
Here at Psychological Consultancy Ltd., we are incredibly proud of our longstanding relationship with Hogan Assessment Systems. Being the first UK distributor of the tools and with over 25 years of expertise, you can be sure that your Hogan training will be of the highest standard – led by our expert psychologists who will support you both during and post-certification. Scroll down to view our course options and view our Hogan Certification training dates here.
Alternatively, view our consultancy services here.
Hogan Certification Workshops
Become certified in the application and interpretation of the Hogan Assessments System tools – HPI, HDS & MVPI.
Our two day Hogan Certification Workshops require no previous qualifications and will fully equip you with the knowledge to start using the Hogan tools immediately. (Already Hogan Certified? Scroll down to read about our Advanced courses).
Available in person (citizenM Tower of London hotel) or virtually | £1,950 + VAT
We also offer in-house training courses for groups of 4 or more, get in touch for further information.
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The two-day Hogan training workshops cover:
- The Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI), which evaluates personality characteristics that people need to get along and get ahead
- The Hogan Development Survey (HDS), which identifies factors that impede career success
- The Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory (MVPI), which identifies individuals’ drivers and core values
What’s included?
- Full HPI, HDS & MVPI Leadership Forecast Reports
- In-depth guidance on interpreting relationships between all three tools
- Opportunities to practise your new skills in a series of interactive exercises, covering interpretation and feedback, with post-course support from our expert consultants
- One complimentary online use of the HPI, HDS & MVPI per person to practise feedback post completion of the course
- An introduction to The Dark Side of Personality
- Full engagement with the consultant’s extensive practical knowledge as well as with your peers on the course
- Exclusive access to PCL’s training materials, tool interpretation and product resources designed using our in-depth knowledge and experience of Hogan assessments
- Electronic versions of the HPI, HDS & MVPI manuals
- Certificate on completion
- Post-training support including complimentary online sessions (Hogan Power Hours) and regular in-person events
- Digital certification badge for use on social media, within your email signature, or anywhere you want to use a downloadable image or an embed code.
- OPTIONAL: Prior to the workshop, you will receive the option to order a HPI/HDS/MVPI Insight Report Package + Flash, with a 25% discount
In advance of the course, you’ll need to complete a short online pre-course module, and after attending the workshop you’ll need to complete a post-course ‘Test of Understanding’ – after this, you’ll be fully qualified in the HPI, HDS and MVPI tools.
Please note that we offer discounted package options if you are also booking onto our advanced courses. Please see the ‘Package Options’ tab below for more information. We also offer group booking discounts – please contact us on training@psychological-consultancy.com for details or call the PCL office on +44 (0)1892 559 540.
Upcoming Courses
Become certified in the application and interpretation of the Hogan Assessments System tools – HPI, HDS & MVPI. As Hogan’s first UK distributor, you can be confident that our trainers are all highly skilled in the Hogan suite.
This two-day workshop provides an introduction to:
- The Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI) evaluates personality characteristics that people need to get along and get ahead
- The Hogan Development Survey (HDS) identifies factors that impede career success
- The Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory (MVPI) identifies individuals’ drivers and core values
You’ll learn about the content of all three Hogan tools as well as having the opportunity to practise your new skills in a series of interactive exercises, covering interpretation and feedback.
What’s included?
- Full HPI, HDS & MVPI Leadership Forecast Reports
- In-depth guidance on interpreting relationships between all three tools
- Opportunities to practise feedback and interpretation sessions, with post-course interpretation and feedback support by expert consultants for up to three months
- An introduction to The Dark Side of Personality
- Full engagement with the consultant’s extensive practical knowledge as well as with your peers on the course
- Exclusive access to PCL’s training materials, tool interpretation and product resources designed using our in-depth knowledge and experience of Hogan assessments
- Electronic versions of the HPI, HDS & MVPI manuals
- Certificate on completion
Prior to the course, you’ll need to complete a short online pre-course module, and after attending the workshop you’ll need to complete a post-course ‘Test of Understanding’ – after this, you’ll be fully qualified and ready to start using the HPI, HDS and MVPI tools within your workplace
Cost: £1,950 + VAT | Booking packages and group booking discounts available – please contact us on training@psychological-consultancy.com for details or call the PCL office on +44 (0)1892 559 540.
CitizenM Hotel also offers a 15% discount on a hotel room for course delegates, should you require. Do let us know if this is of interest and we will share the details.
Please note that this workshop is currently scheduled to take place at the citizenM Tower of London Hotel, 40 Trinity Square, London EC3N 4DJ (subject to the evolving Covid-19 guidance). If you’d like to attend a virtual workshop, please view our calendar to view our virtual training dates.
Become certified in the application and interpretation of the Hogan Assessments System tools – HPI, HDS & MVPI. As Hogan’s first UK distributor, you can be confident that our trainers are all highly skilled in the Hogan suite.
This two-day workshop provides an introduction to:
- The Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI) evaluates personality characteristics that people need to get along and get ahead
- The Hogan Development Survey (HDS) identifies factors that impede career success
- The Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory (MVPI) identifies individuals’ drivers and core values
You’ll learn about the content of all three Hogan tools as well as having the opportunity to practise your new skills in a series of interactive exercises, covering interpretation and feedback.
What’s included?
- Full HPI, HDS & MVPI Leadership Forecast Reports
- In-depth guidance on interpreting relationships between all three tools
- Opportunities to practise feedback and interpretation sessions, with post-course interpretation and feedback support by expert consultants for up to three months
- An introduction to The Dark Side of Personality
- Full engagement with the consultant’s extensive practical knowledge as well as with your peers on the course
- Exclusive access to PCL’s training materials, tool interpretation and product resources designed using our in-depth knowledge and experience of Hogan assessments
- Electronic versions of the HPI, HDS & MVPI manuals
- Certificate on completion
Prior to the course, you’ll need to complete a short online pre-course module, and after attending the workshop you’ll need to complete a post-course ‘Test of Understanding’ – after this, you’ll be fully qualified and ready to start using the HPI, HDS and MVPI tools within your workplace
Cost: £1,950 + VAT | Booking packages and group booking discounts available – please contact us on training@psychological-consultancy.com for details or call the PCL office on +44 (0)1892 559 540.
Please note that this workshop is virtual. If you’d like to attend a face-to-face workshop, please view our calendar to view our London based training dates.
Become certified in the application and interpretation of the Hogan Assessments System tools – HPI, HDS & MVPI. As Hogan’s first UK distributor, you can be confident that our trainers are all highly skilled in the Hogan suite.
This two-day workshop provides an introduction to:
- The Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI) evaluates personality characteristics that people need to get along and get ahead
- The Hogan Development Survey (HDS) identifies factors that impede career success
- The Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory (MVPI) identifies individuals’ drivers and core values
You’ll learn about the content of all three Hogan tools as well as having the opportunity to practise your new skills in a series of interactive exercises, covering interpretation and feedback.
What’s included?
- Full HPI, HDS & MVPI Leadership Forecast Reports
- In-depth guidance on interpreting relationships between all three tools
- Opportunities to practise feedback and interpretation sessions, with post-course interpretation and feedback support by expert consultants for up to three months
- An introduction to The Dark Side of Personality
- Full engagement with the consultant’s extensive practical knowledge as well as with your peers on the course
- Exclusive access to PCL’s training materials, tool interpretation and product resources designed using our in-depth knowledge and experience of Hogan assessments
- Electronic versions of the HPI, HDS & MVPI manuals
- Certificate on completion
Prior to the course, you’ll need to complete a short online pre-course module, and after attending the workshop you’ll need to complete a post-course ‘Test of Understanding’ – after this, you’ll be fully qualified and ready to start using the HPI, HDS and MVPI tools within your workplace
Cost: £1,950 + VAT | Booking packages and group booking discounts available – please contact us on training@psychological-consultancy.com for details or call the PCL office on +44 (0)1892 559 540.
CitizenM Hotel also offers a 15% discount on a hotel room for course delegates, should you require. Do let us know if this is of interest and we will share the details.
Please note that this workshop is currently scheduled to take place at the citizenM Tower of London Hotel, 40 Trinity Square, London EC3N 4DJ (subject to the evolving Covid-19 guidance). If you’d like to attend a virtual workshop, please view our calendar to view our virtual training dates.
This one-day workshop is a hands-on, fast-paced session that prepares you for interpreting scale combinations more skillfully, connecting scales across assessments and interpreting complex combinations with ease.
You’ll be addressing scale and subscale level data to draw effective developmental conclusions, and aid in getting the most value from the Hogan suite of assessments.
You’ll advance your interpretation skills, plus:
- Practice using subscales and interpreting scale combinations
- Learn how to resolve competing or complex scale combinations
- Compare and contrast your own interpretive insights with Hogan expert interpretations
- Connect Hogan data points across scales and assessments for more robust interpretations
- Learn advanced interpretation techniques around low HDS and low MVPI scores
Is this the right course for me?
If you’re looking for a more sophisticated approach to the Hogan assessments and feel that a deeper knowledge of the scales, subscales and their combinations across the entire Hogan suite would be useful, this course is for you. You’ll have plenty of opportunity to develop your interpretation skills across a number of case studies, combining the HPI, HDS and MVPI tools.
Workshop Cost: £1,175 plus VAT
Please note this course is being held in-person at the citizenM Tower of London Hotel, 40 Trinity Square, London EC3N 4DJ (subject to evolving Covid restrictions). We also offer virtual options.
Successful completion of a Hogan Certification Workshop is a pre-requisite of this course | Booking discounts available – contact training@psychological-consultancy.com for details.
This one-day workshop is your opportunity, as a fully-qualified Hogan user (HPI, HDS and MVPI qualifications are pre-requisites to this workshop), to hone your feedback skills and expand your knowledge.
This experiential workshop provides you with knowledge of advanced feedback models, how to integrate Hogan data with other inputs, tips for creating developmental action plans, and an understanding of best practices for delivering Hogan feedback.
The workshop will allow you to:
- Learn a framework for delivering Hogan feedback
- Obtain information about feedback types, debrief models, and feedback delivery best practices
- Learn how to troubleshoot common problems
- Connect assessment results to job context
- Practice conducting a feedback session in a supervised setting
- Practice developmental action planning based on Hogan data
Is this the right course for me?
If you’re relatively new to delivering feedbacks, especially to top-level leaders using sophisticated psychometric assessments, this course will help to give you the confidence to be an effective and personable coach. This workshop covers the fundamentals of setting up and delivering a professional feedback session, so may not be suitable if you are a highly experienced coach.
Workshop Cost: £1,175 plus VAT (package options available, please contact us for details)
This is an in-person course at the citizenM Tower of London Hotel, 40 Trinity Square, London EC3N 4DJ (subject to evolving Covid restrictions). If you’d like a virtual option, please see our calendar for upcoming dates.
PCL were the first international distributor of Hogan tools and have been working closely with Hogan Assessments since 1996. Our long history and experience mean we pride ourselves on offering excellent Hogan training from the experts. We are the only UK verified assessors providing British Psychological Society accredited Hogan training, enabling registration on the Register of Qualifications in Test Use (RQTU).

ADVANCED COURSES
We appreciate that there is a huge amount of information to process during the Hogan certification itself, which is why we offer extensive post training support, as well as a discounts off our Hogan Advanced courses for our HCW delegates should these be of interest. Please view the package options tab below.
The advanced courses are a popular addition to the workshop in providing supplementary support in the application of the tools – ideal for those looking to gain deeper interpretative techniques under the guidance of an experienced trainer, or, if you’re relatively new to giving feedback.
HOGAN ADVANCED INTERPRETATION WORKSHOPS
This one-day workshop is a hands-on, fast-paced session that prepares you for interpreting scale combinations more skillfully, connecting scales across assessments and interpreting complex combinations with ease.
You’ll be addressing scale and subscale level data to draw effective developmental conclusions, and aid in getting the most value from the Hogan suite of assessments.
You’ll advance your interpretation skills, plus:
- Practice using subscales and interpreting scale combinations
- Learn how to resolve competing or complex scale combinations
- Compare and contrast your own interpretive insights with Hogan expert interpretations
- Connect Hogan data points across scales and assessments for more robust interpretations
- Learn advanced interpretation techniques around low HDS and low MVPI scores
Is this the right course for me?
If you’re looking for a more sophisticated approach to the Hogan assessments and feel that a deeper knowledge of the scales, subscales and their combinations across the entire Hogan suite would be useful, this course is for you. You’ll have plenty of opportunity to develop your interpretation skills across a number of case studies, combining the HPI, HDS and MVPI tools.
Workshop Cost: £1,175 plus VAT | View our upcoming training dates via the calendar above
Online & in-person dates available | Successful completion of a Hogan Certification Workshop is a pre-requisite of this course | Booking discounts available – contact training@psychological-consultancy.com for details.
HOGAN ADVANCED FEEDBACK WORKSHOPS
This one-day workshop is your opportunity, as a fully-qualified Hogan user (HPI, HDS and MVPI qualifications are pre-requisites to this workshop), to hone your feedback skills and expand your knowledge.
This experiential workshop provides you with knowledge of advanced feedback models, how to integrate Hogan data with other inputs, tips for creating developmental action plans, and an understanding of best practices for delivering Hogan feedback.
The workshop will allow you to:
- Learn a framework for delivering Hogan feedback
- Obtain information about feedback types, debrief models, and feedback delivery best practices
- Learn how to troubleshoot common problems
- Practice conducting a feedback session in a supervised setting
- Practice developmental action planning based on Hogan data
Is this the right course for me?
If you’re relatively new to delivering feedbacks, especially to top-level leaders using sophisticated psychometric assessments, this course will help to give you the confidence to be an effective and personable coach. This workshop covers the fundamentals of setting up and delivering a professional feedback session, so may not be suitable if you are a highly experienced coach.
Workshop Cost: £1,175 plus VAT | View our upcoming training dates via the calendar above
Online & in-person dates available | Successful completion of a Hogan Certification Workshop is a pre-requisite of this course | Booking discounts available – contact training@psychological-consultancy.com for details.
With nearly 30 years of experience working closely with the Hogan suite of tools, Gillian Hyde, PCL’s Chief Psychologist, has unrivalled expertise of the Hogan Development Survey. Click to learn more about our HDS Masterclass.
HDS MASTERCLASS
Gillian Hyde’s HDS Masterclass provides the opportunity to explore the territory of the Hogan Development Survey – positioning the instrument, linking research findings to practice, discussing combinations of scales, sharing interpretive advice, watching real life profiles act out their dark sides, and giving you the confidence to uncover more nuanced information on the Dark Side of personality. Dark sides which are likely to surface within the current climate of stress and uncertainty.
The session will also cover:
– Score interpretations: How do we look at low scores? What if a profile has no high score?
– An in-depth review of each scale
– Advice for giving feedback to a resistant participant
– Coaching using a dark side profile
– The relationship between the HDS and the Bright Side of Personality
– Recap of recent HDS research
If you’re a HDS trained user and looking for more in-depth interpretation skills, this is the perfect opportunity to learn from one of the world’s most experienced HDS users.
Workshop Cost: £950 + VAT | View our upcoming training dates via the calendar above | Book your spot here
Please note that if you’re looking for a deep-dive into all three Hogan tools, the Advanced Interpretation or Advanced Feedback Workshops will be a better option for you.
ADDITIONAL COURSES AND PACKAGE OPTIONS

BPS TEST USER QUALIFICATIONS
If you want your Hogan qualifications to be listed on the British Psychological Society’s (BPS) Register of Qualified Test Users (RQTU), we can help. We offer BPS-verified Hogan training, drawing on our extensive knowledge of the Hogan tools as well as our close relationship with the BPS.
Starting from scratch?
If you have no prior BPS or Hogan qualifications, you will need to attend the following workshops in order to qualify for RQTU registration:
- BPS Test User Ability – one-day Workshop plus pre- and post- coursework
- Hogan Certification Workshop – two-day Workshop with short pre- and post- coursework
- Hogan Advanced Interpretation – one-day Workshop
Hogan & BPS Package Cost: £3,750 + VAT | View our upcoming training dates via the calendar below, and book your spot here.
Please note that you can add the Hogan Advanced Feedback course to this package option, totalling £4,625 + VAT.
Already BPS qualified?
If you’re already Test User Ability (Level A) and Test User Personality (Level B) qualified, and now want to gain your Hogan qualification to add to the RQTU, you’ll need to attend three days of face-to-face training:
- Hogan Certification Workshop – two-day Workshop with short pre- and post- coursework
- Hogan Advanced Interpretation – one-day Workshop
Interpretation Package Cost: £2,750 + VAT | View our upcoming training dates via the calendar below
HOGAN REFRESHER WEBINARS
For those already qualified in one or more Hogan tools, we have a series of pre-recorded webinars available. Each webinar provides a reminder of the scales, applications and interpretation of each Hogan tool (HPI, HDS and MVPI) and will refresh your existing Hogan knowledge.
Click here to learn more.
FREQUENTLY BOUGHT TOGETHER | PACKAGE OPTIONS
Hogan Certification Workshop + Advanced Interpretation Course: £2,750 + VAT
Hogan Certification Workshop + Advanced Feedback Course: £2,750 + VAT
Hogan Certification Workshop, Advanced Interpretation Course + Advanced Feedback Course: £3,500 + VAT
Hogan Advanced Interpretation + Advanced Feedback Course: £1,950 + VAT
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