Advanced People Strategies

Using Hogan Assessments to explore team culture and unconscious bias

I have always been fascinated with teams and their impact on organisations.  My most recent work in this area has been using Hogan Assessments; HPI, HDS and MVPI. Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI)A READMORE

The Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference

The Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference is the largest annual gathering of occupational psychologists in the UK. READMORE

Leaders around the world: Who comes out on top?

Authored by: Adrian Chew, Principal Consultant, Peter Berry Consultancy.Globalisation and the expansion of organisations across international borders present current and future leaders with a number READMORE

New quantitative research provides support for executive coaching being particularly useful for the leadership shadow

The modern executive can no longer leave their personality and emotions at home. He or she needs to draw on all of their senses, sensitivity and intuition; and have the courage to speak to others with full conviction READMORE

The F Word

Is it fair?  People at work are, quite naturally, highly sensitive to being treated fairly.  Complaints about lack of fairness are ubiquitous.  Performance Management Systems, Mergers and READMORE

Gender at Work

It is the courageous or misguided men that talk or write about sex differences at work. However much political correctness and the threat of litigation have reduced the quality and quantity of READMORE

Hogan UK Seminar - Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion have rightly become front of mind for Organisations and HR in recent times. Bias towards or against people is perhaps more conscious and impactful than ever before. Leaders READMORE

Diversity – Why leadership matters in moving from talk to action!

Intuitively we probably all know that diversity is a good thing. It is a current hot topic and most organisations are at least talking about what they currently do and don’t do. READMORE

Another Shade of the Dark Side: Derailing Due to Under-use of Behaviours

The dark side of personality concerns behaviours and attributes that derail people.  Many times, these behaviours are the overuse of key strengths.  While overuse of strengths is problematic, underuse of a behaviour or trait can be equally derailing. READMORE

Derailment! What does it mean and what’s the impact?

We probably all have an image of a train derailing. It is usually messy and can have lethal consequences. Well, people do pretty much the same thing, and the results can be equivalent! READMORE