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Your Partner for HR Assessments

At PPI we are all about assessments. Assessment can lead to awareness, and awareness is the first step to implementing well-targeted actions that have an immediate positive impact on individual performance.

We are industrial psychologists and experts in questionnaire and report design, survey administration, report preparation and interpretation to achieve reliable, valid, actionable survey results. As authorized distributors and certification training providers for Hogan Assessment Systems we are highly experienced in helping organizations to be more effective in their own HR and development initiatives.

We support you in using these assessments properly and effectively. We provide ongoing interpretation support as well as ongoing learning communities and webinars to help you use assessments effectively. We are proud of our 98% customer satisfaction rating.

We work with many executive coaches, human resources professionals and management consultants, supporting their consulting assignments through information-gathering and analysis instruments.

Hundreds of organizations have guided their human resource management decisions by using us as their assessment and research partner. Our clients range from the world’s largest multinationals to small not-for-profit organizations. Strong management and capable leadership are needed in organizations of all sizes, and our assessments are designed to provide insight into how to perform at your best.

PPI is a proud member of the Association of Test Publishers.

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Paul Connolly,Ph.D.

Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D. founded Performance Programs, Inc. in 1987 to provide workplace surveys, personality tests, and executive assessments for organizations.

Dr. Connolly’s major expertise includes organizational measurement strategies, survey design and questionnaire development, 360-degree feedback, leadership assessment and leadership development. He has extensive training and experience in psychometrics. He co-authored many 360-feedback surveys with Dr. Clark Wilson, one of the originators of the 360-feedback concept. He has also facilitated the development of surveys with well-known sports performance psychologist Dr. Jim Loehr who founded the Human Performance Institute. He has worked to create assessments with many thought leaders in the Human Resources field.

Dr. Connolly is the author or co-author of seven books and many articles. He is a licensed psychologist and member of the Association for Psychological Science and Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He is a graduate of Holy Cross College and Fordham University, where he received his M.A. and Ph.D. in general psychology.

Kirsten Mosier M.A.

Kirsten’s passion for leadership effectiveness is reflected in her client work on leadership development programs, identifying high potentials, and Succession Planning programs. She also conducts coaching sessions with senior leaders and has delivered hundreds of feedback sessions based on assessment data. Kirsten is certified in multiple personality assessments but is partial the to Hogan.

Like many people, she has had a non-linear career and prior to joining PPI, she was the Finance Sector Lead for the North American Assessment Solutions practice at Aon and spent many years as a Senior Consultant at Hogan Assessment Systems where she was a Master Trainer for certification workshops in addition to her consulting duties. Kirsten has also taught classes in Psychology and I/O Psychology at the undergraduate and graduate level and began her professional career as a commercial property underwriter in the insurance industry.

Kirsten is a member of the NY Metro Association for Applied Psychologists as well as the Society of I/O Psychologists and has spoken in front of industry groups such as the International Coaching Federation, Association for Talent and Development, Society for Consulting Psychologists, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists Masters Consortium and Leading-Edge Consortium. She holds a M.A. in I/O Psychology from Hofstra University and a B.S. in Human Development from Cornell University.

Mike Sanger

Professionally rooted in HR and QA, Mike honed his consulting and coaching skills in Shanghai where he managed assessment programs for senior executive selection and development, gaining rich experience in interviewing, workshop facilitation, and applied research. He also championed commercial and operational achievements while managing the team responsible for growing the Hogan-branded business and developing new sales opportunities across Greater China.

Mike seamlessly translated these experiences into continued success at Hogan Assessment Systems, where he managed the Asia-Pacific distribution network and spearheaded high-visibility, cross-functional initiatives as a Senior Strategist. Examples include scaling assessment usage across multinational clients and organizing Hogan’s approach to cross-cultural application. Combining his mastery of Hogan Assessments with his earlier background, he further accelerated his client impact at a consulting role focused on executive assessment for specialized industries, including Life Sciences and Aerospace.

Mike has written for Harvard Business Review, Talent Quarterly, and APA Division 13’s Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research. You might also catch him presenting at industry events, having been invited to speak at conferences in the US and abroad, including ATD, Conference Board, IOP, SHRM and SIOP.