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ABP Winter Newsletter 2011
You can download the Winter newsletter in pdf format here
Read StoryValues at Work
London Event 18th October 2011
Speaker: Jan Thornbury, Thornbury Consulting
Research shows that organisations which enjoy strong values significantly outperform their peers, argued Jan Thornbury, who discussed the importance of values and culture at the October meeting of the ABP
Read StoryNewsletter Summer 2011
Read the summer 2011 Newsletter here
Read StoryKim Stephenson continues to be an active and positive voice for business psychology in the media.
Kim Stephenson continues to be an active and positive voice for business psychology in the media. Read about his recent activity here
Read StoryIdentifying High Potential: Learning Agility and Authentic Leadership
ABP Presentation by David Sharpley London, 26th January 2011
Identifying high potential people is vital for any organization and current performance is often taken as an important indicator of future potential. However, a study conducted by the Corporate Leadership Council in 2005 found that 71% of high performers have limited potential at the next level. David Sharpley of Pario Innovations discussed how best to profile the attributes of High Potentials. He highlighted important links between Learning Agility and Authentic Leadership, raising far-reaching questions concerning existing assessment methods. The evidence suggests the need for a new look at how conclusions are drawn about performance and potential, with far greater awareness of the qualities that underpin future potential.
Read StoryCan Values Questionnaires be made effective?
Speaker: Roy Childs, TeamFocus
29th June 2011
In a fascinating presentation, Roy Childs presented an important aspect of his work at TeamFocus, and challenged the notion that questionnaires provided simple solutions to personality profiling. They sharpen the lens and can accelerate the process, but don’t provide the answer you want. Bankers can say they are motivated by money, but in truth they are motivated by other values which need to be ranked appropriately. Questionnaires do not achieve this
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