Hogan Leadership Assessments
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The Hogan Leadership Assessment provides evidence-based insight into how an individual is likely to behave at work, how they may be perceived by others, what motivates them and which behaviours could become risks during periods of pressure.
Unlike assessments that focus only on how people describe themselves, Hogan provides an external, reputation-based view of personality. This helps leaders understand the difference between their intentions and the impact their behaviour may have on colleagues.
What does a Hogan Leadership Assessment examine?
The Hogan assessment suite considers three connected areas.
Everyday leadership behaviour
The Hogan Personality Inventory explores an individual’s typical workplace behaviour and the characteristics others are most likely to experience. It can provide insight into areas such as composure, ambition, sociability, interpersonal sensitivity, prudence, curiosity and approach to learning.
Potential leadership derailers
The Hogan Development Survey identifies behavioural tendencies that may become more visible under stress, fatigue, uncertainty or pressure.
These behaviours are not necessarily weaknesses in normal circumstances. However, when overused, they can affect judgement, relationships and performance.
Values and motivation
The Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory explores what drives and engages an individual. It helps leaders understand the environment, culture and responsibilities in which they are most likely to perform at their best.
Together, these assessments can help leaders:
- Understand their natural strengths.
- Identify potential blind spots.
- Recognise how others may experience their behaviour.
- Understand their motivations and preferred environment.
- Improve communication and relationships.
- Create focused development goals.
- Reduce the risk of leadership derailment.
- Make more informed career and leadership decisions.
The Hogan assessment materials describe these three elements as the leader’s everyday or “bright-side” personality, their potential “dark-side” derailers and the values that influence organisational fit and motivation.
Our Hogan assessment process
A Hogan Leadership Assessment programme may include:
- Initial consultation
A conversation to understand the leader’s role, responsibilities, objectives and development priorities. - Online Hogan assessment
The participant completes the relevant Hogan assessments online. - Expert interpretation
The results are analysed and translated into a practical leadership-development report. - Individual feedback session
A confidential one-to-one session explores the findings, their implications and areas for development. - Development planning
The participant identifies practical actions to strengthen their leadership effectiveness. - Ongoing coaching
Additional coaching can be provided to support behavioural change and continued development.
Hogan assessments for recruitment and succession
Hogan assessments can also support decisions relating to:
- Senior-level recruitment.
- Internal promotion.
- Succession planning.
- Leadership-potential assessment.
- Executive onboarding.
- Team restructuring.
- Organisational transformation.
The assessment should form part of a broader and considered decision-making process rather than be used as a standalone pass-or-fail test.
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Whether you are assessing an existing leader, considering a senior appointment or developing a wider leadership cohort, our team can create an assessment process tailored to your objectives.
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