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Conference Presentations

Kaiser, R.B. (2010, April). The Problem with the Strengths Fad. Symposium presented at the 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2010, April). Evolution and the Problem with Modern Leadership. Symposium presented at the 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2010, March). Play to your strengths - but don’t get seduced! Keynote address delivered at the ERIAC Capital Humano HR World Forum, Monterrey, Mexico.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2010, February). Next Generation 360: Aligning What We Know and How We Assess. Session presented at the Metropolitan New York Association of Applied Psychology, New York City.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2010, February). Executive Assessment and the Bottom Line: Thinking Clearly about Leadership Effectiveness. Workshop delivered at the Society for Psychologists in Management annual conference, Tampa, FL.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2010, February). Assessing and Developing Adaptable Leaders for an Age of Uncertainty. Session presented at the APA Division 13 (Society for Consulting Psychology) midwinter conference, Scottsdale, AZ.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2010, January). Leadership lessons from the past. In N. Nicholson (chair), Evolutionary Approaches to Leadership, Management, and Organizational Performance, Darwin Seminar. Guest Lecture Series presented at the London Business School, London, UK.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2010, January). Next-Generation 360: Beyond Competencies and the Five-point Scale. Workshop delivered to the British Psychometric Society’s Psychometrics Forum, London, UK.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2009, February). Improving Follow-through, the Achilles’ Heel of Executive Coaching. Session presented at the APA Division 13 (Society for Consulting Psychology) midwinter conference, San Diego, CA.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2008, April). The Importance, Assessment, and Development of Flexible Leadership. Panel discussion presented at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology in San Francisco, CA.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2008, April). Unconventional Thinking About Leadership. Panel discussion presented at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology in San Francisco, CA.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2007, April). The Perils of Accentuating the Positives. Symposium presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York, NY.

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Kaplan, R. E., & Kaiser, R. B. (2007, February). Potent coaching: Fresh leverage for developing versatile leaders. Pre-conference workshop at the APA Division 13 (Consulting Psychology) midwinter conference, Miami, FL.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2007, February). Take hold of your strengths - lest they take hold of you! Invited adult enrichment class sponsored by the Durham Academy, Durham, NC.



Kaiser, R.B. (2006, August). Leadership versatility: Capturing tensions and trade-offs in executive assessment. In M. Dickey (chair) Integrative Models and Methods for Assessing Executive Effectiveness, symposium presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

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Lindberg, J. T., & Craig, S. B. (2006, May). The qualitative study of leadership: Research methods and substantive findings. Symposium presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.

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Lindberg, J. T., & Kaiser, R. B. (2006, May). Engaging leadership: A qualitative study of how leaders impact team engagement. In J. T. Lindberg & S. B. Craig (Co-chairs), The Qualitative Study of Leadership: Research Methods and Substantive Findings. Symposium presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.



Craig, S.B., & Kaiser, R.B., (2006, April). It takes all kinds: Types of leaders at the bottom, middle, and top. Paper in H.S. Leonard (Chair), Investigating the Leadership Pipeline: Selection and Development Implications, practitioner forum presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.

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Kaiser, R.B., & Kaplan, R.E. (2006, April). Are all scales created equal? Response format and the validity of managerial ratings. Paper in B.C. Hayes (Chair), The Four “Rs” of 360º Feedback: Second Generation Research on Determinants of Its Effectiveness, symposium presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2006, April). Leadership and Practical Science: Advancing Knowledge, Improving Organizations. Academic-Practitioner Collaborative Forum presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2006, April). Leadership and Evolutionary Psychology: New Perspectives on an Old Topic. Symposium presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.

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Kaiser, R. & Craig, S.B. (2005, October). What makes executive success different? Presentation at the 2005 Fall conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, St. Louis, MO.



Kaiser, R.B., & Lindberg, J. T. (2005, April). Clarifying the Message: How Can We Improve 360-degree Feedback? Symposium presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.



Kaiser, R.B., & Ferrell, S. G. (2005, April). Leadership and the fate of organizations: On the measurement of effectiveness. Presented in R. B. Kaiser (chair), Making Leadership Research More Relevant, symposium at the 20th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.



Kaiser, R.B. (2005, April). Developing Leaders via Action Learning: A Primer for I/O Psychologists. Practitioner Forum presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.



Kaiser, R.B. (2005, April). Making Leadership Research More Relevant. Symposium presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.



Hogan, R.T. & Kaiser, R.B. (2005, April). Pinch-hitting for the future of I-O Psychology. Presented in F. Drasgow (chair), The Future of I-O Psychology. Symposium presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.



Craig, S.B., Lindberg, J.T., Kaiser, R.B. & Baydoun, R. (2005, April). “Virtually” error-free 360? Effects of web-based multimedia rater training on rating errors. In R.B. Kaiser and J.T. Lindberg (Chairs) Clarifying the Message: How Can We Improve 360-degree Feedback? Symposium presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.



Kaiser, R.B. (2004, November). A Step Forward in Executive Assessment. Invited presentation to the Organizational Consulting track at the annual meeting of the International Coach Federation (ICF), Quebec, Canada.



Kaiser, R.B. (2004, November). Rethinking Executive Assessment: Making Room for Overkill and Imbalance in Leaders. Invited presentation given at the 20th semi-annual meeting of the North Carolina Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Greensboro, NC.



Craig, S.B. (2004, April). 360, the Next Generation: Innovations in Multisource Performance Assessment. Symposium presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

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Kaiser, R.B. & Kaplan, R.E. (2004, April). Overlooking overkill: On the folly of linear rating scales for a non-linear world. In S.B. Craig (Chair) 360, the Next Generation: Innovations in Multisource Performance Assessment. Symposium presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

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Kaiser, R.B. & Craig, S.B. (2004, April). Filling the Pipe I: Studying Management Development across the Hierarchy. Symposium presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2004, April). Filling the Pipe II: Best Practices in Organization-wide Management Development. Practitioner Forum presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

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Kaiser, R.B. & Craig, S.B. (2004, April). What gets you there won’t keep you there: Managerial behaviors related to effectiveness at the bottom, middle, and top. In R. B. Kaiser and S.B. Craig (Co-chairs) Filling the Pipe I: Studying Management Development across the Hierarchy. Symposium presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

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Lindberg, J.T. & Kaiser, R.B. (2004, April). Assessing the Behavioral Flexibility of Managers: A Comparison of Methods. Poster session presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

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Kaplan, R.E., & Kaiser, R.B. (2003, November). Executive Assessment for Coaching and Development. Invited address delivered at the semiannual meeting of the Chicago I/O Psychologists, Schaumburg, IL.

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DeVries, D.L. & Kaiser, R.B. (2003, November). Going sour in the suite: What you can do about executive derailment. Presented in S. Steckler, D. Sethi, & R.K. Prescott (coordinators) Maximizing Executive Effectiveness: Developing Your Senior Leadership workshop hosted by the Human Resources Planning Society, Miami, FL.

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Kaplan, R.E. & Kaiser, R.B. (2004, May). Developing Versatile Leadership: A Two-sided Model and Cutting-edge Tool. Presented at the International Conference and Exposition hosted by the American Society for Training and Development, Washington, DC. 

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Kaplan, R.E., & Kaiser, R.B. (2003, September). Detecting Excess Too: A Quantum Leap in Leadership Assessment. Presented at the 9th annual Leadership Development Conference hosted by Linkage Inc, San Diego, CA.

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Craig, S.B. & Kaiser, R.B. (2003, April). Using Item Response Theory to assess measurement equivalence of 360* performance ratings across organizational levels. In A. Meade (Chair) Applications of Item Response Theory to Measurement in Organizations. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology in Orlando, FL.

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DeVries, D.L. & Young, D.P. (2003, February). Coaching for Impact. Invited presentation delivered at the Center for Effective Organizations, Marina de Rey, CA.



Lyons, D. (2000, August). Freer to Be Me: The Development of Executives at Mid-life. Invited address given at the National Convention of the American Psychological Association.

Winner of the 1999 RHR International Doctoral Dissertation Award from Division 13 of the American Psychological Association.

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Kaiser, R.B., & Craig, S.B. (2002, August). Beneath the Numbers: Factors Affecting the Measurement Properties of 360 Ratings. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

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Kaplan, R.E. (2002, May). Leadership versatility: What leaders need to deal with complex challenges--and don’t always have. Paper presented in Charles Palus (Chair), Complex Challenges Roundtable at the Leadership Development Conference organized by the Conference Board, New York, NY.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2002, April). Outgrowing sensitivities: The deeper work of executive development. In Robert T. Hogan (Chair) Models of Executive Education. Symposium presented at the 17th annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto, Ontario.

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Kaiser, R.B., & Craig, S.B. (2002, April). 360-degree Feedback and Personality at the Crossroads. Symposium presented at the 17th annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto, Ontario.

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Kaiser, R.B., Craig, S.B., Kaplan, R.E., & McArthur (2002, April). Practical science and the development of Motorola’s leadership standards. In Kelly B. Brookhouse (Chair) Transforming Leadership at Motorola, Practitioner Forum presented at the 17th annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto, Ontario.

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Kaiser, R.B. (2001, October). The Inner Work of Leadership Development. Invited address delivered to the Bryan School of Business, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC.



DeVries, D.L., Konz, A. M., & Kaplan, R.E. (2001, April). Executive Coaching: How and When to Use It. Workshop conducted at the 16th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.

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