Thursday 30 May 2013

Hogan

We've been using the Hogan suite of psychometrics as part of one-to-one work we have been doing with education leaders.  It's a very powerful instrument which is a very effective way of setting the 'agenda' for coaching sessions.  Hogan works because not only does it show how a leader might be perceived in terms of their strengths it also shows what happens when they are under stress.  We all get stressed sometimes, but how we respond to stress can vary.  Hogan calls these behaviours 'derailers' and you can watch some very entertaining examples of people de-railing on their website: