Good leadership is critical for business success. Yet, few people agree on what constitutes good leadership. In this video, Dr. Robert Hogan outlines the four characteristics of good leaders.

Hogan’s global network empowers us to provide assessments on six continents, in 43 languages and 56 countries. Hogan partner Peter Berry Consultancy discusses our position in the global HR market.

Ryan Ross and Jocelyn Hays will present at the 2013 Innovations in Testing Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, February 3-6. The conference fosters innovation by showcasing the latest technologies and encouraging relationships among the diverse group of attendees.

Innovations in Leadership Assessment: Research, Instrumentation, and Technology
This session will explore innovations in leadership assessment from several standpoints including: technology innovations that have provided accessible and affordable leadership assessment, research of evidence-based assessment practice opportunities leveraging longitudinal needs analyses and validation results, and a review of trends in leadership derailment and impacts on organizational effectiveness.
Ryan Ross, Vice President of Hogan Global Alliances 

Developing Model Request for Proposal (RFP) Guidelines for the Assessment Industry
This panel discussion will feature perspectives from both assessment providers and firms that use assessments regarding the RFP process, how it can be standardized, and how we might move forward with developing appropriate process guidelines.Innovations in Leadership Assessment: Research, Instrumentation, and Technology.

Pre-Employment Assessments: Expanding the Scope beyond Employee Selection
This session will explore the use of assessments for purposes beyond employee selection and audiences beyond job candidates and incumbents. 
Jocelyn Hays, Hogan Consultant 

Hogan’s scientific foundation and commitment to research distinguishes us from the competition. Each year, Hogan and our affiliates publish works that contribute to the knowledge and development of the Hogan assessments and the field of personality and psychology. These publications build the Hogan brand and allow us to better serve our clients worldwide.

Hogan employees work to promote our brand through publishing in well-known academic outlets and presenting at professional conferences. Also, we leverage the Hogan Academic Network, a group of researchers, professors, and students across the globe, to disseminate Hogan-related research through theses, dissertations, and peer-reviewed journals.

Be sure to check out this past year’s Hogan-related publications and presentations. Make sure you click through to access our white papers and ebooks!

Perfectionists have plenty of qualities that make them assets to any organization. However, the same attributes that can be strengths in most situations can be disruptive when an individual is overwhelmed or facing increased stress. Understanding that perfectionism is a complex characteristic that can lead to both positive and negative outcomes in the workplace is a crucial step in managing a perfectionist’s performance. 

In this article, Ryan Ross, vice president of Global Alliances at Hogan, outlines the three types of perfectionists, how perfectionists are viewed by others in the organization, and how to manage them. 

What makes a great job? Is it better benefits, flexible hours, or the promise of promotion? Maybe it’s all about the money. Hogan asked nearly 1,000 professionals to tell us about their ideal job. Here’s what they said.

Drs. Joyce and Robert Hogan were among the first voices to advocate personality assessment as a valid predictor of workplace performance. Twenty-five years later, Hogan is the leading provider of personality assessments.

This is our story.

Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is now vice president of research and innovation at Hogan. In this role, he will work to ensure that we remain on the cutting edge of the personality assessment industry by directing new product research and driving continuous innovation.

"We are excited to welcome Dr. Chamorro-Premuzic to the team," said Dr. Robert Hogan, founder and president of Hogan. "We have hired one of the most talented and productive young personality psychologists working today."

Widely recognized as an international authority on personality and psychometrics, Chamorro-Premuzic has published six books and more than 100 scientific papers. He also received recognition and awards from the American Psychological Association and the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences.

Chamorro-Premuzic frequently appears in the media to offer psychological expertise on a wide range of topics. He has an extensive broadcasting career, including more than 200 media appearances, including more than 70 television appearances for networks such as the BBC, CNN and Sky News. He is also a regular keynote speaker for the Institute of Economic Affairs and an Associate to Harvard's Entrepreneurial Finance Lab.

In addition to his new role, Chamorro-Premuzic is currently Professor of Business Psychology at University College London (UCL), where he researches, teaches and consults on a variety of issues concerning talent management and the psychology of human capital. He also served as visiting professor at New York University and the London School of Economics.

"I am excited about joining the Hogan team," said Chamorro-Premuzic. "Together, we will continue Hogan's legacy of setting the highest standards in personality assessment around the world."

We are fast becoming a nation of narcissists, at least according to a recent study by psychologists Jean Twenge and W. Keith Campbell. In their book “Living in the Age of Entitlement,” the two present findings from a survey of more than 37,000 college students showing that narcissistic personality traits rose as fast as obesity from the 1980s to the present.

Why?

The driving force behind narcissistic behavior is an individual’s belief that he or she is unique or exceptional in some way. 

The origins of this attitude can often be traced to adult caretakers providing a child continuous positive feedback without the boundaries and discipline necessary for learning their own and others’ limits.

Sometimes an individual’s history of exclusion, rejection, and/or illness can create a belief in his or her own exceptionality – in other words, the individual is exceptional by the virtue of having experienced challenging circumstances. These individuals’ public self-confidence masks private self-doubt; however, their negative feelings may be so deeply buried that they are inaccessible.

Although some criticize Twenge and Campbell’s study as little more than kids-these-days moralizing, just the thought of an influx of arrogant, self-promoting members of generations Y (Millennials) and Z (Digital Natives) keeps many managers and HR practitioners up at night.

But what if narcissism wasn’t necessarily a bad thing? To find out more, download our ebook The Upside of Narcissism in the Workplace. 

Psychologist Dr. Robert Hogan, an international authority on personality assessment and leadership, contends that great leadership stems from the skills and personality of the leader, rather than the position itself. Hogan’s personality assessments are used by more than half of the Fortune 500 and his influence is felt in boardrooms around the world. While he is optimistic that organizations can improve leadership and operational effectiveness, he is highly critical of how leadership assessment and succession planning are carried out in the public and private organizations today. Find out more in our Leadership Myths & Truths Q&A.