Soft Skills Are Having a Moment
Over the past couple of years, a trend has emerged in research and articles about the importance of so-called “soft” skills for leaders. Recently, that thinking seems to be accelerating. Some have suggested that soft skills are the new “hard” skills for leaders.1 Others have suggested that soft skills deserve a rebrand because of their importance […]
Personality, Relationships, and the Psychology of Connection
The link between personality and relationships is complex, to say the least. What compatible personality characteristics help us form positive, long-term human connections? Recently on The Science of Personality, cohosts Ryne Sherman, PhD, and Blake Loepp, discussed personality, relationships, and the psychology of connection. Most of what we feature on our podcast revolves around work and business, but […]
Hogan Assessments Demonstrate Fairness Across Sexual Orientations
Organisations that use assessments to make talent decisions trust those assessments will provide helpful insights about people without unfairly discriminating against demographic groups. Equal employment opportunity for all is one of Hogan’s foundational values, and we are committed to ongoing reviews of our assessments’ fairness. For many years, we have demonstrated the fairness of our assessments […]
Ethical Considerations in Workplace Assessments
With limited guidelines or consensus on how leaders should choose, administer, and debrief their employees and candidates using workplace assessments, practitioners and academics alike need a code of ethics. The American Psychological Association’s Ethics Code and Principles for the Validation and Use of Personnel Section Procedures exist, but talent management professionals need a comprehensive understanding of how to use […]
Psychological Safety and the Distant Leader
Everyone, including leaders, reacts to stress differently, but the way that leaders respond to stress affects their team members. When leaders react to stress with insecurity, mistrust, hostility, or social withdrawal, their attitudes and behaviours can cause significant damage to team psychological safety. Team psychological safety is the shared perception of whether it is safe or […]
Leadership Emergence vs. Leadership Effectiveness
One leadership skillset concerns advancing into positions of authority and getting to the top of organisations. At Hogan, we call this emergent leadership. A separate skillset concerns leading those organisations to success. We call this effective leadership. Recently on The Science of Personality, cohosts Ryne Sherman, PhD, chief science officer, and Blake Loepp, PR manager, discussed the core […]
How Change Fatigue Derails Teams
Derailers, in Hogan terms, are everyday personality strengths that can become overused—particularly during times of increased stress, pressure, or complacency. When we stop monitoring our strengths, our behaviours can become detrimental. Someone who tends to be supportive and loyal to authority, for example, could begin to seem excessively deferential and ingratiating. Derailment in the individual […]
How to Incorporate Well-Being into Leadership Development
Occupational well-being is an essential part of overall well-being. Effective leadership coaching will personalise developmental feedback to the leader’s needs based on the context of their role, function, and organisation and on their personality. Individual differences in personality reveal how people experience well-being at work and how they manage stress. Leadership development should investigate how […]
4 Ways Personality Tests Improve Your Candidate Experience
First impressions are undoubtedly important in the business world. But to what extent do the importance of first impressions extend to the job candidate experience? Should creating a positive candidate experience be a priority? Candidates are supposed to be the ones impressing you, right? Rather than leave this question to speculation, we sent out a […]
How to Coach Leaders Through Change
Every organisation experiences some degree of change. It’s a constant in business. This fact makes change management a key capability for leaders. How they lead through change affects their personal, team, and organisational success. It also makes responding to change a key theme in leadership coaching. Hogan practitioners can coach leaders through it by helping […]
