Promana Blog - Essentials

Circadian Search is here

We're proud to announce the latest innovation from Promana People. Read on to discover what Circadian Search is, how it will add relevance to our professional members, and how that could benefit you, as a member.

Building Loyalty in the Age of Free Will

Throughout history, autocratic leaders have demanded unquestioning personal loyalty. Times have changed, however. Today, with educated populations, political activism and economic freedom, people choose when, where and with whom they give their allegiance.

Reasoning, logic, and intuition: The keys to effective decision-making

Decision-making is an essential part of our daily lives. From deciding what to eat for breakfast to making important business decisions, the choices we make have a significant impact on our lives. Understanding the different decision-making processes can help us make better choices and improve overall decision-making skills.

Revolutionising outreach for coaches

Outreach marketing is a strategic approach to building relationships with potential customers or partners by actively reaching out to them. Now, coaches can access these vital business tools - tailored for the industry.

On validity, behaviour and personality

Validity is the extent to which the proposed applications of an evaluation correspond with its interpreted results. Here, we briefly explore the five types of validity and how they apply to Promana's assessment suite, in the context of behaviour vs personality.

Tapping into TA

Elements of Transactional Analysis (TA) were incorporated into Promana’s assessments from the outset. These elements were adapted from TA’s time structuring, recognition strokes and ego states, and are embedded in three of our assessments: Time Actions, Activation, and Transactions.

12 mission-critical team roles

Whether by leading, following, coming up with fresh ideas or just getting on with the job, people contribute to groups through specific behaviours. In this post we discuss inputs from the twelve most pivotal team roles.

12 decision and communication factors

In this post, we discuss human interactions and interpersonal transactional strategies. We look at how people go about reaching decisions, the ways they communicate with each other and how we can measure their effectiveness.

12 valuable vocational behaviours

We tend to shine when we enjoy what we do (and wilt when we're put into a "low interest" area). In this post, we look at activity areas that interest people, influencing both the ways they use time and the effort they put in.

12 critical Endurance factors

Let's talk about the fundamental causes of stress, and how people react when under pressure or feeling tense. We show how to determine sources of positive and negative stress, how to predict how people might react, and point toward prevention and remedy.

12 essential Team Building factors

Team Building is about creating bonds and setting up interactions within groups of individuals. In essence, it is concerned with specific human processes which are relevant and constructive in making teams effective.