Last Thursday, MoDOT went a long way toward calming angry drivers who were stuck in hours of traffic because of a mere half-inch of snow. Past storms have dropped much more snow on St. Louis and didn’t cause nearly as many problems. What went wrong this time? MoDOT’s Director Kevin Keith told the [...]

Happy Friday the 13th! Did you know this superstitious day is not only associated with bad luck, it also affects consumer decisions?
The Stress Management Centre and Phobia Institute, based in Asheville, N.C., estimates that $800 million to $900 million is lost every time the 13th of the month falls on a Friday, as people avoid [...]

St. Louis is a health care town and we wanted to share some highlights from a recent article in the Academy of Health Care Management Journal, titled “Health Care and Social Media: Building Relationships Via Social Networks”, along with some ways local hospitals are using social media.
Health care providers are joining the social media wave [...]

I was reading the latest issue of Time magazine (1/9/2012) and ran across Joel Stein’s “My Psychic Powers at Work”.  I was most struck on his amusing take on the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012.
That’s based on the Maya calendar.  The end of days of the 13th Bak’tun, or the end of [...]

By Laura R. Vandiver, Director of Research and MBTI® Certified Practitioner
Thinking (T) and Feeling (F) & Judging (J) and Perceiving (P)
For the past few weeks I’ve been talking about the MBTI® tool and how TVG uses it.  Today, I’m focusing on the T/F and J/P preferences.
Thinking and Feeling
First, let’s look at Thinking and Feeling.  [...]

So you’ve proofread your resume a hundred times, checked for spelling and grammar, made sure all of the bullet points are aligned and inspected the document from top to bottom. Now you just have to save it so you can email it to prospective employers.  That’s the easy part, right?  Well, maybe not…
I bet you’re [...]

By Laura R. Vandiver, Director of Research and MBTI® Certified Practitioner
Sensing (S) and iNtuition (N)
TVG uses the MBTI® tool in some of our training seminars and facilitations with teams.  For the past few blog posts, I’ve talked about the four-letter designation that indicates each person’s preferences.  Today, I’m going to cover Sensing and Intuition.  These [...]

TVG has been recognized again by the St. Louis RCGA with a St. Louis Green Business Challenge award. RCGA started the program two years ago.
Andy Likes, Director of Media Relations, accepted the award for TVG. The program encourages companies to take steps toward more sustainable business practices.
Some of the ways TVG improved [...]

By Laura R. Vandiver, Director of Research and MBTI® Certified Practitioner
Extraversion (E) and Introversion (I)
In my previous post, I talked about how The Vandiver Group uses the MBTI® tool in our training and group facilitation. Today I’ll discuss Extraversion and Introversion, and how these designations affect communication style preferences.
Extraversion and Introversion in MBTI® refer to [...]

As November wraps up, airlines face some tough PR challenges. See where they went wrong and how you can learn from their mistakes:
Qantas Airlines demonstrated the disastrous effects of not coordinating social media with other communication efforts. The airline suffered a massive PR crisis when it had to ground its entire fleet during a highly [...]