Today’s leaders are under a lot of pressure.

Problems are becoming more complex, change is happening faster and everything is visible to the outside world.

And this makes it increasingly important for a leader and for the organization to know what happens to a leader under pressure, strong fatigue or when the leader feels insecure. At Hogan we call this Strategic Self-awareness.

The more profound the leader knows himself, the better the leader can remain sustainably balanced. After all, the leader can then maximally anticipate situations that he is likely to find difficult or in which he may exhibit dysfunctional behavior. Such as becoming (extremely) angry, withdrawing, micromanaging or constantly putting oneself center stage and claiming the stage for oneself.

It is crucial for the organization to have insight into possible risks in the leader’s performance. Where does the leader’s behavior become dysfunctional? And how can the organization best coach the leader on this?

This dark side of leadership: dysfunctional or even derailing behavior, often has an enormous impact on the leader’s teams, the stakeholders and the organization.

Hogan assessments make visible what happens to the leader under pressure, fatigue, etc. with the Hogan Development Survey (HDS), part of the Hogan Leadership Forecast Series, Hogan’s flagship assessment.

The HDS shows on 11 personality dimensions (and 33 sub-dimensions):

• what happens to the leader’s behavior under pressure/fatigue/insecurity,
• how likely it is that that behavior will become visible to the organization,
• and therefore whether the behavior will have a possible negative impact on the leader’s relationships, his reputation and therefore on the results of the organization.