In part one, Jim walked us through the early days at MRG, when we built a global network of practitioners and provided assessments for thousands of individuals around the world – all without the internet. In this post, he brings us to the present day. To catch up, click here to read part one. By […]
The world of 1983, when my partners and I founded MRG, was significantly different in so many ways from today. Perhaps the most profound change has been technology. When the first MRG assessment instrument was created, we were sharing a single PC with an insurance agency down the hall from our office. That initial product […]
In part one, Christine described her arrival at MRG and her slow realization that her motivations weren’t aligning with her job description – and it was draining her every day. Read on to find out how she sought to better sync her drivers with her task. There I was failing for the first time in […]
When I coach, one of the things people have a hard time reconciling is their self-perception of what they’re good at vs. what gives them energy. People can spend years toiling in a position, maybe even delivering great results and being successful, but wondering why they’re still so miserable at the end of each day […]
Hiring decisions are big. The costs of onboarding a new employee, the impact someone can have on the chemistry of the team, the anticipated time it will take for them to ramp up to full capacity – it all weighs heavily on the minds of HR and hiring managers when it’s time to fill a […]
The Individual Directions Inventory (IDI) is a tool that never ceases to amaze me. One of the primary reasons for this is the fact that it continuously allows me to learn about people’s complexity and how motivational drives manifest themselves in seemingly infinite combinations. Even more fascinating is how these combinations of motivational forces may […]
