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Drawing on recent research and science we examine the dark side of leadership.

Dr. Annette Towler

The dark side of leadership: How bad leaders can destroy organizations and undermine their followers

Leadership in organizations can often be dark and destructive. Utilizing a so-called trait approach is particularly helpful in understanding destructive leaders. Such leaders share common personality traits, notably including narcissism, hubris and Machiavellianism.

Evidence-based Leadership, Leadership, Personality, Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Trait based leadership, Dark traits

What is Machiavellianism and how to cope with it?

Dr. Annette Towler

Machiavellianism: What it is, how to recognize and cope with Machiavellians

Machiavellians are common in all kinds of settings. In this CQ Dossier you will learn how Machiavellianism works and what can be done to cope with it.

Dark traits, Machiavellianism, Personality

Personality strengths and weaknesses are an important management tool for professional development

Dr. Markus Nini

Personality strengths and weaknesses: What they are and how they impact your performance, life outcomes, and mental health

In this CQ Dossier we provide you with the foundation of personality strengths and weaknesses, and how to identify and use them in practice as means for professional development.

Personality, Personality test, NEO Personality Inventory

High-quality personality tests can be a good investment for professional development

Why taking a personality test helps your professional development

Taking a high-quality personality test can have a range of benefits for your professional development. It helps you to prepare for your next job interview, provides you the necessary insights to make...

NEO Personality Inventory, Personality, Personality test, Professional development

We show you how to select the right personality test and use it to boost your professional development

How to select the right personality test and use it to for professional development

There is a lot of information available on the web about the concept of personality, personality tests and personality development. This is not a big surprise considering the role personality plays...

Five Factor Model (FFM), Personality, Personality test, Professional development

This CQ Dossiers addresses job performance from an evidence-based management point of view.

Dr. Markus Nini

Job performance: Why task and contextual performance matter from an Evidence-based Management perspective

Job performance (sometimes also called work performance) is a widely used tool in management, however organizations rarely address what it really is, which dimensions it includes, and in which areas of work it becomes important.

Job performance, Contextual performance, Personality, Employee selection

Utilizing the science of personality in Evidence-Based Management

When we speak informally about an individual’s personality, we may be referring to any number of qualities, from their temperament to their sense of humor, even the kind of media they like. However,...

Behavioral complexity, Dark traits, Five Factor Model (FFM), Job performance, Motivation, Personality

Trait based approaches define skills associated with effective leadership

Dr. Annette Towler

A trait-based approach to leadership: Are leaders born or made?

This CQ Dossier discusses the trait-based approach to leadership and reviews those personality traits that distinguish effective from ineffective leaders. The dossier also identifies key skills or competencies that are related to leader effectiveness and can be used by organizations for selection, promotion, and training.

Evidence-based Leadership, Leadership, Trait based leadership, Personality, Five Factor Model (FFM)

Proper selection methods support organizations to hire top talent and gain a competitive advantage

Dr. Annette Towler

Challenging Myths about Selection and Recruitment. Which selection methods do really make a difference?

Many organizations use selection methods that are not valid based on myths surrounding selection and recruitment. This CQ Dossier describes and challenges those myths and provides an overview of different selection approaches and their effectiveness to predict job performance.

Evidence-based HR, Employee selection, Cognitive ability, Personality

The Effects of Personality and Emotions on Workplace Communication

Aaron G.

The effects of personality and emotions on workplace communication

Research on communication in the workplace has revealed that personality traits such as assertiveness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and extroversion tend to increase the chance that someone will communicate at work.

Personality, Five Factor Model (FFM), Workplace communication

The Five Factor Model of Personality describes personality differences which have the potential to predict job performance, job satisfaction and other work related outcomes up to a certain extend

The Five Factor Model of personality: What does the evidence tell us in terms of job performance, job satisfaction, and leadership?

Organizations utilize personality inventories such as the Five Factor Model of Personality for a range of purposes including selection and recruitment and employee management. Over the last twenty...

Five Factor Model (FFM), Leadership effectiveness, Management performance, Personality, Transformational Leadership

Personality is an important concept that can be used in selection and assessment

Dr. Annette Towler

Personality as a predictor of job performance: How to measure personality and select the right employees

This CQ Dossier describes how organizations can use personality tests for selection and recruitment purposes. We focus on the Big Five Personality Model and describe the research that supports use of the Big Five for validation purposes with criteria.

Evidence-based HR, Personality, Job performance, Five Factor Model (FFM)