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Leadership Personality

Here comes a recent video from Hogan Assessments (produced by  thesignalfactory.com) on ‘The Science of Personality‘. It introduces a handful of important aspects:

  1. Getting Along vs. Getting Ahead (vs. Finding Meaning – the main motives of people are related to groups, hierarchies, meaning)
  2. a) Group Dynamics (competition within and against groups produces leadership as a group resource)
    b) Leadership Theories (Great Man, Style Leadership, Situational Leadership, Servant Leadership)
    c) What Makes a Great Leader (personality drives leadership drives group work drives organizational effectiveness)
  3. a) The Rise of Psychological Assessment (Sigmund Freud)
    b) Identity vs. Reputation (Max Simoneit created the first assessment center)
    c) Assessment Comes to the U.S. (Henry Murry, Donald MacKinnan, William Donovan brought up the big five)
  4. a) The Five Factor Model (Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism)
    b) Measuring Traits vs. Predicting Performance (outcome orientation)
    c) The Dark Side (how over-used strengths can backfire)
    d) The Bright Side (e.g. Ulysses S. Grant leading from the front)
  5. A New Way to Think (can we change our personality? – Are we “plastic” or “plaster”?)

Enjoy a diverting 40min video which reviews the history and state of the art in personality research and practice – and so well done!

Featuring some core figures from Hogan Assessments, Psychological Consultancy Ltd, and from leading psychology faculty:

Robert Hogan PhD, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic PhD, Rodney Warrenfeltz PhD, Michael White, Prof. Adrian Furnham, Prof. W. Warner Burke, Erica M. Rivera PsyD, Prof. Michael N. Bazigos, Geoff Trickey, Seymour Adler PhD, Prof. Nigel Nicholson, Gillian Hyde