This anguished remark came as a newly promoted pharmaceutical executive read through an assessment report detailing scathing feedback from his team and colleagues. Long known as an engaging leader who ...

“It may get uncomfortable,” Jackie Sahm, vice president of interactive solutions at Hogan Assessment Systems, tells me. We’re roughly 40 minutes into our nearly two-and-a-half-hour virtual meeting ...

There is a long history of examining the relationship of personality to leadership. In the early half of the 20th century, there was a great deal of interest in studying the personality traits ...

Here’s how leaders can unlock their team’s potential by understanding and leveraging personality types to align individual strengths with roles that foster productivity, collaboration and engagement.

A therapy client once told me she was hesitating to apply for a VP role that had opened at her company. “I’m an ISTJ,” she said. “I’m not leadership material.” She had taken a personality test offered ...

In my work leading talent assessments, one of the most frequent questions I get asked by organizations is, "What role does personality play in job success?" Whether I am conducting talent reviews for ...

Wonder why some people take charge, while others working quietly behind the scenes? The answer might lie in the 4 animal ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. During my youth, my parents taught me that what matters most in this world is what we do, not what people might think of us. However, as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Personality tests are often treated as tools for diagnosis or ...