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Imposter Syndrome
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Michael Sanger, Director of Assessment Solutions for Leadership Development Worldwide, to talk about Imposter Syndrome. What is it? Are there any benefits to it? Is it experienced differently across genders? We cover those questions and so much more in this fun, new episode.
High Potentials
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Christopher J. Duffy, Hogan Assessments managing partner, to talk about high potentials. At the core of this topic are three very important and consequential questions. First, what is a high-potential employee? Second, what is the best way to identify them? And third, how should organizations go about developing them?
The Importance of Values
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, we’re celebrating our special 100th episode with the legend himself, Dr. Robert Hogan, founder and president of Hogan Assessments, to discuss the importance of values in our personal and professional lives. In fact, Dr. Hogan considers values to be so important that he dedicated years of research just to develop an assessment to measure them. We hope you enjoy this milestone episode. Cheers, everybody.
Meta Competencies of Leadership
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Peter Berry, managing director of Peter Berry Consultancy, to talk about the meta competencies of leadership he’s discovered among senior leaders with strong 360 outcomes. When it comes to leadership 360 evaluations, you won’t find many with more knowledge than Peter as he leverages his decades of experience in working with leaders and combines that with the power of Hogan’s assessments to create a truly powerful and enlightening experience.
Learn more about the meta competencies of leadership here.
Getting Assessment Advice from ChatGPT
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake discuss a hot topic that is sure to impact the assessment industry: people seeking assessment advice from ChatGPT. It’s widely known by now that AI and large language models like Chat GPT have a wide range of useful applications, such as drafting emails, writing essays, summarizing information, and creating efficiencies in the workplace. But how good are these tools at giving people advice on how to respond to items on a personality assessment?
An Inside Look at Hogan Feedback
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Kelsey Klausing, Hogan’s director of solutions partners, to take an inside look at delivering feedback for Hogan’s assessments. To do so, Kelsey simulates a Hogan feedback session with Blake as the subject using his actual Hogan results.
What Makes Hogan Different?
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake talk about what makes Hogan different from other assessments. In an industry that has been flooded with new products, technologies, and assessments hitting the market on what seems like a daily basis, not all providers are created equal.
The Psychology of Sleep
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Zlatan Krizan, PhD, a professor of psychology at Iowa State University, to talk about the psychology of sleep and its relation to personality. More specifically, we discuss how lost sleep and circadian misalignment impact our thoughts and behaviors.
Investor Personality
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by world-renowned psychologist, Dr. Adrian Furnham, to talk about how personality impacts the stock market, particularly when it comes to investment decisions and also the characteristics of those who choose to participate and those who do not.
A New Frontier: The Dark Side of the Entrepreneurial Economy
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Peter Harms, PhD, professor of management at the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business, to talk about the likely convergence of two societal trends. The first trend is that the global workforce is increasingly shifting to an entrepreneurial economy with more independence and autonomy. The second is the increase in mental health issues and personality disorders. The outcome of this convergence is currently unknown, but a recent paper authored by Peter and his colleagues offers a deeper look at what this might look like, which we discuss in this episode.
Read the full paper here.