The 2024 Derailers of the Year

The year 2024 seemed to go by in the blink of an eye, yet it was full of newsworthy people and events that relate to the Hogan Development Survey (HDS). That’s right—we’ve announced our 2024 derailers of the year. Since the inception of The Science of Personality in 2020, cohosts Ryne Sherman, PhD, and Blake Loepp have done an annual […]

Talent Pro, Beware: 11 Employee Behaviours to Watch Out For

Job-related stress is a major problem faced by people worldwide. As many as 60% of workers in the major global economies reported experiencing stress at work, and in the United States, a staggering 80% of workers say they are stressed because of their jobs. Aside from the health implications that job-related stress can have for […]

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 […]

The 2022 Derailers of the Year

It was quite a year, wasn’t it? From supply chain issues to quiet quitting, from Will Smith to Elon Musk, it seems as though 2022 was characterised by big events, big personalities, and big derailers. Recently on The Science of Personality, cohosts Ryne Sherman, PhD, chief science officer, and Blake Loepp, PR manager, continued their annual tradition of […]