Patrick Hauenstein, Ph.D.

Overview Employee selection is the starting point for effective Talent Management. A strong employer brand can be a true competitive differentiator for an organization. Building a strong brand starts with being concerned with the candidate experience during the selection process. The initial experience of the candidate during the selection process is likely to have a…

Statistics indicate that currently the number of people using social media is over 4.95 billion worldwide.  Connectivity is ranked as one of the most significant benefits of social media, linking countless users at any time, everywhere. Users use their connections to share memories, exchange information and opinions, and keep current. They gather inputs on everything including…

THE MYSTERY OF POTENTIAL High Potential is defined as having a high likelihood of advancing one or more levels in the organization. It is a predictive measure of being able to successfully navigate transitions across leadership levels. While the definition of potential may be relatively well understood, an accurate measurement of potential is not. Potential…

IMPACT ON STUDENT LEARNING COVID had a highly significant and demonstrable negative impact on student learning. Classrooms and teaching went virtual and admissions for the 2020/2021 academic year were fraught with confusion (Azoulay, 2020). Declines were observed in the US and across the world in all grade levels. According to the Education Recovery Scorecard, a…

WHAT IS ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE? The COVID-19 pandemic has unquestionably had an impact on organizational culture and changed assumptions about how people interact and get things done at work. To fully understand the impact on organizational culture, we must first define what we mean by organizational culture and identify its component elements. Organizational culture can be…