Human Resources Surveys, Tests, and Assessments

Professional Certification for Hogan Personality Inventory

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:02:57 -0500

Next Session: September 12, 2008 No one can predict the future performance of a new hire, but we have found that employers who use personality tests from Hogan Assessments take a lot of the guesswork...

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Low Employee Survey Ratings Are Sometimes "Normal"

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:45:02 -0500

Trying to define a "normal" workplace is as difficult and unpredictable as describing a "normal" family, but we've learned there are average or predictable responses to certain questions or groups of...

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Nonprofit Leaders More Skilled than Corporate Counterparts

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:03:31 -0500

Nonprofit Leaders Rate Higher in 360 Feedback Never assume anything. It’s an old warning—and one that proved true again when we studied leaders of nonprofit organizations in partnership with...

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Fast Track to Intepreting Personality Tests

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:58:45 -0500

Free of Charge for Certified Users of Hogan Assessments We were recently pleased to get a new tool to help interpret Hogan Personality Inventory reports. Called the "Dyad" Training Tool, it allows...

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Fun at Work … a Big Predictor of Job Satisfaction

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:40:57 -0500

Over the past five years, we’ve had almost 100,000 people complete the short version of the Full Engagement Profile, a work/life balance and stress management measurement. Lately, we’ve been looking...

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Success in Cross Cultural Business Settings

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:47:54 -0600

Measure Your "Globe-Ability" The Global Assessment Inventory (GAI) measures ten attributes crucial for successful adaptation to multiple cultures, particularly in your work environment. GAI is now...

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Lack of Sleep Is the Culprit, Say Survey Respondents

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:21:57 -0600

Lack of sleep raids our energy stores, robs us of peak performance and destroys work/life balance, according to almost 100,000 individuals who completed the short version of the Full Engagement Self...

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Executive Leadership Competencies Mapped to "FYI" Competencies

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:08:13 -0600

Many organizational coaches and HR departments rely on Lombardo and Eichinger's For Your Improvement: A Guide for Development and Coaching. Performance Programs recently mapped the 4th edition of the...

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New Guide Helps Interpret Hogan Personality Tests

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:44:15 -0600

Personality tests from Hogan Assessments are very popular among our customers, so we were glad to learn of the new book called The Hogan Guide by Robert Hogan, Joyce Hogan, and Rodney Warrenfelz. New...

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Hogan Business Reasoning Inventory Updated

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:42:01 -0600

Most psychologists believe that cognitive ability is the best single predictor of occupational performance and other important developmental outcomes, including health, wealth, and life satisfaction....

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Work-Life Survey Shows Only Six Percent Reach Peak Personal Energy

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:31:56 -0600

Since March 2003, the Human Performance Institute, Orlando, FL, has sponsored the Full Engagement Self Profile , an online survey that helps individuals assess how well they are managing life energy...

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New Research: Employee Job Satisfaction Related to Individual Energy Management

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:37:28 -0600

Attention employers: want to increase employee job satisfaction? Free cafeteria food and flex time aren’t it. An employee’s job satisfaction may depend as much on the positive mental, spiritual,...

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New 360 Survey Measures Executive Emotional Intelligence

noreply@blogger.com (Kathleen Groll Connolly) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:21:37 -0500

Executive leadership skill differs from the leadership required at lower levels of organizations. First, executive leaders create and articulate visions. Second, executive leaders must lead people to...

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Faking It: Can Job Applicants 'Outsmart' Personality Tests?

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:26:03 -0500

"Faking" is probably the biggest apprehension employers have about using personality tests during the hiring process. These concerns are well founded. Job applicants are motivated to "pass the test"...

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Coaching Away the Blind Spots

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:31:23 -0500

by Kathleen Groll Connolly After more than fifteen years as an executive coach, Claudia M. Shelton had used all the well known assessment instruments. “With each one of them, the feedback recipient...

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Employee Engagement Study: Quality of Leadership as Important as Pay

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:33:47 -0500

by Kathleen Groll Connolly Leaders with a high versatility index have employee teams with high job commitment and engagement according to a unique industry-university collaborative study at the...

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E-mail, Surveys, and the State of the Inbox

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:23:16 -0500

by Kathleen Groll Connolly and Ken Waites A recent magazine headline declared "E-mail Is Dead." The article decried the deplorable state of the inbox and commented on the ways that large employers...

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When Is the Best Time for an Exit Interview?

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:23:44 -0500

by Paul M. Connolly We recently received this question: On your web site you state that it is best to do an exit interview survey with a former employee two to three months after the employee has...

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Can 360 Feedback Help Executives Develop Charisma?

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:29:17 -0500

By Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D. The following is from an address by Dr. Connolly at a convention of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). He explores the question of whether...

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Study: Usefulness of 360 Feedback Varies Across Cultures

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:24:38 -0500

Low "power distance" and individualism mark the cultures where 360 feedback seems to be most effective, reports a study recently published in the Academy of Management's Learning and Education (2007,...

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New Hogan Hiring Report Shows Candidate's Job Fit

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:25:13 -0500

Trial Available: Three Free Reports Until August 31 The Candidate Potential Report Series (CPR) joins the report options for the Hogan Assessment Systems product line. This hiring recommendation...

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New Coaching Tool Illuminates Your Blind Spots

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:25:37 -0500

by Kathleen Groll Connolly Clearing Away the Jargon After more than fifteen years as an executive coach, Claudia M. Shelton had used all the well known assessment instruments. “With each one of...

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Searching for Top Human Resource Web Sites

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:25:50 -0500

by Kathleen Groll Connolly One of the best and worst things about trying to make your company visible on the Web is the illusionary nature of the medium. The Web can make an organization look big...

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Research Shows Many Feel Blocked from Full Engagement by Outside Factors

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:26:08 -0500

What is the biggest obstacle to having more energy and being fully engaged at work? According to comments from the Full Engagement 360 Profile, nearly 30% of 5500 respondents believe the answer to...

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Patent Granted for Ground-Breaking Leadership Versatility Index 360 Feedback Tool

noreply@blogger.com (Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D.) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:26:24 -0500

In a highly unusual development in the Human Resources field, leadership consulting firm Kaplan DeVries Inc. has been awarded a patent for their 360 feedback tool, the Leadership Versatility Index...

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