This week, we continue our dive into these personality types by closely examining the personality profile of Overachievers. Find out more!
8 Personality Types: A Deeper Look at Congenials
The personality profile of Congenials make up approximately 17% of the working population. Find out more!
8 Personality Types: A Deeper Look at Proletarians
Proletarians are seen by their coworkers as respectful and trustworthy but not particularly motivated or ambitious. Find out why!
8 Personality Types: A Deeper Look at Marketers
We had eight Hogan consultants provide independent, written interpretations of the personality profile of Marketers. Find out more!
8 Personality Types: A Deeper Look at Rebels
This week at Hogan we take a deep look at the personality profile of Rebels. Find out more!
Engaging a Multi-Generational Workforce
8 Common Personality Types
When discussing personality, it’s common to hear people refer to themselves or others as “Type A” or “Type B.” Or, for those who have taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, acronyms like ISTJ or ENTP or INFP are so commonplace they frequently show up in online dating profiles.
At Hogan, we’ve historically steered away from labeling people as a certain “personality type” based on their assessment results. The primary reason for this is that personality trait scores lie on a continuum and dividing people into convenient buckets sacrifices precision. Further, even two people with highly similar personality profiles can be dramatically different from each other if they only differ on a single scale.
Read More »Leaders around the World: Who Comes out on Top?
How Personality Assessments Improve Safety at Work
Gaining the best and most suitable employees for your company is the key to success. Nowadays, companies are trying to hire the best of the best and are putting a lot of effort into new and exciting forms of recruiting. While a strong recruiting strategy provides only one major advantage for most companies, it is substantial for other companies.
Hiring the wrong employee for a job can inevitably lead to underperformance, which can cost millions and expose other employees to increased risk. Every year, companies within the EU lose billions of euros from accidents, injuries at work and other damages. In 2017, European companies lost more than € 476 billion, which was a staggering 3.3% of the European Union’s GDP.
It goes without saying that industries with higher levels of physical labor, such as construction, oil and gas, are at greatest risk from accidents at work and injuries. Companies working in security-conscious industries need to take additional measures to ensure that they hire the right people and create a safe environment for their employees.
Read More »Is Mental Toughness Part of Personality?
Do us a favor. Go to Google and search for the term “mental toughness.” Then click on “news” to see the latest news on mental toughness. We can almost guarantee that you will find an article published within the past three days. Doing this exercise on August 6, 2019 yielded the results on the right.
The point is, people – particularly sports coaches and athletes – talk about mental toughness as a key ingredient for success virtually all the time. Clearly, the concept of mental toughness is of wide interest and importance. But what is mental toughness exactly and how is it related to personality? A few years ago, we set out to investigate this question. Last week, our findings were published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences. In this post, we summarize the key results.