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Personality Assessment Matters Personality Assessment Matters Uncovering hidden, derailing behaviours Uncovering hidden, derailing behaviours

RMC ConsultingRMC Consulting• RMC Consulting works with recruitment firms and

schools to identify, engage and develop top talent• Richard Colwell works as your trusted adviser, using

competency and psychometric assessment to select and develop your people

• He has a Masters degree in Occupational Psychology and holds the British Psychological Society’s Level A & B certificates of competence in Occupational Testing

Accurate hiring decisionsAccurate hiring decisions

• Poor hiring decisions are costly in terms of time, money and team morale

• Candidates only want to put across their best side

• You want to know what their really like but how do you reveal their imperfections, as well as their strengths?

Every candidate has imperfectionsEvery candidate has imperfections

• Personality and values = ‘fit’ • No one is perfect! • We all have insecurities, defence

mechanisms and idiosyncrasies • When under pressure or perceived

threat we implement mechanisms learnt in childhood

Underlying psychological mechanisms

Underlying psychological mechanisms

• The formative years of childhood• Criticisms, insecurities and potential threats • Coping mechanisms and personal growth• Successful strategies that become ineffective• Under pressure we move against, towards or

away from others

Hogan Development Survey Hogan Development Survey • Hogan Development Survey • 11 potential ‘derailing’

behaviours• Legally defensible decisions • Reveals how others will

realistically describe the individual’s weak points

What can HDS tell you?What can HDS tell you?

• Excitable• Sceptical • Cautious • Reserved • Leisurely

• Bold • Mischievious • Colouful • Imaginitive • Diligent • Dutiful

The whole person The whole person

• In addition to the HDS I also use Wave, which helps to identify preferences, tendencies, motives and talents

• Wave looks at 36 dimensions and 108 facets of personality, which cluster around Thought, Influence, Adaptability and Delivery

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