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What Makes Leaders Successful? How Personality Drives Results
What drives truly effective leadership? Our latest article explores how personality shapes business results. Learn how the Hogan Leadership Framework...
How to Create a Coaching Culture
A coaching culture is a workplace environment where coaching principles are deeply ingrained into the organization’s values. Learn how to create one.
Music and Psychology
The latest research reveals deep connections between music and psychology. Learn about musical preference, personality, and the impact of...
Workplace TikTok Trends
Acting your wage, task masking, quiet quitting, and other viral workplace TikTok trends have people talking about counterproductive work behaviors....
How Executive Assessment Reveals Organizational Culture
Executive selection processes often overlook a critical factor: values and motivations. But overlooking these can have critical consequences for...
The Dark Side of Leadership
The dark side of leadership can lead to ruin. The same strengths that help executives win big can also cause them and their organizations to lose big.
Is Your Succession Planning Strategy Equitable?
Developing an equitable succession planning strategy can be challenging. Four Hogan coaches explain succession planning best practices.
From Potential to Performance
Effective talent strategy focuses on converting potential to performance. Learn about how personality assessment supports the entire employee...
Why Authenticity at Work Will Derail Your Career
Authenticity at work might be sabotaging your career. Learn how strategic self-awareness, not authenticity, drives professional success.
How Your Greatest Strength Can Become Your Greatest Weakness
What is your greatest weakness? It might actually be your greatest strength, just overused. Learn how to manage the dark side of personality.
What Activates Your Dark Side?
Stress and pressure can activate your dark side. But that’s not all there is to it. Read about how to identify and manage derailing behavior.