Did you know... If you are qualified to use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®instrument, you are also qualified to use the FIRO-B™ instrument.

Type & Culture - Using the MBTI® Instrument in Different Cultures

At the recent APTi Conference, Type & Culture authors Linda Kirby, Elizabeth Kendall and Nancy Barger discussed how type practitioners can bridge different cultures when using the MBTI® instrument with multicultural groups. As a special offer to CPP Insider readers, you can download a summary version of the authors' conference presentation. Download the presentation >>

As an additional special offer, take 20% off of Type & Culture, the authors' newest book and most recent addition to the Type Practitioners Library. When you order, reference promotion code CLTR07. Offer ends August 31st. Order now >>

By 2012, the Hispanic labor force is anticipated to reach 23.8 million in the United States. - U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Statistics December 20, 2005

CPP Products Available in North American Spanish

To help address the needs of the growing Hispanic workforce, CPP has created a dedicated webpage featuring products available in North American Spanish. Now speakers of North American Spanish (NAS) have one easy-to-use online location for browsing CPP products available in NAS. To visit the new webpage, go to: www.cpp.com/spanishproducts.

Pioneer Hi-Bred International Cultivates a Common Corporate Language Using the MBTI® Instrument

Pioneer – a DuPont business – is the world's leading supplier of advanced plant genetics to farmers around the world. They have 5,000 employees servicing customers in nearly 70 countries and developing their global workforce is a priority. Click on the link below to learn how Pioneer used the MBTI^® instrument as a foundation for creating a common language among their employees around the world. View the case study >>

Selecting Career Assessments

Selecting career assessments can be a balancing act between cost, administration qualifications, tool reliability and validity, and the needs of clients and employers. To help you through some of the critical criteria for selecting career assessments, CPP is pleased to offer a new white paper, "Selecting Career Assessments" by Judith Grutter, M.S., NCC, MCC.
Download the white paper >>

New from Davies-Black^® Publishing

Partnership HR

Today's positive forces driving the global competitiveness of U.S. business demonstrate that the American work ethic is alive and well—and much of the credit goes to human resources for giving it a new lease on life.

Author Irving Buchen challenges organization leaders and HR professionals alike to continue building alliances across the organization as advocates for the growth of the workforce, and to nurture and support this new performance ethic. Some of the key facets for achieving this are recruitment, retention, evaluation, and training.

With retention, orientation of new hires can be crucial. Here is a quick list of orientation blunders and tactics that start new hires down the road to their exit interview. Be aware and alert to avoid them! Don't...

• Intimidate new hires (make them go through every line of every page in the oversized employee manual)
• Control them (making sure everyone knows their place on the organization chart—something taken very seriously in the organization)
• Dazzle them (being over-zealous cheerleaders)
• Amuse them (do fun things that give them the feeling of having a great time)
• Impress them (tell them it's a company of winners but then none of the stars are available for the orientation)

Irving Buchen's new book Partnership HR can help you build an effective culture that empowers the workforce to achieve global competitiveness.
Learn more about Partnership HR >>

Managers who create an environment where people manage themselves are most likely to maximize productivity and job satisfaction. - Psychology Today, September/October 2006

Take Your Career Counseling to the Next Level

CPP is proud to announce a new workshop series on career development combining the Myers-Briggs® and Strong assessments. The workshops are designed for career counselors and academic advisors who support college and high school students, as well as all practitioners who help adults with career decisions. Learn more >>

2007 Conferences and Events

• APA 2007 - August 17-20, 2007
• ICF 2007 - October 31-November 3, 2007

Let us know if you're going to be at any of these shows—we'd love to meet you there. And if you have recommendations for other shows we should attend, we welcome your suggestions. Email us at cpp_insider@cpp.com.

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