Anti-Fragile Talent

Jane Allen and Dr. John Marshall provide a practical, data-driven guide to one of the most important challenges in business: Getting WHO Right.We hire for what’s obvious. Experience. Education. Skills. The interview. But what really determines whether someone will thrive in a role is often hidden.What if you could measure the characteristics that differentiate high-performing, anti-fragile talent before you hire them?Drawing on more than four decades of research, 35 million+ assessments, and statistically predictive talent analytics, Anti-Fragile Talent shows you how to look beyond what a person can do and understand the underlying characteristics that predict whether they will actually perform, take responsibility, handle pressure, stay and ultimately thrive as demands increase.Here’s what makes this different: predictive talent analytics goes beyond describing people. It connects who they are to actual performance in a specific role helping you identify what predicts success in your jobs and who is most likely to thrive in them.If you hire people, manage people, promote people, coach people or simply depend on people to deliver results this book is for you.Stop guessing about people. Start using predictive data to get WHO right.COMPLIMENTARY MANAGEMENTPOP ASSESSMENT: Your book includes complimentary access to the ManagementPOP™ Assessment (a $350+value).  Discover how you are naturally wired to lead and develop others and experience the science behind Anti-Fragile Talent for yourself.Jane Allen, Founder and CEO of Smart Work Assessments and Global Master Distributor of the POP Assessment Suite, has spent more than 30 years helping business owners make better people decisions as an Executive Search Consultant.John Marshall, Ph.D., President of Self Management Group and developer of the POP Assessment Suite, has spent more than four decades researching the core characteristics that predict human performance and role-specific fit.