Potential to Performance
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Melvyn Payne, Commercial Director at Advanced People Strategies out of the UK, to talk about potential to performance. The word potential gets thrown around a lot in HR and talent management circles, but potential on its own really means nothing if it doesn’t translate to performance. As the commercial director of one of Hogan’s top international distributors at APS, few people in the world of Hogan know more about this topic than Melvyn.
The Myth of Authenticity
In the latest the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake talk about authenticity. We’ve all heard the saying before: “Be your authentic self.” In fact, common wisdom for years has suggested that authenticity is a good thing, and few have doubted the merits of that “wisdom.” But what if we were to tell you this might actually be the opposite and could actually hurt your career? Ryne and Blake address that and so much more in this episode.
Live from SIOP 2025: Part Three
In this special episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake interview guests in person at the 2025 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Conference in Denver. Featured guests include:
– Rob Kaiser, President, Kaiser Leadership Solutions
o Topic: Using Hogan in private equity
– Ellen Lovell, PhD, Principal Workforce Transformation Consultant, Perceptyx
o Topic: Trends in organizational wellbeing
– Jessie McClure, Senior Consultant, Hogan Assessments
o Topic: Trends in organizational wellbeing
– Rebecca Feder, Principal Consultant, Princeton HR Insight
o Topic: Should there be regulations in executive coaching?
– Emilie Seyfang, Consultant, Hogan Assessments
o Topic: Should there be regulations in executive coaching?
What Activates Your Dark Side?
In that latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Jackie Sahm, Hogan’s Vice President of Integrated Solutions, to talk about what activates your dark side. With Jackie being one of the world’s foremost experts in interpreting Hogan scales and facilitating Hogan feedback sessions, not to mention her previous role as a consultant for numerous Fortune 500 companies and Hogan’s Director of Global Learning, she’s the perfect guest to explore this aspect of the dark side.
Live from SIOP 2025: Part Two
In this special episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake interview guests in person at the 2025 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Conference in Denver. Featured guests include:
– Ty Fezzey, PhD Student, University of Alabama
o Topic: Competitiveness
– Bradley Brummel, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of Houston
o Topic: Leader identity
– Pradnya Parasher, PhD, Managing Director, ThreeFish Consulting
o Topic: Leadership emergence in India
– Georgi Yankov, PhD, Principal Research Scientist, Development Dimensions International
o Topic: Personality of robots