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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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PTO Policy on screen

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How to Create a PTO Policy Template That Works for Everyone

A PTO policy template needs four things to work: a clear leave structure (accrued, unlimited or banked), fair and transparent accrual rules, compliance with local employment law, and a simple request process. Get those right and paid time off...

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Unlocking Recruitment Efficiency with an ATS Tool

An ATS tool (applicant tracking system) is software that automates the repetitive parts of recruitment, including collecting applications, screening...

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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 questions and about two minutes, and places each person...

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Product Update June 2025

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Product Update June 2025

Follow our monthly product updates as we share the latest features to help you strategically design and develop teams and the work environment. We’re...

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Business Leader Standing in Office

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Decode Your Culture with Compono's Culture-Candidate Checker™

As your organisation grows, hiring the right people becomes one of the most critical factors for success. Yet, many businesses struggle with the...

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What Personality Traits Reveal About Leadership Potential (and What Surprised Us)

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Full Research: What Personality Traits Reveal About Leadership Potential (and What Surprised Us)

June 2025 | Insight from Compono’s Work Personality Research What kind of personality makes a great leader? Do strategic thinkers rise to the top?...

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Diversity of Thought

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The Balance Between Culture Fit and Diversity in Hiring

Yes, you can hire for both culture fit and diversity. The criticism of fit-based hiring is legitimate, though: when "fit" means a hiring manager's...

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The Best Employee Engagement Model to Enhance Workplace Motivation

The best employee engagement model is the one that connects engagement to outcomes you can measure. Four frameworks dominate the field: Gallup's Q12,...

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Unlocking the Power of Alignment: A Revolutionary Approach to Organisational Success

Misalignment. It’s a word that sends shivers down the spine of business leaders everywhere. When employees and organisations aren’t on the same page,...

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10 Employee Recognition Ideas to Boost Engagement and Morale

The most effective employee recognition ideas are specific, timely and tied to real behaviour: peer-to-peer shout-outs, milestone celebrations, a...

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Popular posts

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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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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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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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