Paul Babiak

Paul Babiak, president of HRBackOffice, has over twenty-five years of broad industrial experience with a focus on building and managing Human Resources and Human Resource Development departments and functions, including the design and implementation of human resource strategies in the areas of

• staffing, compensation, benefits,

• human resource development,

• management & executive development, &

• executive succession.

His international work has included the design and implementation of

• succession planning processes,

• global organizational satisfaction surveys, and

• career and leadership development programs.

Coach:  He has coached individuals at a variety of levels, both corporate and private, from plant managers to presidents, on business and career matters, including the handling of difficult relationships issues.

Author and Researcher:  As an Industrial and Organizational Psychologist, he has studied the impact of counterproductive employee behavior on business, and has published his findings on the role of personality and integrity on the organization in professional journals and books.  He is the author, with Robert D. Hare, of the highly recommended business book, Snakes In Suits: When Psychopaths Go To Work, and is currently developing an instrument entitled the B-Scan for use in employee selection and succession planning.

Speaker:  Dr. Babiak speaks to business and professional audiences around the world on the topic of psychopathy and the corporate psychopath.

Education:  Paul has a doctorate from Stevens Institute of Technology, where he also studied physics, engineering and management science. 

Affiliations:  He is a member of various professional organizations, including

• the American Psychology - Law Society (AP-LS),

• the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP),

• the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy (SSSP - Charter Member),

• the Association for Psychological Science (APS - Charter Member),

• the American Psychological Association (APA), and

• the American Society for Training and Development (Past President - ASTD Westchester Chapter).

He is a founding member of the Consortium of Forensic Assessment, Consulting, and Training Specialists (CoFACTS), which comprises psychologists and law enforcement (former FBI and RCMP) professionals with extensive experience dealing with psychopaths.

Dr. Babiak is a licensed psychologist in New York and North Carolina.   He lives in Dutchess County, New York.

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