A Q&A on humility
We continue to emphasize the importance of humility and effective leadership at Hogan in 2018, as evidenced by this article in The Wall Street Journal last week. Because this has been such a hot topic for us, it has also generated a lot of questions from those within our network and beyond. To address these […]
Probabilities & risky decisions
Numbers sometimes seem authoritarian and inflexible, especially when used to convey complex issues of general interest. They can give a spurious impression of certainty even when they reflect subjective judgements or approximations. Risk estimations are a case in point. Risk ratings may be based on anything from a totally subjective view expressed through a simple […]
Hogan assessments is number one in executive coaching
Have you ever wondered what the latest trends are for successful executive coaching? What is best practice globally in the executive coaching industry? Should 360 multi-rater assessments be used in conjunction with personality assessments? A recent study “Executive coaching for results” by CoachSource is powerful reading. The first study was conducted in 2005, repeated in 2013, and […]
In the era of “fake news”, it’s hard to know what, or who, to really believe
Today, amateur and professional trolls work to stir up arguments and divisiveness. Casual social media discussions frequently devolve into arguments with all kinds of questionable bits of information casually thrown around like wadded-up paper balls. Did the Pope really endorse Donald Trump? Is Kid Rock really running for Senate? Time to run to a fact-checking […]
What can a rugby team teach us about humility?
*This post was authored by Hogan’s Michael Tapia, Dena Rhodes, and Ryne Sherman. The New Zealand All Blacks is one of the most successful sports organizations of all time. For over a century they dominated the world stage as a premier member of the international rugby union, competing with such foes as the South Africa […]
Successful Teams: The new blueprint
Building the perfect team isn’t about assembling an all-star squad of archetypes. It’s about finding contributors who are generous and respectful, but confident and charismatic, too — and picking the right leader who can pull them all together. IF CLASSIC CARTOONS like Scooby Doo, Captain Planet, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have taught us anything, it’s that only a […]
Does personality change? On the stability of personality assessment scores
Does personality change? This is a question we receive regularly from our clients, along with a lot of hypotheses about when and why scores shift. Answering this seemingly straightforward question actually requires addressing three related questions: How often do scores on assessments change? When scores on assessments change, how large are those changes? Why do […]
The value of Myers-Briggs type indicator
The Personality Brokers, Merve Emre’s interesting new book, is a kind of feminist treatise focusing on the lives and work of the two amazing women, Katharine Briggs and her daughter Isabel Myers, who developed and promoted the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The MBTI is the best known and most widely used personality “instrument” in the […]
How to flunk Uber
Delia Ephron, a best-selling American author, screenwriter, and playwright, published an essay in the New York Timesentitled “Ouch, My Personality, Reviewed” that is a superb example of what Freud called “the psychopathology of everyday life.” She starts the essay by noting that she recently used Uber, and the driver told her that if she received one more bad review, […]
Our assessments don’t discriminate, but many do
Recent EEOC agreements with two major US companies have once again raised concerns about adverse impact resulting from personality assessment use in hiring. Just as every automobile, electrical appliance, or medicine can negatively impact people’s lives if manufactured poorly or used improperly, assessments can be poorly developed, haphazardly applied, or purposefully misused to negatively and unfairly […]
