Cited is a podcast for coaches who want to stay sharp without drowning in academic journals.
In each short episode, we select one peer-reviewed journal article relevant to coaching and assessment. We then use an AI research tool to summarize, analyze, and clarify the material. Finally, we distill those insights into a focused episode designed to inform your practice.
That's it—just the smartest coaching ideas from the journals straight to you.
Revisiting Emotional Intelligence in Leadership: A Decade of Debate
Join us for a captivating dive into "The Great EI Debate" and its ongoing relevance to leadership. We explore the controversy surrounding Emotional Intelligence (EI), touching upon its construct validity, measurement, and predictive power for workplace outcomes. Proponents argue that the field has matured, citing meta-analyses showing EI's predictive strength for employee performance, organisational citizenship behaviour, and leader effectiveness, even after accounting for cognitive ability a...
9 Aug 2025
The Human Tendency Towards Addition
Ever wondered why our default is always to add, rarely to subtract? This episode unpacks compelling research demonstrating that people systematically overlook subtractive changes, consistently defaulting to additive transformations. We explore why this cognitive bias exists, leading us to accept adequate solutions while missing potentially superior alternatives. Discover the conditions that make us more likely to identify advantageous subtractive changes, including the presence of subtraction...
6 Aug 2025
Deconstructing the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator's Validity
Tune into our latest episode as we dig into the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), arguably the world's most popular psychology idea. Despite its immense popularity, used by millions globally, we uncover the significant theoretical flaws that exist beneath its surface. The MBTI, based on Carl Jung's theory, lacks agreement with known facts and data, suffers from internal contradictions, and lacks testability when evaluated against rigorous scientific criteria. We explore how its underlying a...
20 Jul 2025
Which Leadership Development Interventions Actually Work?
Organisations are investing billions into leadership development, yet traditional "one size fits all" programmes often fall short. Today's leaders must master a wider array of skills, challenge outdated paradigms, and effectively manage polarities and paradoxes. The focus is shifting from "managing human capital" to "potentialising people", demanding personalised learning and building leadership capacities. We explore the Pro•Leader Intervention Program, a groundbreaking, individualised appro...
13 Jul 2025
The EQ Equation: Cracking the Code for Workplace Success
Ready to stop guessing about emotional intelligence? This episode cuts through the hype to reveal its undeniable power in the workplace. We uncover the real reasons why mastering your emotional landscape, and understanding others', isn't just a 'nice-to-have'—it's a game-changer for individual performance, team cohesion, and tackling stress head-on. For coaches, leaders, and organisational psychologists, we'll clarify the critical difference between true emotional ability and broader social a...
13 Jul 2025
The Self: Presentation, Change, and Regulation
On this episode, we challenge conventional wisdom about leadership feedback. We uncover how your 'blind spots' – those aspects of your leadership others see but you don't – can actually positively correlate with leader effectiveness, a surprising finding that redefines how we view self-awareness. Prepare for another twist: for highly observable leadership behaviours, it's often the unique perspectives from specific rater groups like peers, board members, or direct reports that hold the most p...
12 Jul 2025
Personality Assessment and Coaching: A Collaborative Paradigm
This episode explores the deep connection between personality and leadership, using the Five-Factor Model as a key framework. It highlights the significant overlap among many leadership measures, suggesting this commonality largely reflects the positive emotional quality of the leader-follower relationship. The discussion also covers how personality assessment is used in executive coaching to boost self-awareness and encourage behavioural change through a collaborative approach. Furthermore, ...
12 Jul 2025
The Interplay of Personal Values, Interests, and Personality in Human Life.
In this episode, we dive into how our core values, passions, and personality quirks team up to fuel what drives us—from Schwartz’s universal values circle shaping our life compass and moral judgments (Schwartz, 1992) to the power of trait-like interests that reliably predict career success and satisfaction (Rounds & Su, 2014). You’ll also learn why distinguishing learned values (“ought” ideals) from innate traits can transform goal-setting strategies and why those stable, contextual inter...
17 Jun 2025
Major Life Events' (Small and Specific) Impact on Personality
This episode analyzes how major life events impact personality traits, self-esteem, and life satisfaction, revealing work-related events have more consistent effects.
17 Jun 2025
360 Feedback Decoded: The LARI Model & Leader Effectiveness
This episode analyzes a study on 360-degree feedback, explaining the Leadership Arena–Reputation–Identity model and how different perspectives predict leader effectiveness for senior executives.
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