Companies want proof that personality assessments predict job performance. The Hogan Business Outcome Highlights study provides nine case studies that demonstrate the relationship between personality and job performance. Highlights from the study include companies that achieved an $8 million ROI, 16% lower accident rates, $175,000 more in individual sales, and reduced turnover by 30%.
HoganPress is pleased to announce the March 2009 publication of The Perils of Accentuating the Positive, the latest book from Robert B. Kaiser of Kaplan Devries Inc.
This groundbreaking new work assembles a dream team of thought leaders in the field of management development to critically evaluate admonishments from ¡°gurus¡± to managers to stop dwelling on their weaknesses and instead focus on their strengths. The book includes ten chapters that draw on decades of research and years of experience coaching, consulting, and conducting development programs for managers and executives.
For more information, and to pre-order the book, please click here.
HoganPress New Release:
Personality: Theories and Applications
HoganPress is pleased to announce the second-edition release of Personality: Theories and Applications, by Robert Hogan and Robert Smither. From the back cover:
The major theories of personality contain important insights about human nature, but they are often unconnected with modern research. Personality: Theories and Applications bridges the gap between research-oriented books and traditional theory books by organizing each chapter around the specific topic that interested each of the major theorists. Designed for the first course in personality psychology, Personality: Theories and Applications combines a strong historical perspective with practical applications that largely concern the world of work.
For more information, and to order the book, please click here.
What is the Most Significant Change Coming for the HR Profession?
A column by Dr. Robert Hogan recently appeared in the "2009 Forecast" edition of Human Resources Executive. Dr. Hogan was asked to comment on what he sees as the most significant change affecting the HR community in the future.
By now, everyone is aware of the coming demographic tsunami which will be defined by the retirement of the baby boomer generation. On the one hand, this means that a lot of talent and institutional memory will walk out the doors. On the other hand, the replacement pool—composed of the young, the inexperienced, and the untried—will grow steadily smaller. The generic answer to dealing with this looming problem is called talent retention, and a number of talent retention models are available for commercial consumption.
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Something is Not Quite Right in the Woodshed
The Meta-Analytic Correlation between the Big Five Personality Constructs of Emotional Stability and Conscientiousness
Aunt Ada Doom is the infamous ¡°mad woman in the attic¡± of Stella Gibbons¡¯ comedy novel Cold Comfort Farm (1932); her mind became unhinged when as a child she saw ¡°something nasty in the woodshed¡±. The literary phrase may not totally capture the effect of the observations we make below, but something is ¡°not quite right¡± about the following meta-analytic results reported in a series of studies since 1993.
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Hogan Presentation Schedule for ATP Conference
Hogan will be well-represented at ATP's upcoming "Innovations in Testing" conference, February 22-25 in Palm Springs, CA. Topics and presenters from Hogan include:
• Moving Beyond the Ropes Course: Using Assessments for Team Development
Presented by Jamie Bomer and Jarrett Shalhoop
• Technology, Assessments and Globalization: TAG You¡¯re It
Presented by Jamie Bomer and Jarrett Shalhoop
• Global Assessment Challenges: Case Studies and Lessons Learned
Presented by Jamie Bomer and Jarrett Shalhoop
• Recycling Applicants: Using Multi-Job Fit Assessment Profiles to Leverage Your Applicant Pool
Presented by Jamie Bomer and Craig Haas
• Flawed Leadership: Is it Pressure or Personality?
Presented by Ryan Ross
• Two for One: Leveraging Assessment Data for Employee Selection and Development
Presented by Craig Haas
For more information on ATP's"Innovations in Testing" conference, please click here.
Upcoming Hogan Certification Workshop
Hogan Advanced Workshops: Using the Leadership Forecast Series for Development and for Team Building
Workshop Location: Georgia Tech Global Learning Center, Atlanta, GA
Date: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 & Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $2,000 (US)
As a prerequisite for the Hogan Advanced Workshops, participants must have successfully completed the Hogan Assessment Certification Workshop. Take advantage of our promotional pricing ($390 savings already reflected in the cost above) by registering for both advanced workshops. Join us for these unique workshops, where the participants and facilitators will be experienced users of Hogan inventories and will bring knowledge to bear on the challenges associated with individual development and issues associated with team building.
A variety of Hogan Assessment Certification Workshops are available throughout the year. Please click here for more information.
Hogan: Out about and in the News
Dr. Robert Hogan will traveling to Hong Kong March 22-28, to be an external advisor/examiner of the graduate program in I/O psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. While abroad, Dr. Hogan will give a public lecture for the Hong Kong Psychological Society on March 26.