Collaboration continues to become an integral part of business. Whether online or in person, in the office or working from home it is often misunderstanding or miscommunication that causes frustration within collaborative efforts. In fact, a recent Deloitte study...
How to Build Trust in a Virtual Team
A little over a decade ago, the remote workforce was dominated by people in outside sales roles. They came into the office on occasion for meetings or, if they were local, to load up on marketing brochures and office supplies. But for the most part, they were out of...
10 Quotes to Open the Lines of Cross-Functional Communications
Now more than ever, communication is essential to business and cross-functional team success. Much of your team is working from home, cloud conferencing and communicating in ways that we never have before. If cross-functional teams are the future of work, it is...
How Herrmann helped Swinburne University of Technology create a culture of creativity, innovation and inclusivity
Herrmann has been working closely with Swinburne University of Technology for 15 years. Profiling over 1000 employees, the university uses the HBDI® tool to help staff better understand their thinking preferences and those of their colleagues. This has enabled the...
COVID-19: Making Effective Decisions During Crisis as a Leader and Team
If you ever needed cognitive diversity and thinking agility, now is the time! With the current global atmosphere of rampant change and volatility, you need to leverage all of the thinking resources available to you, especially when it comes to effective decision...
How Project Managers can use agile thinking to deal with complexity and uncertainty
While all members of a project team contribute to the success or failure of a project, it’s ultimately the Project Manager who is accountable for the outcome. Taking a leading role in the planning, management and execution of a project, Project Managers oversee the...
A Whole Brain® approach to workplace wellbeing
Workplace wellbeing. It’s a term you hear a lot these days. Gone is the cut-throat corporate culture of the eighties and early nineties, where oppressive work environments made you feel like just another cog in the machine. Today’s leaders have recognised that...
Comparing Employee Assessments: The HBDI® and CliftonStrengths®
This article was first published in 2020 and has been updated in 2024 to provide our readers with the most up-to-date insights. In this ongoing blog series, we take a look at the similarities and differences of many employee assessment instruments and how you might...
Comparing Employee Assessments: DISC® and the HBDI®
This article was originally published in 2020. It has been updated in 2024 and republished to ensure our readers are provided with the most up-to-date insights. In this blog series, we take a look at the similarities and differences of many employee assessment...














