Peterson questioning common wisdom again, and with good arguments. Here are some of the polemic issues he brings into discussion:
- Intelligence and consciousness are the two main predictors of future performance, but only partially
- Interviews are not a good selection method (he doesn’t make a difference between traditional ones and BEI’s)… unless you want to select for tall, handsome, extroverted, agreeable people, irrespective of what the job actually needs
- Academic marks doesn’t predict job performance very well
- Appointing incompetent managers have a huge effect on themselves, the company and their team
- Human resources people…aren’t necessarily the most competent people in the company (with the exception of my readers) 😉
- Not all individual differences can be solved with training
- Corporations don’t want accurate and valid selection methods, even when offered scientific evidence
And here’s some more food for thought, critizising some commonly accepted HR tools.
What do you think?
Y de propina, algo de humor sobre este espinoso tema. 🙂
