HR Pulse
Dive into the heart of Human Resources with HR Pulse, an exclusive webinar series designed for HR professionals.
Each session is a focused exploration of key HR topics: from groundbreaking approaches in personality assessments and AI in recruiting to mastering team development and understanding the complexities of workplace personalities.
Perfect for: HR Professionals, Team Leaders, Talent Acquisition Specialists, and Organisational Development Practitioners.
Elevate your HR expertise with sessions that are informative, interactive, and integral to your professional growth.
HR Pulse - Driving Business Success with Nordic Leadership Insights
An HR Pulse webinar, featuring Prof. Adrian Furnham, Author, Academic and Business Psychologist at Norwegian Business School, Patrik Peter, Managing Director at Michaël Berglund, and Dr. Katja M. Friederichs, Senior Consultant at Summit, exploring what distinguishes Nordic leadership in a global business context. Drawing on large-scale Hogan personality data, as well as insights from Summit’s Nordic Leadership White Paper, the session examines the strengths and paradoxes of Nordic leadership, including ambition without dominance, trust-based leadership, and a strong execution focus, and discusses what Nordic leaders may need to adapt to succeed in an increasingly complex and disruptive world.
Watch now to explore how Nordic leadership insights can inform leadership development and business success.
HR Pulse - Leadership and Collective Blindness to Ambition
An HR Pulse webinar, featuring Dr. Ryne Sherman, Chief Science Officer at Hogan Assessments, and Dr. Katja M. Friederichs, Senior Consultant at Summit, exploring why ambition is one of the most powerful yet often overlooked drivers of leadership and career success. The session examines how ambition differs from extroversion and conscientiousness, why it is frequently misunderstood in psychology and HR practices, and what organisations risk when ambition is ignored in leadership assessment and development.
Watch now to explore why ambition deserves greater attention in leadership assessment and development.
HR Pulse - Leveraging the Hogan 360 for Leadership Development
An HR Pulse webinar, featuring Dr. Sean Coward, Head of Consulting at Peter Berry Consultancy, and Dr. Katja M. Friederichs, Senior Consultant at Summit, exploring how the Hogan 360 supports leadership development through structured feedback, behavioural insight, and integration with Hogan personality assessments. The session highlights its use in talent development, succession planning, and measuring progress over time.
Watch now to learn how Hogan 360 supports sustainable behaviour change.
HR Pulse - Competencies and Leadership
An HR Pulse webinar, featuring Jesper Bedinger, and Søren Blem Bach, Senior and Principal Consultants at Summit, exploring the transition from manager to executive leadership. The session focuses on how leaders shift from an operational focus to strategic thinking, navigate political dynamics, and build influence at senior organisational levels.
Watch now to explore the leadership competencies required at executive level.
HR Pulse -The Science of Personality: Why it matters!
An HR Pulse webinar, featuring Dr. Ryne Sherman, Chief Science Officer at Hogan Assessments, and Dr. Katja M. Friederichs, Senior Consultant at Summit, exploring why scientifically validated personality assessments are essential for fair and accurate hiring and leadership decisions. The session examines how personality science improves prediction, reduces bias, and strengthens people-related decision-making.
Watch now to explore how personality science informs better people decisions.
HR Pulse - Strategic Wellbeing
An HR Pulse webinar, featuring Jesper Bedinger and Mads Bendixen, Senior Consultants at Summit, exploring how organisations can move from reactive wellbeing initiatives to a more strategic, value‑creating approach. The session examines stress as a complex organisational challenge and highlights the role of leadership, alignment, and operating conditions in building sustainable wellbeing.
Watch now to explore how wellbeing can be integrated into business strategy and everyday leadership.
HR Pulse - Deciphering the Dark Side
An HR Pulse webinar, featuring Tine Flint Sigaard and Dr. Katja M. Friederichs, Senior Consultants at Summit, exploring how dark personality traits can impact leadership effectiveness and organisational health. The session examines how these traits emerge under pressure, why they matter for leadership selection and development, and how the Hogan Development Survey (HDS) can help identify and manage potential leadership derailers.
Watch now to explore how self‑awareness around dark traits supports healthier and more effective leadership.
HR Pulse - Leader Effectiveness vs Emergence
An HR Pulse webinar, featuring Jesper Bedinger and Pernille Lind-Hansen, Senior Consultants at Summit, exploring why leadership emergence is often mistaken for leadership effectiveness. The session looks at how personality traits influence who gets promoted, how leaders derail, and how strategic self‑awareness supports more effective leadership selection and development.
Watch now to explore how organisations can identify and develop effective leaders.
HR Pulse - Unleash the Power of Motivation & Drive
An HR Pulse webinar, featuring Warren Kennaugh, High Performance Teams Expert at WK Global, and Adam Salskov Juel-Blicher, Senior Consultant at Summit, exploring why motivation and performance are driven less by raw talent and more by fit, values, and context. Drawing on sports psychology, business experience, and Hogan’s Motives, Values and Preferences Inventory (MVPI), the session examines how understanding what truly drives people supports sustainable performance and leadership success.
Watch now to explore how motivation, values, and fit shape high performance.
HR Pulse - Why Leadership Development is Broken – and How to Fix it
An HR Pulse webinar, featuring Jackie Sahm, VP of Integrated Solutions at Hogan Assessments and Dr. Katja Friederichs, Senior Consultant at Summit, exploring why many leadership development initiatives fail to deliver real impact. The session examines common misconceptions in how leadership is defined, developed, and measured, and outlines practical, evidence‑based principles for designing leadership development that drives behaviour change and business results.
Watch now to explore how leadership development can move from activity to impact.
HR Pulse - AI Impact on HR
An HR Pulse webinar, featuring Jesper Bedinger and Dr. Katja M. Friederichs, Senior Consultants at Summit, exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming HR from a transactional function into a strategic business partner. The session examines how AI reshapes recruitment, skills, and productivity, and why data, reskilling, and personality‑based insights are critical for navigating the long‑term impact of AI on work and organisations.
Watch now to explore how HR can leverage AI for smarter, more strategic decision‑making.