Psychological Associates Announces New President
Company Promotes Internally to Maintain Distinguished Quality Service Psychological Associates recently announced the promotion of Michelle Clark, Ph.D. to President, effective January 5. Company co-founder Robert Lefton, Ph.D. will continue as Psychological Associates’ CEO. Clark’s responsibilities include implementing the company’s overall mission through framing and leading talent management, corporate development, and succession planning programs for clients. […]
Dr. Robert Lefton Joins Olin Business School’s Executives in Residence
Dr. Robert Lefton, co-founder and CEO of Psychological Associates, has been selected to join the distinguished Executives in Residence program at the John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University. Executives in Residence This elite team of executives brings a wealth of business insight and knowledge to students’ educational experience. All Executives in Residence […]
Peer Perspective Can Predict an Executive’s Success
In most instances, predicting an executive’s success is as difficult as it is necessary. Each tool, while providing some value, ends up being imperfect: Business metrics from past projects or positions are the easiest to obtain, but they only give a retrospective picture — and an incomplete one at that. Manager evaluations can provide a […]
How to Communicate Effectively and Handle Difficult People (with Q4 Power)
People Can Be a Challenge to Work With Do you work with a difficult person? Ask this question in any office, and everyone will tell you that they have at some point. This leads to a second, tougher question. How to communicate effectively and handle difficult people? The answer is complicated in that not all […]
7 Compelling Reasons to Use Assessment Tools When Hiring
The use of formal assessment tools — specifically, psychometric testing — for hiring decisions is on the rise. And, as recent pieces in Time and The Wall Street Journal attest, this testing, like any business process, has both its critics and defenders.