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Best podcasts about robert hogan

Latest podcast episodes about robert hogan

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Do attack ads and negative campaigning work?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2026 10:42


Do attack ads and negative campaigning work? Or do voters hate it? We'll get into what the research says with LSU political scientist Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
The government is partially shutdown. How long will it last?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2026 10:40


How long is the partial government shutdown likely to last? Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, joins us.

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Will we have another government shutdown this week?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2026 9:26


Congress has days to solve a DHS/ICE funding fight and prevent a government shutdown. Will they get it done? Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, joins us.

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Louisiana will elect a US senator later this year. Who's got the lead?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2026 10:02


Is Congress making any progress on avoiding another government shutdown? How much are they likely to accomplish this year with the midterms? Who's got the lead in the Louisiana senate race? We break it all down with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Why are Americans feeling so gloomy right now?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2025 10:01


Americans are feeling particularly gloomy as we approach the end of the year. We break down the new survey with LSU political scientist Robert Hogan.

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Hour 1: Why are we so gloomy right now?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2025 14:16


Americans are feeling particularly gloomy as we approach the end of the year. We'll break down the new survey with LSU political scientist Robert Hogan.

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
How do Americans feel about the Trump administration's immigration sweeps?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2025 7:11


Dave Cohen in for Tommy. How are Americans feeling about the immigration sweeps and how the Trump administration is handling things? Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, joins us.

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
A vast majority of Americans support compromise. So why are we so polarized?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 11:08


Vast majorities of Americans support compromise, and vast majorities oppose political violence. So why are things so polarized? Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, joins us.

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Why is trust in the government SO low?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 8:55


Trust in the government remains near record lows. What's driving that? Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, joins us.

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Will voters even care about the shutdown when the midterms finally happen?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 11:53


Will voters even care about the shutdown by the time the midterms happen? If not...was all this for absolutely nothing? Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, joins us.

The Scoot Show with Scoot
Senator Bill Cassidy is facing new challengers from his right flank

The Scoot Show with Scoot

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 35:58


This hour, Ian Hoch speaks with Robert Hogan, professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, about Louisiana and New Orleans politics.

The Scoot Show with Scoot
What will get Louisiana voters motivated for the midterms?

The Scoot Show with Scoot

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 25:04


Louisiana might be done with politics, but politics isn't done with Louisiana! Senator Bill Cassidy is facing new challengers from his right flank, and the dust is still settling after a bruising New Orleans mayoral race. What's next for Oliver Thomas and Royce Duplessis now that their bids have come up short, and who's already positioning for the next big fight? What will the Supreme Court have to say about redistricting? The power map of Louisiana politics is being redrawn in real time. Robert Hogan, professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, joins Ian to break down who's rising, who's falling, and who's going to shock the establishment all over again.

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Louisiana is eliminating the Independent Party. Here's what that means

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2025 10:23


Dave Cohen in for Tommy. Dave talks with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, about voter registration and primaries in Louisiana and about President Trump.

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
A declining number of Americans are proud to be an American. Why?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2025 14:12


National pride is decreasing, according to a new poll, and it falls on party lines. Are you patriotic? Are you proud to be an American? We talk about it with Robert Hogan, a political scientist from LSU.

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
A new poll shows 8 in 10 Americans want President Trump to follow court orders

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 12:05


Overall, 81% of Americans say President Trump should follow court orders...but his supporters are split 50-50 on it. We talk with Robert Hogan, a political scientist from LSU about the poll and the checks and balances our Founding Fathers built.

The Science of Personality Podcast
The Science of Personality Turns 5: Listener Favorites

The Science of Personality Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 52:43


In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake celebrate the podcast's five-year anniversary with a look back at some of the most impactful conversations to date. From exploring the dark side of personality to digging into careers and the broader impact of personality, this special episode features clips from standout moments across each season, including:Year 1: The Dark Side of Personality ft. Peter Harms, PhDYear 2: Personality, Leadership, and the Consequences featuring Robert Hogan, PhDYear 3: Leadership Emergence vs. Leadership Effectiveness featuring Ryne Sherman and Blake LoeppYear 4: High Potentials featuring Christopher J. DuffyYear 5: Personality, Careers, and the Impact featuring Allan Church, PhD

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
How difficult is it for GOP leaders to get the party on the same page?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 11:35


How tough of a job does House Speaker Mike Johnson have trying to wrangle the different blocs of the Republican Party? Tommy talks with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
How Pope Francis impacted US politics

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 11:35


Tommy talks with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, about Pope Francis, tariffs, and more.

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Whether good or bad, President Trump owns the tariffs and the fallout

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 13:13


We get the latest on the reaction of politicians and the public to President Trump's tariffs with Robert Hogan, a political scientist at LSU.

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Politics of tariffs and impacts to farmers: 6am hour

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 21:17


* Getting the latest on the reaction of politicians and the public to President Trump's tariffs with Robert Hogan, a political scientist at LSU. * Talking with Michael Deliberto, an agricultural economist with the LSU Ag Center, about how much Louisiana farmers export and what the tariffs could mean for them.

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Are lawmakers more concerned about party politics than bringing home the bacon?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 12:02


J. Bennett Johnston represented Louisiana in the Senate for 24 years and brought the state millions of dollar, working with both parties. Why don't we see more politicians like him anymore? Conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans and bipartisan bills? Tommy talks with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
President Trump is trying to radically reshape government

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 11:42


Tommy talks with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, about President Trump's attempts to reshape the government.

The 14
Inside Kentucky Baseball's Reloaded Roster (ft. Nick Mingione)

The 14

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 23:41


Kentucky baseball coach Nick Mingione joins Southeastern 16's Graham Doty, Alfred Ezman and Chris Lee for a discussion of his Wildcats heading into the 2025 season. Topics include: How did Kentucky's first College World Series appearance in 2024 change perception and support for the program? The importance of veteran catcher Devin Burkes. The Wildcats have reloaded with a bunch of key transfers in the lineup, including Dylan Koontz (Campbell), Luke Lawrence (Illinois State), Will Marcy (Memphis), Cole Hage (Columbia), Raphael Pelletier (Kansas State) and Carson Hansen (Milwaukee). The Wildcats scored a major coup in getting second-round Rays' pick Tyler Bell through the draft last year. Bell figures to man shortstop for Kentucky in 2025. Seventh-year South Dakota State transfer Nic McCay headlines the Wildcats' rotation, along with transfers Ethan Walker (Longwood) and Scott Rouse (Radford). The ‘Cats have a couple of experienced end-game pieces in Indiana State transfer Simon Gregersen and Richmond's Cole Hentschel. Several returnees such as Robert Hogan, Evan Byers, Jackson Nove and Ben Cleaver will be integral pieces of Mingione's pitching staff.

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Are we actually learning anything from Cabinet confirmation hearings?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 12:18


Tommy talks to Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, about the confirmation hearings for Trump's Cabinet picks.

Louisiana Considered Podcast
Parametric insurance for disasters; guaranteed income experiment; year in politics, Part 2

Louisiana Considered Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 24:29


If you're a homeowner, you're probably already familiar with the conditions imposed on insurance deductibles when disaster strikes. Cities and towns also have insurance for their losses when the weather gets destructive.Now, mayors along the Mississippi River are piloting a new insurance experiment to better help communities recover after disasters.Delaney Dryfoos, environmental reporter for the Lens Nola, has been covering this story for the Mississippi River Basin Ag and Water Desk and joins us for more.This was a busy year in politics – yes we had the presidential election, but Louisiana had some pretty noteworthy political happenings as well. Gov. Jeff Landry and lawmakers overhauled the state's tax code, and Republican Sid Edwards was elected to be the next mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish,  ending a 20-year streak for Democrats. Yesterday, we brought you Part 1 of Capitol Access reporter Brooke Thorington's “politics year in review” with LSU political science professor Robert Hogan. Today we hear the second part, and discuss what's on the horizon for future office seekers in Louisiana.Guaranteed income is the idea that to help some people in need, governments should give them cash, no strings attached. It's long been a pipe dream for many welfare reformers. And in recent years, that dream has been given test runs in cities across the U.S. and here in the South.The Gulf States Newsroom's Stephan Bisaha and WWNO's Aubri Juhasz have been covering the movement. They caught up to discuss how these recent pilots went.—Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Adam Vos. Our managing producer is Alana Schrieber. We get production support from Garrett Pittman and our assistant producer Aubry Procell.You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at noon and 7 p.m. It's available on Spotify, the NPR App and wherever you get your podcasts.Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to.Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you!

Louisiana Considered Podcast
Cajun fiddler Louis Michot releases first solo album; year in politics review, Part 1

Louisiana Considered Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 24:29


Grammy-award winning Cajun fiddler Louis Michot is headed to New Orleans for a solo performance. The member of the Lost Bayou Ramblers will combine his love of Louisiana French music with new boundary-pushing sounds in his latest work, Rêve du Troubadour . He joins us for more on his upcoming performance and adding a modern spin to traditional Cajun music. 2024 was a memorable year for politics, nationally and locally. WRKF's Capitol Access Reporter Brooke Thorington spoke with LSU Political Science Professor Dr. Robert Hogan about Gov. Jeff Landry's first year in office, the upcoming transition of closed primaries and how the 6th Congressional District will affect the state.The holiday season is upon us, and it feels like everywhere you go, you're surrounded by Christmas music. But in recent years, musicians have found creative ways to adapt these traditional songs for new genres.Yesterday, we brought you the sounds of country artist Sammy Kershaw's Cajun Christmas. Today, we'll hear how the New Birth Brass Band is mixing Christmas classics with New Orleans jazz and funk for a lively march-along. ___Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Diane Mack. Our managing producer is Alana Schrieber. Matt Bloom and Aubry Procell are assistant producers. Our engineer is Garrett Pittman.You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at noon and 7 p.m. It's available on Spotify, Google Play and wherever you get your podcasts. Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to.Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you!

Behind Kentucky Baseball
The Spin Zone with Simon Gregersen and Robert Hogan

Behind Kentucky Baseball

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 35:40 Transcription Available


Simon Gregersen and Robert Hogan join Darren Headrick and Darren Williams to talk Kentucky Baseball. Podcast presented by American Trust Wealth. 

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Donald Trump has won the presidential race

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 11:16


Tommy talks with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU

Louisiana Considered Podcast
Landry's special tax session; exhibit explores Creole death and mourning customs; Louisiana's campaign finance laws

Louisiana Considered Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 24:29


While most Louisianans are waiting in anticipation for the elections on Nov. 5, Gov. Landry is focused on the following day, when lawmakers will convene for a special session on taxes. The Times Picayune/The Advocate's editorial director and columnist Stephanie Grace tells us about Landry's goals for the session as well as his other proposals.Halloween may bring thoughts of ghouls and goblins, but the day after, All Saints Day, is about rituals to honor the departed. Those rituals are brought to light in the Gallier House's latest exhibit on Creole death and mourning traditions in the 19th century. Curator Katie Burlison joins us for more. In the District 2 race for Public Service Commissioner, the lone Democrat in the race, Nick Laborde, has pledged not to accept campaign donations from any utility companies he might have to regulate – unlike the Republican candidates. For more on campaign finance laws in Louisiana, Capitol Access reporter Brooke Thorington speaks with LSU Political Science professor Dr. Robert Hogan.—Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Bob Pavlovich. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber. We receive production and technical support from Garrett Pittman, Adam Vos and our assistant producer, Aubry Procell.You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at noon and 7 p.m. It's available on Spotify, Google Play, and wherever you get your podcasts. Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to.Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you!

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
How many states are actually in play in the presidential race?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 13:17


Tommy talks with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU

The Scoot Show with Scoot
Humans will have to prove their value to offset AI replacement. (Full Show: 10/1/2024)

The Scoot Show with Scoot

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 109:19


On today's show, guest host Dave Cohen speaks with: Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, Jose Bautista, Professor of Economics at Xavier, and Chase Peterson-Withorn, Senior editor at Forbes.

The Scoot Show with Scoot
The primary goal of the VP debate is not to be the butt of an SNL joke.

The Scoot Show with Scoot

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 37:40


This hour, guest host Dave Cohen has on Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, to preview the vice presidential debate between JD Vance and Tom Walz.

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
The presidential debate is coming up. How are Trump and Harris preparing?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 9:44


Tommy talks with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU

The Scoot Show with Scoot
What happens now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has endorsed Donald Trump?

The Scoot Show with Scoot

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 17:56


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has dropped out and has endorsed Donald Trump for president, so what happens now? Where do his supporters go? Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, joins guest host Ian Hoch to discuss the development. 

The Scoot Show with Scoot
Where will RFK Jr. supporters land in November?

The Scoot Show with Scoot

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 41:30


This hour, guest host Ian Hoch speaks with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsing Donald Trump, and what may happen with RFK Jr. supporters in November. 

The Scoot Show with Scoot
Hey, Elmo, we're going to be okay, right? (Full Show: 8/26/2024)

The Scoot Show with Scoot

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 119:14


On today's show, guest host Ian Hoch speaks with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsing Donald Trump. Then, Dave Batt, expert in Social Media and Mental Health with PredectView, joins the show to discuss America's overall mental health. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Headspace)

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Both conventions are over now. Who has the lead?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 10:35


Tommy talks with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU

The Science of Personality Podcast
Live from SIOP: Revolutions

The Science of Personality Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 14:05


In this special, mini episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake sit down with Robert Hogan, PhD, president & founder of Hogan Assessments, at the 2024 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology annual conference to discuss the topic of revolutions.

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Harris vs. Trump: who has the better odds to get 270 electoral votes?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 13:18


Tommy talks with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Has Kamala Harris erased Donald Trump's lead in the polls?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 12:57


Tommy talks with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Do most voters have an opinion on Kamala Harris yet?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 12:57


Tommy talks with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Are Democrats continuing to stand by Biden?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 12:45


Tommy talks to Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
What happens if Biden drops out of the presidential race?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 12:59


Tommy talks with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Americans are divided on how big the role of government should be

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 12:31


Tommy talks to Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU

Behind Kentucky Baseball
Kentucky will host a Super Regional for the first time in school history

Behind Kentucky Baseball

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 38:26 Transcription Available


Robert Hogan and Ryan Nicholson join us to preview the NCAA Super Regionals, discuss their key to sucess in the Regional round and share some of their journey to Kentucky. Hosted by Darren Headrick and Darren Williams Presented by Assured Partners

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker
Why won't many Republicans commit to accepting the results of the election?

WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 11:50


Tommy talks to Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU

The Science of Personality Podcast
The Importance of Values

The Science of Personality Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 46:19


In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, we're celebrating our special 100th episode with the legend himself, Dr. Robert Hogan, founder and president of Hogan Assessments, to discuss the importance of values in our personal and professional lives. In fact, Dr. Hogan considers values to be so important that he dedicated years of research just to develop an assessment to measure them. We hope you enjoy this milestone episode. Cheers, everybody.

MASHmouth
S4E22 “Smilin' Jack”

MASHmouth

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024 46:22


This week, we're introduced to Smilin' Jack Mitchell, a chopper pilot desperate to stay in the action and break the record for most transported wounded. Meanwhile, a wounded soldier is desperate to never have to go back to the front again. Does this episode remind anyone else of Season One's “Cowboy?” Robert Hogan https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0389611/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hogan_(actor) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/robert-hogan-dead-peyton-place-the-wire-1234961610/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/robert-hogan-dead-the-wire-peyton-place-1234986087/Dennis Kort https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0466728/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/dennis-kort/credits/3030242474/Music credit: “Feel Good Rock” by Jason Shaw, https://audionautix.com/ Cover Art by M. Cameron https://www.plaguedoctorart.com/Contact the show: mashmouthpod@gmail.comSocials: @valiantlyoffbalance on Instagram @OfficialVOB on Twitter @mashmouthpod on Instagram @EthanWasCool on Instagram and Twitter @unvanesscessary on Instagram

The Game of Teams
Words, Weasels, Triggers & Threats - The Psychology & Neuroscience of Communication with Dr. Laura McHale

The Game of Teams

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 45:08


Introduction:  Dr Laura McHale (PsyD, CPsychol) is a consulting leadership psychologist, executive coach and writer specialising in Leader Development, Team Psychology, Communication and Organisational Culture, Laura is the author of the acclaimed book: Neuroscience for Organisational Communication:  A Guide for Communicators and Leaders. Podcast episode Summary:  This podcast explores and explains the impact of communication in organisational life employing the lens of Neuroscience and Psychology of Communication.  Topics covered include Gaslighting, Absentee Leaders, The use of Pronouns, Weasel Words and Communication Practices that undermine employees. Laura sheds a light on a discipline that is often unspoken. Points made across this Episode:  o    Laura can you share a bit about how you got to where you are today? Laura is now a Psychologist and in her mid-forties she made a radical decision to go back to school and take a doctorate in Leadership Psychology. Prior to this move Laura was working in major international investment banks as a Corporate Communications Specialist. In 2010 Deutse Bank moved her to Hong Kong to head up internal communications for the Asia Pacific Region. Laura loved her career working with International Banks & she was really curious about human behaviour at work and wanted to go deeper and in particular understand the mysterious process we call Leadership. o    There were a number of reasons that prompted Laura to study Psychology including several transformative experiences with psychotherapy,  She was curious about the way we frame and talk about work and the psychological injury experienced at work. o    What inspired you to write your book? The book happened organically. As part of Laura's Doctorate she had a required course on the Neuroscience of Leadership. Laura was fascinated by the discipline and had a sense it would become a big part of her intellectual life as well as her career. She noticed that nobody was talking about organisational communication and neuroscience and Laura wanted to close the gap with her book. o    What are the salient messages housed in your book that explain Neuroscience and Psychology at work? There is a natural interest in behavioural science. It is often hard to make the link about how the science can impact a leaders presence or choices in communication. There is a fundamental tension between the promotion strategies employed by internal communication teams and the prevention strategies they employ. In promotion strategies communicators are very assertive about the companies value proposition, what it offers and its unique differentiator's. A prevention strategy often results in very cautions communications, judicious and a little bit like politicians the communications are somewhat evasive. Whilst understandable it can be a slippery slope and sets off all kinds of triggers with employees. The tension between promotion strategies, a desire to be open & transparent and prevention strategies can be tricky to navigate. It is often a schizoid perspective where communicators are trying to toggle two different strategies. o    The Psychology of communication is also important for another reason. It is a very difficult time for communication specialists. The scope of the role in the last five years has changed dramatically. Corporate affairs, ESG and Government affairs are rolled up into the typical role of a communications department. This is leading to increased stress. If you add AI, chat gpt and other generative models can pose an existential threat to these groups and teams. The changing nature of the role of communication professionals is also one of the reasons Laura wrote her book to help make sense of the changing landscape. o    The Neuroscience or physiology of behaviour is a bit different. Insights into neuroscience can shed light on how and why we are showing up at work. Understanding rewards and threat centres in the brain, knowing how we use pronouns and its impact on others is fascinating and can be leveraged to be more effective in our communications. o    How do leaders and internal communications understand the paradigm from which they are operating? Important to understand the paradigm you are speaking or when you are moving too quickly between the two. Employees smell spin from a mile off. Internally it can be tricky for executives to  over relying on prevention strategies in their communication. There are a lot of traps Leaders can walk into, sometimes unintentionally or at least unconsciously. Knowing about human needs can really help leaders be effective communicators. o    What are some of those traps that Leaders walk into, maybe unintentionally? Some of it is structural. Pronoun use for example. I and We pronouns can signal more or less personal involvement in any given situation. Pronoun use can also reveal the many assumptions a leader is living. It can also give potent signals about who is in or out or who has a legitimate stake in an organisations success or failure. For example there are two different kinds of We, the inclusive or exclusive We. Senior Executives are often confused about which We they are in and how they are communicating exclusion or inclusion. This sends messages to the brain to trigger threat responses whether we are part of the in group or out group. If in the in group we get a dose of dopamine from the brain & if in the out group we can experience significant amounts of pain. I pronouns are also very interesting, some are cultural, and a really high proportion of I pronoun use can trigger a threat response in the brain. There is also an assumption in organisations that communication needs to be sanitised. This can infantilise employees and does an injustice to the complexities operating in an organisation. o    What is your advice to executives and leaders who erroneously practice sanitising their communications. One of the biggest pieces of advice Laura gives is to speak the truth. Laura references The Loughran-McDonald sentiment analysis research to explain why telling the truth can be so instructive. The two financial researchers used sentiment analysis or the use of positive versus negative sentiment and modal or weasel words. The research showed the lengths that organisations go to obfuscate the truth or to describe adverse events. In fact many of the negative words were couched in positive words that the messages were almost impossible to work out. Curiously the negative words used were very weak words or weasels like impairment, disappointing which suggested something was bad but it was never clear. The companies using negative words more creatively had negative stock performances. The researchers noted that companies use of words in their corporate communications could be used as a smart investment strategy.  o    How do Leaders manage the responsibility they hold to use language appropriately and not Gaslight or cause unintentional emotions at work? Organisations are like people using all sorts of defence mechanism sometimes very elaborate ones to avoid difficult and painful emotions. It important to understand why we are using these words, weasel words. It is because of an environment that lacks psychological safety, where we are not allowed to fail, or ask a question that might be interpreted as stupid. Is it an environment where people get punished for taking risks. Laura does not wish to come across as the language police she also uses weak modals and weasels in her communications too, because they have a purposeful use to indicate uncertainty. None of us can speak in with absolute clarity all of the time. o    The link to absentee leadership is for Laura an interesting link. She imagines that weak leaders, or those who are unable to fulfil the core functions of Leadership, would employ weasel words quite a bit more than strong leaders. o    In 2022 Laura read a “cracker jack” of an article by Robert Hogan who mentioned this phenomenon called absentee Leadership. Laura was struck by the idea that absentee leadership is an epidemic that nobody had ever named but that most of us have experienced in one form or another. It speaks to the idea of people who occupy an authority position of leadership and fail to fulfil its core functions. Laura refers to those functions as giving direction, protection, role orientation, conflict resolution and setting and establishing and protecting group norms. The interesting thing about absentee leadership is how common it is. It is reported 7 times more than any other destructive leadership behaviour. Because it is so common and can feel so mild it can go unnoticed and is experienced as neglect. o    Gaslighting surfaces when someone is at the mercy of an absent leader they can be blamed or they blame themselves for their inability to cope with whatever is occurring. One of the things that inspired Laura to write this article for the psychologist was because of her many conversations with coaching clients. Many of her clients were  being given feedback that they were having trouble managing ambiguity. Managing ambiguity is becoming a core competency. The issue with managing ambiguity is that almost everyone struggles with it. Laura knows this from Neuroscience, it is a known stress trigger. This is a universal biological phenomenon albeit some people can handle ambiguity better than others. Laura wanted to highlight the subjects of Gaslighting, Absentee Leadership and emotions at work in her article in the Psychologist, to shift attention from blaming people for their lack of this competency as a  subjective fault to an understanding of the human needs within all of us and our need for Leadership support. o    The fundamental attribution error is yet another trap that Leaders and executives can fall into. o    What are some of the Villains of Communication, Threats and Triggers you would like to see squashed? The rapid communication of bad news. Communicating bad news badly. If bad news is not communicated in an open and transparent manner it can infantilise an audience. This tendency is really prominent in politics where there seems to be a tolerance for misinformation and it is seeping into the fabric of organisations too. Laura is not trying to malign all politicians but recognises that politicians regularly protect themselves against the loss of power and influence and often engage in this form of communication. This perpetuates cynicism and mistrust that Laura hopes we do not want to dial that up in our organisations. o    The Corporate Communications Reset Workshop is a  new workshop and is really the greatest hits from her book. Her workshop helps corporate communications professional access more joy at work by reclaiming their mo-jo and about being  more strategic in their work, whilst being cognisant of the changing landscape and being able to fend off some of the threats posed by Chat GPT and other generative language models. A lot of comms people are closeted behavioural scientists and this workshop gives them a taste or a lot  taste for Psychology and Neuroscience understanding. Included in her workshop is the methodology called Structural Dynamics, the building blocks for how we communicate and don't. o    Structural Dynamics is a methodology created by David Kantor. It is David Kantor's theory of interpersonal communication dynamics. It is a very interesting theory to describe the patterns that emerge when teams are together. There are a few different levels to this theory and the ones that are most often used to explain team dynamics and patterns are what David describes as the action mode, the operating system and the communication domain. The least discussed is the last one called the Childhood Story, work made infamous now by Dr Sarah Hill and her work. o    Structural Dynamics at its essence gives people a vocabulary to describe  what's happening in a room & a roadmap for how to change those patterns to develop a more balanced behavioural repertoire.   Resources  a)       Neuroscience for Organisational Communication: A Guide for Communicators and Leaders by Dr. Laura McHale. b)        www.conduitconsultants.com c)       The Loughran-McDonald Master Dictionary Sentiment  Words list d)       David Kantor www.kantorinstruments.com e)       Ronald Heifetz, one of the world's foremost authorities on Leadership https://hbr.org/2002/06/a-survival-guide-for-leaders f)        Sarah Hill and her book Where did you learn to behave like that? g)       Corporate gaslighting, absentee leaders and the emotions of work – 07 November 2023, The British Psychological Society. h)       Robert Hogan: https://www.hoganassessments.com/research-project/absentee-leadership/      

The Scoot Show with Scoot
Does the results of the Iowa caucus reflect the early polling results?

The Scoot Show with Scoot

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 36:30


Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU, joins guest host Ian Hoch to talk about the results of the Iowa caucus and, congressional redistricting in Louisiana.