The growth of Personality Psychology and the tools that come with it by Nikita Mikhailov
Most of you reading this have either qualified in a psychometric assessment or completed one, or did both. And sometimes one feels that these acronyms, numbers, colours as representations of our personalities have been done to the N’th degree. But…
Event Report: The Dark Side of Leadership with Prof Dennis Tourish, University of Sussex
16th March 2021 The Dark Side of Leadership “How can organisations minimise creeping dysfunctionality in their leaders? was the question addressed by Professor Dennis Tourish at the March meeting of the ABP held again online. Following an MSc in…
Event Report: Red Flags: What do you really need to know when buying Psychometrics?
Event Chair: Maria Gardner, Director of Operations, ABP Presenters: Ben Williams: Director, Sten10 Debbie Stevens-Gill : outsourcing expert and BPS Board member Aaron Halliday: University of Western Ontario, Publisher and Executive Coach Alan Redman: Head of Assessment Criterion-Psycruit Stewart…
Member Spotlight – Ian Beer
Ian Beer – Personal Profile How would you describe what you do? Our company name is “The Mojo Project.” That is what we help people and organisations find: their performance mojo. Often this involves change: guiding clients through self-awareness,…
Member Spotlight – Gonzalo Lopez
Gonzalo Lopez – Personal Profile How would you describe what you do? The short answer would be “translating psychology into simple and practical applications”. The slightly longer one: I currently work as a Senior Consultant at BVA Nudge Unit…
Event Report: Maintaining Engagement and Control of your Business when nothing appears to be going to plan
11th February 2021 Joint ABP/E4S event Maintaining Engagement and Control of your Business when nothing appears to be going to plan The ABP and Engage4Success collaborated in promoting a highly successful event in January 2019 and 2020. Not wishing…
Event Report: Neurodiversity: New Thinking on Thinking Differently
Dr. Nancy Doyle and Uzma Waseem Genius Within 19th January 2021 Neurodiversity: New Thinking on Thinking Differently An occupational psychologist by training, Nancy Doyle found that from an early age that she had a special interest in how people…
Event Report: Constructed Development Theory with Dr. Darren Stevens
13th January 2021 Can personality change throughout one’s career and if so, can it be influenced by the individual? This was the question asked by Dr. Darren Stevens in a fascinating and controversial presentation at the first ABP webinar…
New Year, New Career?
With people changing jobs more than ever before and Covid19 forcing many people to a career re-think, we thought it helpful to examine the market for career aptitude tests. A quick Google search of “career tests” and you get overwhelmed…
A message from our New Chair Alex Forsythe
Dear members I am honoured to be the new Chair of the Association for Business Psychology at the start of what will be challenging, but I hope a better year for all of us. With the announcement that a…
Event Report: ABP Conference 2020
Theme: 20 Years of the ABP: Looking back and Thinking Forward Announcing the opening of the conference, the Chair Ben Williams summed up the theme of the conference: Looking Back and Thinking Forward.. The 2020 conference team faced seemingly…
What is the best career test?
Career aptitude tests are popular. A quick Google search of “career tests” and you get overwhelmed by the results which appear. You can waste a huge amount of time and energy taking these tests, some of which are very disappointing.…