We examined 120 executives over a two year period and identified specific personality attributes that can inhibit success at Bank of America. The Leadership Forecast Challenge Report provides the assessment information necessary to coach new executives on these attributes.

Just a brief commemoration. The June 1994 American Psychologist article on leadership that you wrote arrived in my office on the same day that I was told by a customer that I needed to find something better than the CPI that I was using at the time. Gave you a call, and things have improved ever since. Doesn’t seem like 15 years. Thanks for all the opportunities I would never have seen without both of you. Maybe more importantly, I am realizing why I got into this business. I was a chemistry major, realizing that even as I was learning about the nature of things, it was not as interesting as learning about the nature of people. I was fully willing to admit that I did not understand people, their motives, habits, etc. That’s why every time I look at the scores on one of your instruments it is with a sense of wonder that I have an understanding of people’s most enduring qualities. That’s been a big part of the magic I have enjoyed with you.