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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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Employee engagement (12)

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Effective strategies for employee turnover reduction

Employee turnover reduction starts with understanding the unique work personality of your team members to ensure they are in roles that truly...

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Culture Amp review: choosing the right engagement tool

Culture Amp is an employee experience platform built around engagement surveys, benchmarking and performance, and it suits mid-size and larger...

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How to predict employee turnover and improve team retention

You can predict employee turnover by watching four signals: engagement scores trending away from their baseline, changes in an individual's normal...

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Franchise recruitment: strategies for building high-performing teams

Franchise recruitment is the process of hiring people who meet one brand standard across many locations. The strategies that work are consistent:...

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Engagement vs performance: how to balance both for success

Employee engagement measures how committed and motivated your people feel. Performance measures the results they actually deliver. The two are...

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How a mobile HR app transforms team engagement

A mobile HR app improves team engagement by putting feedback, recognition and development in people's pockets instead of behind a desktop login. When...

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How to choose employee retention software for your team

Employee retention software is HR technology that shows you why people stay and why they leave, early enough to act on it. Almost everything sold in...

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How to reduce employee turnover and keep your best talent

To reduce employee turnover, fix the causes rather than the symptoms: hire for fit as well as skills, adapt leadership styles to what each team...

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Choosing an engagement survey platform: a guide for leaders

People problems don’t appear from nowhere. They happen when tools manage process risk but ignore people insight risk. If you have ever watched your...

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Culture Amp alternatives for modern employee engagement

The strongest Culture Amp alternatives in 2026 are Compono Engage for culture assessment with a work personality layer, Lattice for performance-led...

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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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7 Free Personality Tests for Employees to Boost Engagement

Last reviewed August 2026 The best free personality tests for employees and team building are the...
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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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What is a Job Description? Understanding Its Importance and Components

A job description is a formal document that sets out a role's purpose, essential duties,...
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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...
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HRIS system: complete guide to human resource information systems

An HRIS (human resource information system) is software that stores all employee data and automates...
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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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