Are You Too Temperamental? What Your Colleagues Won’t Tell You
The new boss is openly excited about collaborating on a project. Things appear to be going well. After a minor roadblock, however, the boss suddenly explodes with frustration, yells at the team, and stalks from the room. Uh, what just happened? The team is so confused. These are signs that a leader is too temperamental […]
Why Do People Believe in the Paranormal?
What’s supposed to happen during a ghost hunt? Do descriptions of aliens differ across cultures? Are footprints and sounds evidence of Bigfoot? Which came first, the belief or the media representation? All these questions exemplify reasons why people believe in the paranormal. On episode 136 of The Science of Personality, cohosts Ryne Sherman, PhD, and Blake Loepp spoke […]
Asia-Pacific Hogan 360 Certification 2025
Live Virtual Workshop: Join us on the 12th of November 2025 at 1-3pm AEDT for a live interactive Hogan 360 Certification webinar! Time zone converter: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html What is the Hogan 360? The Hogan 360 is a multi-rater leadership assessment that compares self-perception with feedback from managers, peers, and direct reports. It reveals strengths, blind spots, […]
Why Do People Believe in Demonic Possession?
Why do people believe in demonic possession? This spooky season, we explore the psychology behind paranormal beliefs related to demons: possession and exorcism. On episode 135 of The Science of Personality, cohosts Ryne Sherman, PhD, and Blake Loepp spoke with Chris French, PhD, professor emeritus and former head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths, University of […]
The Dark Side of Creativity: How Imagination Derails Performance
Most of us have encountered a leader who uses meetings as personal brainstorming time. Everyone leaves feeling confused or uncertain about what to do next. That same leader might also have a reputation for rapidly expressing several vague ideas at once. These ideas might even be so vague as to seem contradictory, yet nonetheless, the […]
PBC Webinar – Measuring What Matters: A Smarter Way to Lead Safer Workplaces
📅13 November 2025 🕑12:30-1:30 PM (AEDT) | 2:30-3:30 PM (NZDT) Join Dr. Xander Van Lill and Andrew Morris on 30 October for a high-impact webinar that leverages current evidence about workplace safety. In this session, we’ll explore why Australia is outperforming certain global safety benchmarks, highlight encouraging trends, and examine why there’s still room for improvement. […]
Rethinking Leadership: The Core5 Model of Leadership Effectiveness
At PBC, we’ve spent decades helping organisations measure and improve leadership. Why? Because leadership drives engagement, and engagement drives performance. Yet so many organisations still get leadership wrong. Our new whitepaper, The Core5 Model of Leadership Effectiveness, introduces a powerful framework that distills what the very best leaders do differently. It combines years of research, […]
Enabling the SES Performance Leadership Framework through leveraging the Hogan 360 in Performance Assessment
With Departments and Agencies amid the annual performance management cycle and reporting on SES performance leadership maturity, now is a timely moment to reflect on how the Hogan 360 requirement and its data can support broader performance assessment objectives. Based on our review of the maturity model and a deep understanding of Hogan 360 data, […]
The Hidden Cost of Toxic Employees – Why “People Problems” Are Every Leader’s Biggest Challenge
r. Ryne Sherman, Chief Science Officer at Hogan Assessment Systems and co-host of the “Science of Personality” podcast, delivered a presentation on the impact of a toxic workplace and the hidden costs of toxic employees. The webinar highlighted how leadership and talent issues, particularly those related to problematic employees, are central challenges for organizations today. […]
The Science of Personality Podcast: Listener Questions
Personality will always be important because human behaviour will always be important. On episode 133 of The Science of Personality, cohosts Ryne Sherman, PhD, and Blake Loepp answer these listener questions about personality: To what extent is personality universal versus shaped by cultural context? How do routine behaviours reflect deeper personality traits? Are authentic leaders more authentic to […]