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Ethical Considerations in Workplace Assessments

Posted April 4, 2023 by Erin Robinson

A person wearing glasses and a white blouse with a periwinkle blazer, who has curly dark hair and medium skin, rests one hand on her face and holds a document in the other. Her elbows are resting on the table as she reviews the document. A MacBook is open on the table in front of her. Behind her is a pale-colored contemporary wood-paneled wall. The image accompanies a blog about ethical considerations in workplace assessments. The implication is that the person in the photo is an IO psychologist or talent management professional who values ethics in workplace assessments.

Why are ethics in workplace assessments so important? For starters, ethical considerations are a matter of trust, honesty, and respect. Learn more here.

Hogan to Present at SIOP 2023

Posted April 4, 2023 by Erin Robinson

Hogan is heading to SIOP 2023, where many employees will present on the latest in industrial-organizational psychology and personality. Learn where to find us at the conference.

AI in Psychology

Posted March 27, 2023 by Erin Robinson

An illustration of a brain divided into two halves. One half is black with red and white circles in it, and the other half is gray with black, red, and white parentheses in it. The gray half sits atop a black background with gray parentheses, and the black half sits atop a gray background with white lines. The illustration accompanies a blog post about AI in psychology.

You can’t avoid AI in psychology, coaching, or consulting, but you can learn to partner with it. Find out how.

Personality and Goals

Posted January 31, 2023 by Hogan Assessments

In this photo, a person with long, curly red hair and pale skin, who is wearing a loose white blouse and beaded jewelry, pins a photograph of a fashion model to a cork bulletin board. The board features various fashion sketches, photographs, and pages torn from magazines. It appears to be a vision board for goal setting. The room behind the person is out of focus, but a potted plant and a large mirror are visible against a white wall in the background. This photo accompanies a blog post about the relationship between personality and life goals.

People with certain personality characteristics tend to place more importance on certain life goals. Find out how goal setting and personality are linked.

How to Resign: Lessons from Christine Lambrecht and Jacinda Ardern

Posted January 31, 2023 by Kristina Schulz

In this photograph, a person with tan-painted fingernails holds a yellow cardboard file box filled with office supplies. Only the person’s midbody is in the frame, wearing a long-sleeved white shirt and black slacks. The box is rested on the edge of a dark wood table. The box contents include writing utensils in a mesh cup, a calculator, notebooks, folders, and a potted plant. Next to the table is a large potted plant in front of a window covered with blinds. Atop the table is an envelope that presumably contains a resignation letter. The photo accompanies a blog post about how to resign and how not to resign, based on the approaches to resignation taken by Christine Lambrecht and Jacinda Ardern. The blog post explains how the two politicians’ ways of resigning differed in terms of personality and strategic self-awareness.

The recent resignations of politicians Christine Lambrecht and Jacinda Ardern hold lessons about how to resign—and about personality and reputation. Learn more here.

Sam Bankman-Fried and the Psychology of Entrepreneurship

Posted January 17, 2023 by Hogan Assessments

A photograph of Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Bankman-Fried is seated wide-legged in front of a window through which skyscrapers can be seen. A blue banner, as used for an interview, is behind him. SBF gazes in the direction of the camera, and his hands are folded in his lap. He is a 28-year-old white man with unkempt, dark, curly hair. He is wearing a baggy black T-shirt and khaki cargo shorts. The photo accompanies a blog post about the personality of entrepreneurs and Bankman-Fried’s role in a particular kind of entrepreneurial culture.

You may know him as the multibillionaire founder of FTX, but who is Sam Bankman-Fried, really? Our data on the personality of entrepreneurs holds some answers.

The 2022 Derailers of the Year

Posted January 3, 2023 by Erin Robinson

Multicolored lanterns glow against a dark background in a low-angle photograph, symbolizing the new year. The photo accompanies a blog post about the 2022 derailers of the year.

From Will Smith to Elon Musk, the year saw big events, big personalities—and big derailers. Welcome to the 2022 derailers of the year.

The Future of Personality Assessment

Posted November 21, 2022 by Hogan Assessments

A person with long red hair faces a computer monitor and laptop displaying software data. The photo’s focal point is the data on the monitor, and its perspective is from behind the person’s left shoulder. The person is at the right of the frame, and their face is not visible. An out-of-focus office environment is visible in the background. The photo serves to illustrate a blog about how the future of personality assessment should consider the merits of traditional personality assessments along with the merits of personality assessment methods driven by AI and machine learning.

Measuring personality is complex. How can we retain what is valuable in traditional methods of personality assessment while leveraging the technology of the future, such as AI and machine learning?

World Cup Predictions: From “Oracle” Animals to Personality

Posted November 18, 2022 by Hogan Assessments

A soccer ball or football printed with various national flags bounces off of a goal net in a soccer/football stadium. The image illustrates a blog about the upcoming FIFA World Cup soccer/football games and how personality assessments can help predict the performance of professional athletes.

The World Cup is almost here. We look to so-called “oracle” animals and personality assessment for clues about who will win.

Paranormal Psychology

Posted October 25, 2022 by Hogan Assessments

Paranormal psychology refers to anything unexplainable with current scientific knowledge. Learn about why people hunt witches and tell monster stories.

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