Leadership Development: LD 500 – The Dark Side of Leadership  

Overview

When the pressure’s on, the line between strength and weakness isn’t always clear — drive becomes ruthless ambition, attention to detail becomes micromanaging. The dark side of personality derails careers and companies, but it doesn’t have to. The Hogan Development Survey (HDS) is the only personality assessment that identifies the dark side. With the 11 dimensions and their respective subscales, a deeper level of interpretation gives you the strategic self-awareness you need to keep from going off the rails.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, participants will:

• Understand the eleven dimensions of career derailment and where you should pay more attention.

Course Topics

     An Introduction to Knowing Self

     Hogan Development Survey

Excitable – Concerns being overly enthusiastic about people or projects, and then becoming disappointed with them.  Result: seems to lack persistence.

Skeptical – Concerns being socially insightful, but cynical and overly sensitive to criticism. Result: seems to lack trust.

Cautious – Concerns being overly worried about being criticized. Result: seems resistant to change and reluctant to take chances.

Reserved – Concerns lacking interest in or awareness of the feelings of others. Result: seems to be a poor communicator.

Leisurely – Concerns being independent, ignoring others’ requests, and becoming irritable if they persist. Result: seems stubborn, procrastinating, and uncooperative.

Bold – Concerns having inflated views of one’s competency and worth. Result: seems unable to admit mistakes or learn from experience.

Mischievous – Concerns being charming, risk-taking, and excitement-seeking. Result: seems to have trouble maintaining commitments and learning from experience.

Colorful – Concerns being dramatic, engaging, and attention-seeking. Result: seems preoccupied with being noticed and may lack sustained focus.

Imaginative – Concerns thinking and acting in interesting, unusual, and even eccentric ways. Result: seems creative but possibly lacking in judgment.

Diligent – Concerns being conscientious, perfectionistic, and hard to please. Result: tends to disempower staff.

Dutiful – Concerns being eager to please and reluctant to act independently. Result: tends to be pleasant and agreeable, but reluctant to support subordinates.