We have Dr. Tobias Bothe-Hutschenreuter, Principal at Kienbaum Consultants International GmbH, and Head of the Kienbaum Institute for Management Diagnostics, visiting this week (title and abstract of his Thursday talk follow).

Status Quo, Challenges, and Trends in Understanding People’s Performance at Work

Understanding people’s behavior at work and the likelihood of being able to succeed in certain roles and environments has been an area of ongoing activity and debate in research, management, HR functions and consulting firms alike. In light of topics such as digitalization, agility, volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous business and work environments, the status quo, challenges, and especially trends in understanding people’s performance at work will be presented and discussed based on a framework of individual differences of performance at work. In addition, trending points of discussion such as big data and predictive analytics are raised, which may change and have a major impact on how we assess predictors of people’s performance at work in the future. The presented framework helps to identify requirements, select appropriate assessment methods, and tailor content to an organization’s strategy and business requirements and incorporate different sources of potential behavior such as qualification and experience, competencies, and personality.