The Science of Personality Podcast
Sep 1, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min · 12 segments
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Blake and special cohost Jackie Sahm, Hogan’s VP of integrated solutions, are joined by Alexander Haslam, PhD, professor of psychology at the…
Alexander HaslamGuest
Jackie SahmHostBlake LeppHost
There's a lot of people who, you know, talk about the dark machinery of the leadership industrial complex and the ways in which it rewards egotism and narcissism and self-aggrandizement and, and, and, and that there's something sort of deeply problematic and toxic at the heart of that.
Personality psychology is about the nature of human nature.
It's about people, and wouldn't that be useful to know?
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There's a lot of people who, you know, talk about the dark machinery of the leadership industrial complex and the ways in which it rewards egotism and narcissism and self-aggrandizement and, and, and, and that there's something sort of deeply problematic and toxic at the heart of that.
Personality psychology is about the nature of human nature.
It's about people, and wouldn't that be useful to know?