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Discover insights into culture, engagement, talent acquisition and employee development.

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 evaluate capability assessment software providers in the Northern Territory

The best capability assessment software providers in the Northern Territory build platforms that handle distributed workforces and complex compliance...

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Ways to fix toxic culture and rebuild team trust

The most effective ways to fix toxic culture involve stopping the reward of bad behaviour, setting clear boundaries for acceptable conduct, and...

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What are the 8 work personalities and how do they shape teams

When business leaders ask what is 8 work personalities, they are referring to an evidence-based framework that maps an individual's natural...

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Compono: Your guide to workforce intelligence and culture

Compono is a workforce intelligence platform that uses behavioural science and data to help you hire the right people, engage your teams, and develop...

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Why is it hard to understand team dynamics

Understanding team dynamics is difficult because the most influential forces in a group – such as individual work personalities, unspoken biases, and...

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How to implement work personality assessment for your team

Implementing a work personality assessment starts with defining your team objectives and choosing a tool that measures natural work preferences...

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How to build high performing teams

To build high performing teams, you must align individual work personality types with the eight critical work activities – Evaluating, Coordinating,...

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Why training doesn't work for modern teams

Traditional workplace training fails because it often treats skills as isolated tasks rather than behaviours rooted in a person's natural work...

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Product Update April 2026

Follow our monthly product updates as we share the latest features to help you strategically design and develop teams and the work environment. It's...

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How to build a high-performing team with a hiring culture development platform

A hiring culture development platform is a system that uses workforce intelligence and personality data to ensure new hires align with your existing...

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7 Free Personality Tests for Employees to Boost Engagement

The best free personality tests for employees are the Compono Work Personality assessment, Big Five...
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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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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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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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Understanding Performance Evaluation Bias for HR Managers

Performance evaluation bias is a systematic error in judgement that skews how an employee's work is...
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