Reliability You Can Trust: How HRBPs Should Read an Alpha of .92
Reliability numbers can feel abstract in the middle of a hiring sprint. Still, they matter. When a scale reports internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha) around .92 with sensible split‑half results, it…
The Future of Work Is Here (And It Requires Different Skills)
The conversation about “future of work” has been going on for years, but, at ProfilAS, we think most people have been asking the wrong questions. Instead of wondering what jobs…
The ROI Story HRBPs Can Stand Behind
Finance asks for ROI; rightly so. But isolating the impact of assessment isn’t as clean as a pilot A/B test. Performance moves because capability, context, and support interact. Still, you…
When Smart People Make Terrible Decisions (The Competency Blind Spot)
You probably know someone who’s brilliant on paper but somehow makes consistently poor decisions in practice. High IQ, impressive credentials, articulate in meetings—yet when it comes to critical choices that…
Hiring Recommendations You Can Defend in a Tough Debrief
You’ve been in the room: a charismatic “maybe” vs. a quieter “probably.” The business is leaning one way. Your gut tugs another. A good Hiring Recommendation doesn’t dodge this tension;…
The $50,000 Personality Test Problem
Last month, a CEO called us with a problem that’s becoming all too common. His company had just spent close to $50,000 on comprehensive personality assessments for their leadership team,…
From Job Description to Integration Report: A Playbook for HRBPs
Most job descriptions try to please everyone and end up helping no one. Your value as an HRBP is to translate that wish list into a testable profile—six to nine competencies,…
The Hidden Psychology Behind High-Performing Teams
Walk into any successful organization and you’ll notice something interesting about their best teams. It’s not that everyone has identical skills or personalities—quite the opposite, actually. High-performing teams often look…
Competencies vs. Personality: The HRBP’s Shortcut to Better Decisions
Personality tells you how someone prefers to move through the day. Competencies tell you what they are likely to deliver when the stakes are real. As an HR Business Partner,…
Why Your Next Hire Might Fail (And It’s Not What You Think)
At ProfilAS, we’ve watched too many promising candidates crash and burn in their first six months. The resume looked perfect, the interview went smoothly, and somehow it all went sideways.…