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Measuring Innovation Potential: Traits that Predict Unique Thought

Wanda Tiefenbacher

Innovation potential: Why and how to strengthen traits that predict unique thought

Innovation potential is the ability of a person to think in a unique and boundary breaking way. More than just creativity, innovation potential speaks to an individual’s capacity to generate novel and useful ideas that can inspire others and produce growth.

Creativity, Innovation, Employee selection, Five Factor Model (FFM), Diversity and Inclusion, Unique thinking, Evidence-based Innovation Management

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

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)

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)