May 19, 2015
Speaker: Dr. Bob Hogan
Topic: The Psychology of Good Judgment
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With nearly 30 years of experience, Hogan Assessments is the global leader in providing comprehensive, research-based personality assessment and consulting. Grounded in decades of science, Hogan helps businesses dramatically reduce turnover and increase productivity by hiring the right people, developing key talent and evaluating leadership potential. Hogan assessments are available in 57 countries and 46 languages, and more than half of all Fortune 500 companies have used Hogan products.
Dr. Hogan is an international authority on personality assessment, leadership, and organizational effectiveness. His theory-based work in personality measurement has contributed to the development of socioanalytic theory, which maintains that the core of personality is based on evolutionary adaptations. He is widely credited with demonstrating how personality factors influence organizational effectiveness in a variety of areas, ranging from organizational climate and leadership to selection and effective team performance.
As an iconoclastic observer of American psychology, Dr. Hogan maintains that personality is best examined from the perspective of the observer (reputation) rather than the actor (a person’s identity). As a consequence, he asserts that personality tools should be evaluated in terms of how well reputations (defined by personality tests) predict behavior on the job and in relationships.
Dr. Hogan is the author of more than 300 journal articles, chapters and books including Personality and the Fate of Organizations (2006). His recent author, co-author, and editing credits also include: The Hogan Guide (2007), Personality: Theories and Applications (2008), The Handbook of Personality Psychology (1997), The Perils of Accentuating the Positive (2009), the Hogan Personality Inventory, the Hogan Development Survey, the Motives Values and Preferences Inventory, and the Hogan Business Reasoning Inventory.
Dr. Hogan received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in personality assessment. He served as McFarlin Professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at The University of Tulsa for 17 years. Prior to that, Dr. Hogan was professor of Psychology and Social Relations at The Johns Hopkins University. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
It’s clear that some people have better Judgment than others. But what sets them apart? Although most people would say intelligence, that doesn’t account for the abundance of very smart people who continually make very bad decisions.
Join Dr. Robert Hogan, founder and president of Hogan Assessment Systems, for an in-depth discussion on the concept of Judgment and its effects on decision-making, post-decision reactions, and organizational effectiveness.
Dr. Hogan has been shaking up the psychological community since the 1960s. “I have spent my career defending the study of personality against a seemingly endless supply of academic critics.” The first psychologist to demonstrate the link between personality and organizational effectiveness, Dr. Hogan and his wife Joyce founded Hogan in 1987. Today, he is the leading authority on personality assessment and leadership. “Personality is real and determines the careers of individuals and the fate of organizations.”