The Science of Personality Podcast

In this special, mini episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake sit down with Jayson Blair, Managing Partner at Goose Creek Consulting, to talk about succession planning.

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Dr. Jennifer Tackett, Professor and Director of Clinical Psychology at Northwestern University, and her colleague Dr. Haoqi Zhang, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Northwestern, to discuss their collaborative effort aimed at empowering the next generation of women leaders through the Northwestern Ro...

In this special, mini episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake sit down with Tyler Fezzey, MBA, to discuss the positives and negatives of competitiveness. Tyler is a former collegiate volleyball player and is currently a PhD student at the University of Alabama, so she was the perfect person to talk to about this topic.

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Blake reveals and revisits the top-five episodes of all time. Cheers!

In this special, mini episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake sit down with Joel DiGirolamo, VP of Research and Data Science at the International Coaching Federation, to discuss the use of coaching skills and taking them into all of the conversations within organizations.

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Dr. Robert Hogan, Founder & President of Hogan Assessments, to discuss Carl Jung's impact on the field of psychology. Dr. Hogan was recently on the podcast for a similar episode on Sigmund Freud and that sparked a discussion around Jung's contributions that we felt compelled to share with our li...

In this special, mini episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake sit down with Nikita Mikhailov, Chief Neuroticism Officer (yes, you read that correctly) at PsyPub, at the 2023 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology annual conference in Boston.

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake discuss the current events around the University of Colorado football program and its new coach, Deion Sanders. In his short time as coach, the program has seen a mass exodus of players, which Sanders welcomed from day one. But is his approach to change management an effective one?

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Dr. Robert Hogan, Founder & President of Hogan Assessments, to talk about the recent interest in popular media around Freudian theory and psychoanalysis.

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Dr. Peter Harms, Professor of Management at the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business, to talk about the Dark Triad. More specifically, they discuss some of the dark-side behaviors not covered by the Dark Triad. 

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Dr. Ted Hayes, a research psychologist in the northern Virginia area, to discuss the implications of using artificial intelligence in consulting psychology. This subject is of particular interest to Dr. Hayes and, as he likes to say, “AI is coming at us, we’re not going to it.” 

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake discuss the topic of leadership emergence vs. leadership effectiveness and the role personality plays in determining a) who becomes a leader and b) who can be effective in a leadership role.

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Zsolt Feher, Managing Director of Hogan's International Distributors Network and Solutions Partners Network, to discuss the topic of safety. Zsolt has a long history of working with organizations across the globe and a wide variety of industries to improve their safety culture, and the impact has been as...

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Dr. Chase Winterberg, a Talent Analytics Consultant on Hogan’s Data Science team, to discuss a new paper he and former podcast guest, Dr. Peter Harms, published on the use of personality assessment as part of the police selection process. Much of Chase’s work at Hogan is aimed to support law enforcement agenc...

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Dr. Olivia Atherton, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston, to discuss personality and goals. It’s no secret that the start of a new year is a time when people all over the globe are identifying and setting goals to achieve. But what role does personality play when it comes to the kin...

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake reveal their choices for the 2022 Derailers of the Year.

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Barry Roche, CEO and Founder of RSG Consulting, to talk about the role personality plays when it comes to strategic performance. Barry has spent the past 20 years building businesses from the ground up across a wide variety of sectors, including support services, armed maritime security, corporate intelligenc...

In this bonus episode of The Science of Personality Live -- "Dream Team: The Inner Workings of Teamwork," Ryne and Blake are joined by Jayson Blair, Managing Partner and Certified Life Coach at Goose Creek Consulting, to talk about what makes an effective team. This initially aired via Zoom on November 10, 2022, and the video version is available via the link below. https://www.hoganasse...

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Dr. Robert Hogan to talk about Elon Musk the person, his business background, and his leadership style.

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Dr. Georgi Yankov, a Senior Research Scientist at Development Dimensions International, to talk about the future of personality assessment. In this discussion, Georgi compares traditional assessments to new measures, and also addresses some of the looming legal challenges these new methods face in the coming...

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Dr. Larry Martinez, Associate Professor of Psychology at Portland State University, to discuss the topic of paranormal psychology. More specifically, we talk about scientific studies around telepathy and telekinesis,  the afterlife and extraterrestrial life, cults, and why people believe in things such as mon...

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Dr. Katherine Ramsland, Professor of Forensic Psychology and Assistant Provost at DeSales University, to discuss the personality of serial killers. Dr. Ramsland is one of the world’s leading experts in this arena, having appeared in more than 200 crime documentaries and consulted on numerous mainstream TV sho...

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Dr. Sophie von Stumm, Professor of Psychology at the University of York, to discuss the topic of educational outcomes and how personality plays a significant role, particularly in more advanced academic settings.

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake discuss a couple of the hot topics organizations are facing all over the globe: The Great Resignation and Quiet Quitting.

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Dr. Aiyesha Dey, Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, to discuss CEO behavior. Aiyesha has done a tremendous amount of research on this topic, much of it focused on examining CEOs’ personal lives and how their behavior outside of the workplace can be quite predictive of h...