The Psychology of Nightmares
Do personality characteristics relate to nightmares? If so, which? Recently on The Science of Personality, cohosts Ryne Sherman, PhD, and Blake Loepp spoke with returning podcast guest Zlatan Krizan, PhD, professor of psychology at Iowa State University, about the psychology of nightmares. As a child, Zlatan had a recurring nightmare of a gorilla coming down a hallway toward his […]
Career Success and Inequality
Career success is full of inequalities. We don’t all start at the same place, and we don’t all end up at the same place. Some climb the corporate ladder and attain significant wealth, while others struggle to make ends meet in jobs with nearly unlivable wages. So what determines who gains career success and who […]
Job Satisfaction: What Is a Dream Job, Anyway?
Finding a fulfilling career is no small matter. The average adult will work for about 90,000 hours, or one-third of their life. Most of us would prefer to spend that time doing our ideal job. We say we have the greatest job satisfaction when our work feels purposeful and significant. But what is a dream […]
How Imposter Syndrome Can Improve Performance
“I hope nobody finds out I’m really a fraud.” That’s an extremely common worry for high performers. Imposter syndrome haunts many of us despite (and sometimes because of) our successes. The three types of imposter syndrome all relate to anxiety. But the goal shouldn’t necessarily be to overcome it. Instead, we can benefit from it […]
How to Develop High-Potential Employees
Knowing how to develop high-potential employees starts with identifying them. A high potential is usually considered to be someone with the personality characteristics, experience, and readiness to step into senior leadership. So, how can organisations build an effective high-potential development program? Recently on The Science of Personality, Christopher J. Duffy, MBA, managing partner at Hogan Assessments, […]
3 Skills to Guide Employee Selection
Companies express their guiding principles most clearly during the employee selection process. For instance, employers that value the old adage of “not judging a book by its cover” tend to adopt equitable employee selection procedures. While the specifics of employee selection processes vary, using a universal employability framework will ensure that your organization takes a […]
Getting the Most Out of Your Job Interviews
Perhaps one of the most common tools to inform hiring decisions is the job interview. There are a few likely reasons for this. To start, job interviews have been around since the 1920s. Second, people typically want to meet the person that they could be working with to determine whether they might be right for […]
The Benefits of Leadership Development
Against the backdrop of the pandemic, the shift to remote work, the Great Resignation, increased demands for sustainability, digitisation, and more, organisations across industries are facing historic pressure to achieve their strategic objectives. To remain competitive, many are putting greater emphasis on the development of existing and emerging leaders. If your organisation doesn’t yet have […]
High-Stakes Hiring: The Cost of Bad Hires Can Be Fatal
A clip featuring comedian Chris Rock that went viral last year sums up the issue of high-stakes hiring. Skewering the “few bad apples” phrase often applied to policing in the United States, he riffs: “Bad apples? Some jobs can’t have bad apples. Some jobs, everybody gotta be good. Like … pilots! American Airlines can’t be like, […]
Pilot Personality: Decoding the Pilot Shortage
A pilot shortage is currently affecting the aviation industry—and more open jobs are on the horizon. Within just two years, the pilot shortage could range from 35,000 to 50,000 open jobs.1 Within two decades, approximately 650,000 new pilots will be needed to fill global vacancies.2 Using pilot personality data in talent acquisition and talent development is an essential and impactful first […]
