6 May 2010

Psychometric tests could tell us more about Clegg, Cameron and Brown than TV debates

Polling day for the UK gets underway. For the first time in a UK Election, technology has been embraced with TV dedates, Twitter etc occupying significant resources. This said maybe the technology the politicians really fear is yet to be embraced.

A series of psychometric or personality tests could tell voters far more about the UK's main party leaders than the recent live television debates, it has been claimed.
 
John Holmes of the Psychometric Advantage website says that the recent televised debates in the run up to the general election may make for enthralling TV, but they do not give a true insight into the personalities of the men fighting to be the next Prime Minister.
 
Holmes admits that it is difficult to face 90 minutes of stiff questioning in front of millions of viewers, but the answers they gave were clearly scripted and rarely deviated from their respective party line.
 
If conducted properly, well-prepared psychometric tests are almost impossible to cheat and the results would give voters a deeper understanding of the motivation, principles and honesty of those standing for the highest office in the land.
 
He went on to argue that many of the world's most successful companies insist that candidates for senior positions sit for a psychometric test, so why should politicians such as Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg be any different?
 
As part of a thorough recruitment process, blue chip companies have found that an interview alone, or even a series of interviews, is often not enough to determine the best candidate for the job. When psychometric tests are also used as part of this processes personality traits can be uncovered that are not immediately obvious.
 
It takes a very special person to be a successful Prime Minister, even if the party they represent has the right policies the leader needs to be able to drive those policies through. To do this he needs to have the personality traits needed to unite his party whilst convincing the public and the media that those policies are for the greater good.
 
In recent times we have read about allegations of bullying in Downing Street, while David Cameron has been criticised for being vague about his policies. The TV debates have done little to answer these question marks over their personalities or intentions.
 
However, if Brown, Cameron and Clegg were to sit psychometric tests, and the result were made public, we may all get a peek at the real personality behind the public face of our would-be leaders, Holmes added.

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Comments

06 May 10 D.W.
May run short of eligible candidates rather too quickly. My guess would be a finding of
a) School Bully
b) School Prefect
c) School Wimp
You can apply each finding to whichever leader you feel appropriate, but I think it is fairly obvious

06 May 10 @NatashaJG
I can't help wondering what might tell about 3 leaders, would certainly be enlightening

 

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