Featured Guest: Allison Howell, CEO of Hogan Assessments
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This is The Leadership Divide, a special series with Hogan Assessments in partnership with I Hate It Here!
Across four episodes, we’re saying the thing out loud: leadership often fails because companies pick and develop leaders based solely on vibes and tenure, then act SHOCKED when everyone’s miserable.
Today, I Hate It Here’s Hebba Youssef is joined by Allison Howell, CEO of Hogan Assessments, and they are not holding back!
Hebba and Allison get into why trust in leadership is in the gutter, why your favorite “visionary” CEO might actually just be loud, why wanting a manager with basic communication skills is somehow considered a big ask, and more.
00:00:00 — Intro
00:04:56 – What’s Shifted in Leadership Since 5 Years Ago?
00:07:27 – How the Erosion of Trust in Institutions Shows Up on a Regular Day at Work
00:11:39 – What Employees Are Asking for From a Leader, and Whether It’s Reasonable
00:14:26 – Why People End Up in Management Because They Were Good at a Job, Not Because They’re Good at Managing
00:18:21 – The “Dark Side”: What It Costs to Misread This Leadership Moment
00:21:54 – How AI Is Reshaping Trust, Judgment, and Decision-Making at Work
00:24:08 – The Less Catastrophic (but Still Bad) Version of Getting This Moment Wrong
00:28:33 – What Orgs Consistently Get Wrong About Selecting and Developing Leaders
00:30:20 – What It Would Look Like to Get Leadership Selection Right
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Hogan Assessments is the international leader in personality insights.
With the world’s largest database of personality research and decades’ worth of experience in psychometrics, Hogan produces valid, reliable personality assessments that measure everyday strengths, potential shortcomings, and values and motivators.
Hogan’s solutions empower organizations to hire the right people without bias, boost productivity, reduce turnover, promote diversity and inclusion, identify high-potential talent, develop leaders, and inspire employees to do their best.
To learn more, check them out at http://hogan.to/ihateithere
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