This American Life: Personality Matters for Life Success
I recently listened to a “This American Life” podcast in which the host, Ira Glass, posed fundamental questions about what kids should learn in school and what really matters when it comes to success later in life.
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Leadership Lessons from the Founder of IBM
What is a Good Leader?
What is a good leader? Michael Scott, the former main character in NBC’s hit sitcom The Office, has an intertesting take.
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Meet the Loose Cannon
Popeye on Self-Awareness
The Importance of Adverse Impact
A recent article on ABC News’ website chronicles the story of a job seeker who is suing a potential employer for allegedly using personality assessments to support discriminatory hiring practices.
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Hogan Global Alliances & India
My colleague Kevin Meyer and I recently returned from a visit to India and our distributor there, Sierra Alta Consulting. Sierra Alta launched in 2010, and started working with us as a Hogan distributor in 2011. I can’t begin to say enough great things about their firm and the people working there.
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The Value of Values
Using Values Assessment to Create a More Engaged, More Productive Workforce
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The (Il)legality of Personality Assessment in Employee Selection
Not too long ago I was on a plane heading to another Hogan Road Show. I happened to be sitting next to an HR executive from a Fortune 50 company that is a Hogan client. She was embarking on a long journey to several company locations around the world to audit the use of psychometric assessments in their organization. As I explained in this article, many large organizations are faced with the same challenge of having disjointed and inconsistent assessment use in their ranks. Fostering consistency can yield great benefits for HR practices and talent analytics, therefore, I was happy to hear that her organization was taking these strides. However, what happened next I found troubling.
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