January 2007

www.hoganassessments.com

:: A Note To Our Readers

This H-newsletter brings you news about Hogan Assessment Systems and its staff, including the announcements that the company has launched a redesigned Web site, hired a top psychometrics expert, and created a new workshop on the use of the Leadership Forecast Series for development. We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please e-mail us at webmaster@hoganassessments.com.

:: Top Psychometrics Expert Joins Hogan Assessment Systems

Paul Barrett, a psychometrician with 25 years of experience, including research on personality assessment at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, has joined Hogan Assessment Systems. To read more, click here.

:: New Web Site Launched

A new look and richer content are some of the features of the redesigned Web site launched Jan. 8 by Hogan Assessment Systems. The Web site has the same address -- www.hoganassessments.com -- and key areas are retained, but it has a new and distinctive layout and improved functionality.

New content includes a section for commentary by Robert Hogan, including an e-mail link to allow readers to respond directly to Dr. Hogan. The new design includes images of Auguste Rodin's sculpture, "The Thinker," depicting a man absorbed in intense thought. Dr. Hogan says the bronze sculpture reflects the pursuit of self-knowledge. Other features include a newsroom and a page listing nearly 60 documents -- brochures, reports, research articles -- that can be easily downloaded at no cost.

:: HAS Conducts New Workshop on Use of Leadership Forecast Series

The first "Hogan Advanced Workshop: Using the Leadership Forecast Series for Development," was held Nov. 14 in Jacksonville, Florida. To read more, click here.

:: Certification Workshop To Be Held Feb 20-21 in Atlanta

A workshop for participants to learn to administer, interpret and implement three assessments developed by Hogan Assessment Systems is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 20 and 21, at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The certification workshop will provide a comprehensive tutorial on the Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI); Hogan Development Survey (HDS); and Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory (MVPI).

The workshop is approved for 13 recertification credit hours through the Human Resource Certification Institute and for 8 American Psychological Association continuing education credits. The next workshop of this type is scheduled for May 8-9 in the same location. For more information or to register, click here, call (800) 756-0632, or send an e-mail to sales@hoganassessments.com.

:: Senior Consultant Elected to Position with Association of Test Publishers

Ryan Ross, senior consultant with Hogan Assessment Systems, has been elected to a position with the Association of Test Publishers. To read more, click here.

:: HAS To Attend Association of Test Publishers Conference Feb. 5-7

Two consultants with Hogan Assessment Systems will speak at the Association of Test Publishers' conference Feb. 5-7 at the Westin Mission Hills Resort in Palm Springs, Calif. HAS representatives will be present at the company's exhibition booth. Among those representing HAS will be Ryan Ross, HAS director of strategic alliances, and Jamie Bomer, HAS consultant. They will take part in a discussion at 11:15 a.m. Feb. 7 titled "Establishing Cutoff Scores: Reflecting and Capitalizing on Research and Real-world Outcomes."

The conference, "Innovations in Testing 2007," is the association's eighth annual industry conference. The association says the event will include workshops, general sessions and up to 60 breakout sessions. For more information on the ATP conference, click here.

:: FYI: NBC Airs Report on Pilot Training Program Designed with HAS Expertise

A five-minute story on NBC's "Today" show Dec. 11 featured the hands-on training of the Federal Flight Deck Officer program, a U.S. government program designed and implemented with the help of Hogan Assessment Systems. Hogan psychologists helped the Transportation Security Administration develop the tests used to screen pilot applicants and developed parts of the pilots' week-long training program. To read an article about the program and the role played by HAS, click here.

:: HAS Experts Speak at Forums in U.S. and U.K.

Leaders of Hogan Assessment Systems have spoken recently at events in Tulsa, Okla., New York and London.

• Robert Hogan, HAS president, spoke at a seminar Jan. 10 in London titled "Psychological Profiling for Security and Uniformed Services." The invitation-only seminar provided insights from leading authorities in the psychological profiling of job candidates in security and uniformed services. Topics included principles of personality profiling for selection and development.
• Jared Lock, director of consulting services, spoke Dec. 19 at a meeting of the Tulsa Area Human Resources Association. His presentation was titled "Selection Instruments - How To Select and What They Do."
• On Dec. 12, Robert Hogan was one of four featured speakers at a meeting in New York City of the New York chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. The program was titled "Are Directors Tone Deaf?" and the panel examined governance reform and how impressions of management's behavior and its standards of ethical and business conduct can shape shareholder opinions as much or more than legal and technical compliance.