Inside the Mind of Hiring with Dr. Mickey Fineberg: Business Psychologists Enabling the Selection and Preparation of Great Leaders: The Job Seeker’s Special: Rising from the crowd to an offer!
Inside the Mind of Hiring with Dr. Mickey Fineberg Inside the Mind of Hiring with Dr. Mickey Fineberg Dr. Mickey is the Managing Partner of Delta Consultants. He has been a Psychologist to businesses for over 30 years. Founding Delta in 1988, Dr. Mickey and his staff have partnered with a variety of privately and publicly held companies to enhance leadership and organizational capacity, and their ability to select high quality people. Dr. Mickey and Delta are dedicated to applying state-of-the-art products and processes that link people selection and development to bottom line results.
Business Psychologists Enabling the Selection and Preparation of Great Leaders
1st & 3rd Tuesday 11am PT / 2pm ET
*Step into the intricate world of hiring with Dr. Mickey in "Inside the Mind of Hiring." This show dives deep into the psychology and strategy behind one of the most critical decisions leaders face: choosing the right people. Dr. Mickey reveals the often-hidden traits that make individuals right fit—or a potential mismatch—for an organization, emphasizing the profound ... Read more
Business Psychologists Enabling the Selection and Preparation of Great Leaders
1st & 3rd Tuesday 11am PT / 2pm ET
*Step into the intricate world of hiring with Dr. Mickey in "Inside the Mind of Hiring." This show dives deep into the psychology and strategy behind one of the most critical decisions leaders face: choosing the right people. Dr. Mickey reveals the often-hidden traits that make individuals right fit—or a potential mismatch—for an organization, emphasizing the profound effects that hiring choices have on company culture, morale, and effectiveness.*
In each episode, Dr. Mickey and expert guests uncover the full hiring journey, exploring both the bright and shadow sides of candidate evaluation. The show highlights a powerful process that often separates hiring success from failure: assessments. From personality and aptitude tests to the psychologist’s interview, these assessments provide insights that go beyond what’s captured in interviews, references, and resumes. They enable hiring managers to look past the sunlight of surface impressions and into a person’s illuminating shadows to truly understand what makes a candidate tick in terms of both strengths and potential red flags.
With Dr. Mickey as the guide, the show examines how assessments help mitigate common hiring challenges:
**Uncovering True Motivations**: Assessments reveal what drives candidates—factors that may not come across in a polished interview. A person’s motivations often align closely with their engagement and satisfaction in the role, making assessments a vital tool to predict long-term fit and potential impact on company morale.
**Identifying Hidden Strengths and Weaknesses**: Some of the most important characteristics in a candidate are often invisible on paper or even in person. Assessments can reveal traits like resilience, adaptability, emotional intelligence, and work ethic, which directly affect team dynamics and job performance.
**Reducing Bias**: Interviewer biases can subtly influence hiring decisions, whether they stem from personal preferences or subconscious assumptions. By introducing the psychological assessment factor into the hiring process, companies can add a more objective layer of evaluation, reducing the influence of superficial biases and focusing on the traits that truly predict success in the role.
**Improving Hiring Accuracy**: Despite best efforts, traditional hiring methods often yield a success rate of only 40-60%. The cost of a poor hire is high—up to two times the base salary—due to onboarding, morale impacts, and productivity losses. Assessments increase hiring accuracy by adding data-driven insights, helping organizations make well-rounded decisions that align with their culture and values.
But Dr. Mickey emphasizes that while assessments bring immense value, they’re just one piece of the puzzle. The best hiring outcomes combine the insights of assessments with human judgment, personal impressions, and team input to create a comprehensive understanding of each candidate. "Inside the Mind of Hiring" isn’t just about finding the right fit—it’s about cultivating teams that drive success, lift morale, and embody the company's vision.
This show is a must-listen for hiring managers, HR professionals, and job seekers alike. By learning how to leverage assessments and avoid common pitfalls, leaders can make more informed and successful hiring decisions, while candidates gain insights into presenting their authentic selves. Join Dr. Mickey for a deep dive into hiring psychology and discover how to make smarter, more holistic hiring decisions that shape thriving teams and successful companies
About Dr. Mickey ~
Located near Philadelphia in King of Prussia, PA, Delta focuses on diversified, growth oriented, mid-market companies with sales from $10M to $1.5B. Clients are typically headquartered nationally but may have a domestic and global presence. Many of Dr. Mickey's client relationships have ranged from 10 to 20 years. Two noteworthy clients are approaching 30 years.
Dr. Mickey holds a PhD in Psychology from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA (1978), an MS in Psychology from Villanova University in Villanova, PA (1973) and a B.A. in the same discipline from Washington College-Maryland in Chestertown, MD (1968).
For personal enrichment, Dr. Mickey has been a supporter of Musicopia and Dancing Classrooms Philly, two performing arts education organizations. He also enjoys collecting art, reading non-fiction books and business articles, watching sports and movies, swimming and weight training, and club and Latin dancing.
Lannett Co. engaged Delta Consultants to help our organization grow. As we all know the work environment is a complex place with a chain of command and elements of social and business relationships mixed together. At Lannett, we engaged the idea of an Executive Coach to help the senior staff form a cohesive team.
We have been working with Dr. Mickey Fineberg as an Industrial/organizational psychologist for over 10 years and during that period he applied psychological research, theories and techniques to "real-world" problems, questions and issues in business, industry, and social issues.
He has helped us select the best candidates that fit our culture and then provided coaching to allow staff to succeed.
We have been a very successful firm over the last 13 years (NYSE: LCI) with no small measure of credit going towards that decision we made to embrace Executive Coaching.
Arthur P Bedrosian Chief Executive Officer, Lannett Company Inc. (Philadelphia, PA)
We have worked with Delta Consultants for many years and value that professional partnership. Dr. Fineberg's "Executive Assessments" are a key component of our C-level hiring process used throughout the Graham Group of companies. We consistently find Mickey's selection testing program and assessment reports to provide valuable insight and useful data for us to better understand a candidate's' style, personality and leadership preferences prior to hire. Furthermore, we use these findings and the report to further coach the individual for success as part of the On-boarding process into their new leadership role.
Bill Scott Vice President Human Resources & CHRO, The Graham Group (York, PA)
Culture eats strategy for lunch, and Dr. Mickey Fineberg from Delta Consultants is the Chef Extraordinaire. Our environment is a small, unionized, family held company, with long term aspirations that include growth and succession. Mickey has been expanding my thinking for many years as a coach, team builder, and hiring partner. We simply won't hire an individual for a senior management position without putting them through his paces. Mickey's tools, broad experience, and intuition underscore his insightful assessments and commentary. Additionally, his friendly staff is simply awesome and a real pleasure to speak with. We are privileged to be aligned with such service and fully endorse Delta Consultants for leadership, team building, and cultural development.
Kenneth R. Krauss President & COO, U.S. Axle (Pottstown, PA)
For over 25 years Dr. Mickey Fineberg and Delta Consultants has helped Knoll with employee selection and retention, the most important business driver for high growth organizations.
Knoll's engagement with Delta Consultants started with establishing the "success criteria" for Knoll's sales culture...what does it take to be a successful sales person at Knoll? Once the criteria was discovered, Delta Consultants put in place testing tools that were designed to match up to Knoll's sales drivers and culture. Over the years we have used this testing process along with in depth narratives to carefully select or not select sales associates for Knoll. The success rate of this hiring process has been over 80%. In addition, Delta Consultants developed advanced tools for internal and external sales management candidates. Again, Delta Consultants measured sales management candidates against Knoll's "success criteria" at the management level. In essence, Delta Consultants has structured and helped execute Knoll's entire hiring process and the results have been profound in terms of company growth and sales representative retention. The average Knoll sales representative's tenure is over 12 years.
Along with the hiring tools that Delta Consultants has designed for Knoll, there has been exceptional service. Mickey's personal involvement and consultative responsiveness has been an important added value to our entire sales management team. Mickey and Delta Consultants are more than business psychologists, they are integral Knoll team members and trusted friends.
Mike Benigno West Division Vice President, Knoll, Inc. (East Greenville, PA)
On multiple occasions, we have had Mickey Fineberg and Delta Consultants work with our top executives. These executives have shown quantifiable improvements in their ability to work with peers and subordinates, to plan, to set goals and strategies and to perform at a higher level.
I highly recommend Delta Consultants to any CEO or CFO who wants their people to better develop professionally and to have enhanced job satisfaction.
Ted Peters Chairman and CEO, The Bryn Mawr Trust Company (Bryn Mawr, PA)
Thank you for the time you have spent advising us on better means to communicate with each other. It has been a good journey, one where we have identified key aspects of our personality and motivations. In understanding this better, we are trying harder to apply some of the techniques and advice in our interactions with each other, which has produced a more positive working environment for us as a family and for the rest of the company. This was my primary goal in seeking out your counseling. Some days are better than others, but the analysis and application have been useful in moving past the stalemate we found ourselves in when we first came to you.
We may be back if we stagnate or retreat to our old habits... some are hard to break! Thanks again for your investment in us, in terms of time, evaluation and thoughtful advice.
Betsy J. McLarney CEO, EMC Outdoor (Newtown Square, PA)
We have engaged Mickey and his firm many times over the last decade to enhance performance of the entire management team, including C-level people. He has proved to be effective, thought provoking, idea generating, and driven to achieve results in defined time lines and budgets. His help has assisted the growth of the company.
Barry Myers CEO, AccuWeather (State College, PA)
I have worked with Mickey in my roles as a CFO and COO for a large regional health system as well as an independent consultant for the past ten years. Mickey has been instrumental with assisting in developing physician leadership structures, re-focusing organizations' mission and visions, creating leadership programs for front line staff, assisting with conflict/relationship management and aligning organizational and staff incentives. I would highly recommend Mickey to any organization.
Mickey has also served as my personal executive coach and has been extremely helpful in assisting me with developing/enhancing my professional skills and attitudes. I would also highly recommend his services in this venue as well.
Kristin Kearney
Mickey should be consulted before any major hire for your organization. He can help you understand the strengths and weaknesses of any candidate and draw great conclusions about whether the candidate is right for your firm. In addition he can give you and team members incredible tools for you to work together more effectively. I highly recommend him.
Kenneth Balin Chairman and CEO, AMC Delancey Group, Inc. (Philadelphia, PA)
I have had the pleasure of knowing Mickey for about 25 years! I have always found him to be extremely ethical as a business person and very insightful as a psychologist. Regardless of the situation, issue or challenge Mickey is always able to draw upon his decades of experience and provide a perspective or solution that encourages introspection and growth. Candidates who have worked with Mickey would describe him as being candid and honest. A true professional!
Steve Horner Principal, Horner & Associates, LLC (Harleysville, PA)
