John Arnold
Co-Founder and Consultant
Dr. Arnold is the Co-Founder and a Consultant for the Center for Physician Leadership Excellence (CPLE). In addition to John’s role with CPLE, he serves as President of Polaris Assessment Systems, a company focused on the development of high-quality selection and assessment systems for a range of industry groups. Prior to this, Dr. Arnold served as the President of Polaris Educational Systems and the Senior Vice President in charge of U.S. consulting services for Aon’s Human Resources Consulting Group. Dr. Arnold was also a member of the faculty in the Department of Psychology at Wayne State University where he directed the Applied Psychology and Organizational Research Group.
John has over 30 years of consulting experience, primarily in the areas of personnel selection and classification, assessment center design and development, and organizational research. Dr. Arnold holds a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the Society for Human Resources Management. He also twice served as the President of the Michigan Association of Industrial/Organizational Psychologists.
John has published and presented a number of professional papers, including publication in the Journal of Applied Psychology and presentations at the national conventions of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.