Hogan Assessment Systems provide premium assessment-based solutions for making valid and reliable decisions about people. PBC is proud to represent Hogan Assessment Systems in New Zealand and Australia.
Hogan Assessment Tools
Certifications & Qualifications
We provide Hogan Assessment Certification Workshops in New Zealand and can support access to custom or global certification programs. We also offer a wide range of qualification webinars to support upskilling in a range of Hogan and PBC instruments.
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Our expertise in leadership, business consulting, people and culture and analytics provides the necessary foundation to undertake successful business improvement initiatives with our clients.
What we do
PBC was founded by Managing Director Peter Berry in 1990. In the decades since, PBC has grown into a leading provider of human capital consulting services, and we are proud to be the New Zealand and Australian distributor of Hogan Assessments.
PBC is a multidisciplinary global consulting firm with 30 years' experience in the delivery of best practice solutions aimed at maximising the potential and demonstrated behaviour of individuals, teams, leaders, and organisations.
PBC provides customer-focused, evidence-based people solutions that enable organisations to select the right people, develop key talent, build better teams, drive leadership capability, and enhance organisational performance. PBC has offices in New Zealand and Australia to support our clients both locally and globally. We employ highly skilled and experienced consultants with backgrounds in psychology, business consulting and human resources. Our international network of partners and distributors enable us to provide seamless global solutions.
PBC is the New Zealand and Australian Distributor of Hogan Assessments and the author of a range of diagnostics including the Hogan 360 Suite, Agile Leader 360, Graduate Talent Assessment (GradTA), High Performing Team Assessment (HPTA), and co-author of the Hogan Safety Climate Survey.
"PBC's deep expertise in the suite of products offered by Hogan Assessments not only makes them a superb business partner for Hogan, but more importantly, PBC is an invaluable resource for identifying and developing leadership talent in any organisation anywhere on the planet. In addition to their expertise with the Hogan assessments, PBC has developed a superb stand-alone 360 assessment that parallels the Hogan suite. The PBC 360 is also a uniquely powerful method for evaluating and enhancing the performance of teams—there is nothing like it anywhere for team development."
Robert Hogan
Founder and President, Hogan Assessment
Products & Services
Team Development
PBC recognises that teams drive organisational performance. PBC's team
solutions support team development and success through targeted solutions
that focus on:
- Building high performing teams
- Improving the effectiveness of newly formed teams
- Getting dysfunctional teams back on track
- Enabling 'joint venture' teams to be effective
- Collaboration across different functional teams
The PBC High Performing Team Assessment (HPTA) measures team
performance across 12 critical themes for success and helps teams understand their mix of strengths and opportunities related to the themes of performance
and culture. It is used for ongoing team development and attainment of
strategic objectives.
Hogan & PBC Products
We have several Hogan and PBC products that specialise in assessment and development of individuals, teams, and organisations.
Hogan Products The science of personality to improve workplace performance. Hogan assessments measure reputation, not identity.
- Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI) The Bright Side
- Hogan Development Survey (HDS) The Dark Side
- Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory (MVPI) The Inside
PBC Products Evidence based diagnostics to build individual, team and organisational success.
- Hogan 360 powered by PBC
- Hogan High Potential 360
- Agile Leader 360
- Safety 360
- High Performing Team Assessment
- Customer Stakeholder Survey
- Employee Opinion Survey
Talent Selection
PBC uses a data driven approach to offer end-to-end selection solutions customised to suit your organisation. We provide off the shelf solutions or a customised, research-based approach to ensure your selection processes are efficient and effective in identifying the right candidates, at the right time, in the right role. PBC's selection solutions are tailored to your organisation to reduce turnover, increase engagement and productivity, lower selection costs and maximise performance.
Talent Development
PBC believes that all talent can be nurtured, and with self-awareness, effort and persistence employees can develop and improve.
PBC's global development solutions use a combination of diagnostics, such as personality assessments and multi-rater/360 assessments, in combination with our consulting services to build capability and performance from graduates to high potentials and senior leaders. Our solutions cater to individuals, teams, and inform organisational development programs.
Executive Coaching
PBC's Coaching philosophy is evidenced based, context specific, and draws on over three decades of global research benchmarking leadership capability and leadership effectiveness.
We employ highly experienced and qualified Organisational Psychologists, Coaches and Facilitators to ensure that the coaching and facilitation solutions we provide are grounded in an evidence base and are delivered with exceptional quality.
PBC Coaching Series: Executive Coaching for the Emerging Future – Watch Now
Organisational Focus
All organisations rely on two key groups of people to be successful: their employees and their customers.
PBC's global organisational solutions enable businesses to measure the opinions of both these groups to provide meaningful insight into the strengths and challenges facing the business. Armed with this information, they can then put in place targeted plans to address any issues and measure improvement over time.
Our business consulting services help to incorporate these insights into business improvement initiatives to drive performance and improve bottom line results.
PBC Thought Leadership Forum 2022: Employee Retention and Engagement Presentation – Watch Now
Hogan Certification Workshop and 2023 Workshop Dates
Peter Berry Consultancy are proud to deliver certification workshops for professionals seeking to administer Hogan Personality Assessments for talent selection or development. Our interactive workshop unlocks the theory, structure, and application of these assessments, equipping you with the knowledge and skills to deliver quality feedback. Whether you’re a consultant, coach, HR professional, recruiter, or just someone interested in personality, get certified today.
The Hogan Assessment Certification Workshop teaches participants to use three Hogan inventories:
- Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI)
- Hogan Development Survey (HDS)
- Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory (MVPI)
The Hogan Assessment Certification Workshop includes many valuable benefits for each participant:
- Personal assessment and a debrief session with a consultant prior to the workshop.
- Access to the Hogan Online Learning Module prior to the workshop.
- A copy of the Hogan Workbook and an e-Hogan Guide.
- Electronic copies of all three technical manuals (HPI, HDS, and MVPI) plus access to all of the latest publications and research articles.
- Two assessment IDs (including a feedback session with a PBC consultant) to be used after the certification workshop.
- Facility to order Hogan profiles to meet your organisation’s business needs.
- Ongoing access to consultants for difficult assessment interpretations and implementation questions.
The Hogan Advanced Workshop is designed for those looking to gain deeper interpretive insights from Hogan personality assessment data. The workshop teaches:
- How to extract maximum interpretive value from the three core personality assessments by drawing connections across scales and assessments including resolving competing or complex scale combinations.
- How to extract value from the subscales, interpret low scores on HDS and MVPI scales, and how to avoid common interpretive mistakes.
New Zealand Workshop Dates
We offer both in-person or virtual Hogan Certification workshops. To book a workshop, please click the link here. Hogan certification price is NZD3,000. Advanced workshops are NZD1,500. Register for any workshop in 2023 to receive the New Zealand discounted rate of NZD3,000 for 1 or 2 certification workshops, and NZD1,500 for 1 or 2 advanced workshops. (2 for 1 discount applies until the end of 2023)
Auckland Public Face to
Face Workshops
2 days (16 Hours)
December 5-6
Wellington Face to Face
Workshops
2 days (16 Hours)
October 25-26
Virtual Workshops
3 days (16 Hours)
November 15-16-17
Virtual Workshops 2
days (16 Hours) AEST
December 12-13
Advanced Virtual
Workshops
1 day (8 Hours)
November 22
Certifications & Qualifications
PBC offer a wide range of qualification webinars to support upskilling in a range of Hogan and PBC instruments. If you would like to see a listing of these webinars and information on how to enrol, please email info@peterberry.co.nz.
Team
PBC has a highly professional team of consultants, organisational psychologists, account managers, project managers and support staff. The PBC team is led by Peter Berry and Shayne Nealon.
Peter Berry
Managing Director | Peter Berry Consultancy New Zealand LP (PBC NZ)
Peter established Peter Berry Consultancy Pty Ltd in 1990. He is an accomplished keynote speaker, facilitator and executive coach. Peter specialises in leadership development, coaching, change management, business performance and team building for leaders within the public and private sector in Australia and globally across various industries. Peter's competencies include strong leadership skills, sound business acumen, strategic thinking and strong diplomacy skills.
Peter's experience includes over 20 years as a Director and Associate with Melbourne Business School and was an Associate at Macquarie Graduate School of Management. He is also a regular speaker at The Executive Connection (TEC).
Peter's most recent book, 'The CEO Checklist', is a management guide to excellence in leadership, business and performance. His previous books include 'The Big Picture – 9 steps to business excellence' and he has co-authored research, 'Leadership in Australia', 'What makes High Performing CEOs', 'Female Leadership in Australia' and 'Emerging Leaders in Australia'. Peter has also delivered thought leadership presentations around Australia and globally.
Shayne Nealon
Managing Partner | Peter Berry Consultancy New Zealand LP (PBC NZ)
Shayne Nealon is the Managing Partner at Peter Berry Consultancy Australia and NZ. Shayne has over 30 years' experience in management and human capital. Shayne's experience in the management of a large global workforce, coupled with her background in operations, customer service, learning and development and workplace safety and compliance, allows her to consult to a broad range of organisations.
Shayne is an experienced facilitator and executive coach. Shayne is authorised to accredit psychologists and HR professionals in the use of all Hogan Assessment Systems' instruments and has used Hogan instruments for 20 years in a range of organisational settings.
Careers
PBC NZ is committed to building a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion. Applicants from different backgrounds are encouraged to join PBC, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.
Expressions of interests can be directed to our recruitment team. Please email a cover letter and CV detailing your relevant qualifications to info@peterberry.co.nz. Communication from the recruitment team is primarily through phone and email. If you would prefer another method of communication, please advise of your preferred method upon sending your expression of interest.
Contact Us
If you would like to speak to a member of the PBC team, please email info@peterberry.co.nz or complete the form below.