Allison Howell, CEO of Hogan Assessments, says many organizations still rely on outdated ideas of leadership potential, often overvaluing visible confidence and dominance while overlooking traits like judgment, self-regulation, learning ability, and motivational alignment that better predict long-term leadership effectiveness.
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International Women’s Day: What’s Still Standing Between Women and Leadership
Research from Hogan Assessments shows that men and women in executive roles demonstrate similar personality traits linked to leadership effectiveness, challenging long-standing assumptions about who is best suited to lead.
Career Resilience: 6 Lessons On Ambition From Lindsey Vonn’s Comeback
Dr. Ryne Sherman told Forbes that elite athletes—and many professionals—often tie their identity to performance, making stepping away feel like losing who they are, not just what they do. Leaving a profession frequently requires finding and accepting a new identity, which is rarely easy.
Three Winter Olympian Lessons That Can Make (or Break) Your Career
Drawing lessons from Winter Olympians, Dr. Ryne Sherman explores how conscientiousness, mental preparation, and personality-driven performance can make (or break) your career.
What A Large Global Study Reveals About How Women Are Judged At Work
Allison Howell, CEO at Hogan Assessments, spoke with Forbes about how workplace environments shape perceptions of women.
Fourth Quarter, Legacy on the Line: Inside the Mind of a Super Bowl Quarterback
As the NFL season reaches its climax and the Super Bowl approaches, Hogan takes a closer look at the qualities that consistently define championship-level quarterbacks when the pressure is absolute.
Hogan Assessments Appoints Allison Howell as Chief Executive Officer
We are proud to announce the appointment of Allison Howell, MS, as our new CEO. Previously the vice president of market innovation, Howell brings extensive expertise in marketing, branding, product development, and global strategy to Hogan Assessments.
Developing Technical Experts into Leaders
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Kevin Mitchell, PhD, the Talent and Organizational Development Manager at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, to talk about developing technical experts into leaders.
Hogan Announces Capital H Consulting as New Distributor
Hogan is excited to announce Capital H Consulting as the newest member of the Hogan International Distributors Network, making them our second distributor for Spain.
How to surmount a ‘promotion plateau’
Dr. Ryne Sherman explains the most common signs of career stagnation and why so many professionals feel their growth has stalled.