Why Some Companies Always Attract Great People with Rob Friday, Predictive Success

Our guest today is Rob Friday, HBA, Managing Principal at Predictive Success. Rob is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, international keynote speaker and Talent Optimization advisor based in Toronto Canada. As a Managing Principle with Predictive Success, Rob works with organizations to optimize hiring and team performance with the Predictive Index.

Rob has published a book entitled, Talent Optimizer: Why some companies always get great people.

Rob will also be speaking at the AGILITY REIMAGED summit on Sept 14th.

Questions Include: 

• Tell us about Predictive Index and the problems it tries to solve for HR pros and leaders
• What's needed from leadership to offer an environment that encourages and nurtures high-performing teams?
• What are you seeing your clients do differently to attract and hire quality talent in this era of low employment? How will this change if we enter an anticipated recession?
• How can companies use HR analytics to more effectively onboard talent?
• Talk about the role of AI and the potential for misuse of assessments in the hiring process, potentially introducing bias. How do you address this for your clients?
• Tell us about your book, Talent Optimizer: Why some companies always get great people, and some of the lessons in it for HR pros and leaders
• Tell us about your session at the AGILITY REIMAGED summit on Sept 14th called Insights on hiring and inspiring talent in a competitive landscape
• What are some new innovations in the HR tech space to watch out for in 2023?

Enjoyed the conversation with Rob? Check out HRchat episode 356, in which Bill Banham talks with Matt Poepsel, Ph.D, over at Predictive Index.



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