Misplaced Talent: A Guide to Better People Decisions

List of Figures

Figure 1.1. Image from Frank and Lillian Gilbreth's 1918 Ball Brothers Mason Jar Study That Targeted How to Improve Worker Efficiency by Reducing Motion

Figure 1.2. Image of U.S. Army Air Corps Cadets in 1942 Taking a Group Test to Help Determine Their Proficiency as Pilots, Navigators, or Bombardiers

Figure 1.3. Summary of Job Analysis Techniques by Source of Information

Figure 1.4. Example of a Blended Competency Framework

Figure 2.1. Three Lists of the Top Twenty-Five Companies

Figure 3.1. Summary of Types of Reliability and Validity

Figure 3.2. Example of a Competency-Based Interview for Customer Service

Figure 3.3. Image of Calipers Used for Craniometry

Figure 3.4. Image of a Comparison Between Two Men, One Sane and the Other Insane, in the Cranial Shapes of Their Skulls

Figure 3.5. Image of Seventeen Known Criminals

Figure 3.6. Comparison Among Embryos to Illustrate Recapitulation

Figure 3.7. Simple Example of an Assessment Matrix

Figure 3.8. Simple Example of an Assessment Center Timetable

Figure 4.1. Image of Phrenological Organs

Figure 4.2. Image of a Servants' Employment Agency Where Heads Are Examined to Determine Suitability

Figure 4.3. Image of a Sample Inkblot Used in Projective Techniques

Figure 4.4. Example of Dimensions from a Personality Profile

Figure 4.5. Summary of Age and Generation Trends for Motivation

Figure 4.6. Key Characteristics of Person-Environment Fit

Figure 5.1. Four Different Types of Psychological Contracts

Figure 5.2. Sample Output ...