. Matching
people to tasks |
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ProScan and
JobScan in combination allow you to feel more comfortable
evaluating what needs to be done and which employee would be most comfortable completing
the task. |
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| 9. Enhancing
employee retention |
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Finding
good people is difficult; keeping them is the real challenge. Common sense tells us
people are reluctant to leave an environment where they are happy. Putting people in
the right situation and knowing what they want beyond the paycheck, puts you at a distinct
advantage. Using ProScan ongoing and performing
read backs at least annually provides managers with tangible information, that when
applied, has significant impact on employee retention.
"Over
the last eighteen months, the turnover rate in our department has declined from greater
than 75% to less than 8%.
This significant decline is due in great part to the use of
PDP."
Jeff
Kassal, Vice President, Underwriting
The Copic Companies, INSURANCE COMPANY
"From the early days of District Manager turnover at 125% annually being reduced
to a low of about 15 percent, the bottom line value of PDP and the deserving
credit to you and this instrument can't be denied."
Chuck Serracino, Circulation Training
Manager
Denver Rocky Mountain News, A
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWSPAPER
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| ORGANIZATIONAL
EFFECTIVENESS |
| 10. Improving communications vertically and horizontally |
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The
application of the TeamScan Communication Report by
Management coupled with ProScan training
within an
organization will immediately improve and promote effective communications.
"To any company struggling with
communications and staff/client relationships, I highly recommend these tools.
We continue to use this program daily in evaluating new hires and as a
communications tool with our staff."
Tom B. Moore, President
The RMH Group Inc., ENGINEERS-CONSULTANTS
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| 11. Establishing
meaningful and objective performance evaluation
criteria |
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Take
the anxiety out of performance appraisal. Trakstar
is an easy to use process filled with features designed to enhance
employee performance and retention. |
| 12. Reducing
interpersonal conflicts |
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Usually
the people you thought you didn't like are people you just don't understand.
Utilizing the
TeamScan Perception Report in concert with the
ProScan Survey makes conflict resolution easier on the people in conflict and
the facilitator. |
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| 13. Forming effective teams or work groups |
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Because
Style diversity is essential in developing effective teams and Style replication is
important in the development of productive work groups, ProScan
and the TeamScan Analysis Report provide an
organization with tools to quickly evaluate the composition of a group and make
adjustments where necessary. |
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| 14. Improving teamwork |
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The
TeamScan package is designed specifically to promote
better teamwork at every level of an organization. The information is easy to understand
and made available to all team members. We are not interested in holding an event
where your group tries to build a boat using a paperclip, a sheet of paper and a
rubber band. We want you to have a process that makes teamwork a habit. |
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| 15. Increasing
organization's knowledge and utilization of
its people |
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ProScan helps you
understand what you have. JobScan helps you understand
what you need. TeamScan helps you make it all work
together smoothly.
"PDP will help managers fully understand
their employees; are they happy, are they satisfied, are they feeling stress?
This helps reduce turnover and enables managers to uncover previously hidden
emotions which may be affecting performance".
Rick Wooliver, VP Sales
Cincinnati Bell, TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
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| 16. Developing
better management and leadership
skills in employees |
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Because
PDP's Managing Tools are developed within your organization and training as well as implementation flows from the top
down, managers are equipped with a process that is designed to enhance their management
and leadership capabilities.
"I just want to say that this program has
saved us hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of dollars over the past 16
years. I know it will continue to do so in the future. It is a
bona-fide asset to the pursuit of service and profit."
Max Lowe, General Manager
Regal Alaskan Hotel, A
REGAL INTERNATIONAL HOTEL
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