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View all featured posts, articles by Rudy Crous, (Corporate Psychologist, Compono CEO and Co-founder), or filter below for your desired topic.

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How to assess your team’s work personality to identify gaps

Ever wondered why some teams just click and others seem to struggle, even if every individual is talented? The secret often lies in understanding the dynamics beneath the surface—the unique personalities, strengths, and blind spots each team member...

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The complete guide to employee onboarding: best practices for 2025

Employee onboarding best practices come down to four things: start before day one, structure the first year in phases, cover the 5 Cs (compliance,...

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Human resource professionals: Essential roles, career paths, and skills for success

Human resource professionals manage the complete employee lifecycle: recruiting and onboarding staff, resolving workplace disputes, developing...

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Mastering interview questions to land your next role

Job interviews can feel a bit like navigating a maze. You’ve prepped your résumé, polished your LinkedIn profile, and now… the interview questions...

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young hr professional

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Workplace culture: building a foundation for organisational success

Workplace culture is the set of shared values, assumptions and behaviours that determine how work actually gets done in your organisation. It is...

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AI killed the resume

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The résumé is dead, and AI buried it in hiring slop

Imagine you’re knee-deep in applications for a single job post and starting to wonder if you’ll drown in the mess. It’s because most of these résumés...

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Mastering Attrition Risk:  Essential Strategies for HR Leaders

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Mastering Attrition Risk: Essential Strategies for Today's HR Professionals

Attrition risk is the likelihood that an employee will leave your organisation and not be immediately replaced. It builds quietly through...

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Best practices for LinkedIn job advertising

Effective LinkedIn job advertising comes down to four things: a descriptive, searchable job title; transparent salary and benefits; targeting that is...

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The top employee engagement questionnaires to boost team morale

An employee engagement questionnaire measures how connected people feel to their work, their team, their manager and their organisation. The most...

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The Six Learning Science Principles We Live By

The six learning science principles that make training stick are retrieval practice, spaced...
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7 Free Personality Tests for Employees to Boost Engagement

For team design, start with the Compono Work Personality™ assessment. It is free, takes four...
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How to post job ads on LinkedIn: A step-by-step guide for HR managers

To post a job ad on LinkedIn: log into your company Page, go to the Jobs section and select the...
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Full Research: Latest HR & Talent Statistics (August 2026)

Last reviewed August 2026 This page collects the HR, talent acquisition, engagement, culture and...
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Predictive index results types: understanding the 17 profiles

Predictive Index results are grouped into 17 reference profiles across four categories: Analytical,...
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What is proficiency levels: a guide to mapping team skills

Last reviewed August 2026 Competency levels (also called proficiency levels or levels of expertise)...
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Conscientiousness in the workplace: the ultimate guide

Conscientiousness is one of the Big Five personality traits: the tendency to be organised and...
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Understanding Performance Evaluation Bias for HR Managers

Last reviewed August 2026 Bias in performance appraisal is a systematic error in judgement that...
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