Talent Development
Hogan Development Sessions: Managing Your Dark Side
The Hogan Development Survey (HDS) identifies the personality-based risks that can derail careers and damage relationships — often the same traits that make someone successful. Our structured development sessions help leaders recognize and manage these risks.
The derailer paradox
The behaviors that derail senior leaders are often the same behaviors that got them promoted. Confidence that tips into arrogance. Meticulousness that becomes micromanagement. Charm that masks a lack of follow-through. These patterns are deeply ingrained and hard to see in oneself.
Hogan Development Sessions give leaders a structured, safe environment to confront their derailers with objective data — and develop concrete strategies to manage them before they cause damage.
What a development session involves
A focused, facilitated process built around the HDS instrument.
HDS Assessment
The 168-item HDS measures 11 personality-based risk factors validated against career derailment research.
Personalized Report Review
A consultant walks through the participant's HDS profile in detail, explaining what each scale means in practice.
Situational Triggers
We identify the specific situations and stressors most likely to activate each participant's derailers.
Management Strategies
Each session produces a set of concrete, behavioral strategies for managing identified risks in daily work.
Manager Integration
Optional session with the participant's manager to discuss results and align on development priorities.
Help your leaders manage their blind spots
Contact us to discuss a Hogan Development Session program for your team or organization.
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