Professional Quotient

Professional Quotient

Scientific approach for a happy and successful professional life

About Professional Quotient

Professional Quotient (PQ) is a new psychomedical approach in the field of human behavior at work. It is developed in the light of recent neuroscientific data, new concepts in behavioral sciences, and medical facts. PQ is about mental abilities that are necessary for individuals, groups, or organizations to be successful in professional life. It consists of 5 elements which provide a theoretical framework for productivity and success. The concept of Professional Quotient constitutes a systematic check-up instrument which also takes medical factors into consideration as an essential component of well-being at work. PQ ensures that the approach towards the human factor at work is based on scientific and systematic grounds and the well-being of the employees is taken into account as well as their performances.

PQ Corporate

Corporate Behavioral Management

It’s important to develop organizational policies when managing a large number of people in a system for measuring the employees’ productivity and performance. Being aware of toxic behaviors, motivation, and happiness among employees is only possible through systematic gathering of reliable data. It is only with such data that managerial algorithms, organisational reward and feed-back systems may be developed to manage behaviors of professionals from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and generations; ensuring success in a competİtive corporate world.

Corporate Behavioral Management

It’s important to develop organizational policies when managing a large number of people in a system for measuring the employees’productivity and performance. Being aware of toxic behaviors, motivation, and happiness among employees is only possible through systematic gathering of reliable data. It is only with such data that managerial algorithms, organisational reward and feed-back systems may be developed to manage behaviors of professionals from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and generations; ensuring success in a competitive corporate world.

  • Corporate Needs Assessment
  • Talent Management Systems
  • Pulse Surveys
  • Competency Model Development
  • Supportive Management

PQ Team

Team Behavioral Management

Managing emotions of group members and their effect on team performance, thus establishing productive teams requires knowledge and skills such as creating a positive group atmosphere, being aware of the principles of group dynamics, and conflict resolution.  Awareness and management of toxic behaviors within the team are also important aspects of team management.

Team Behavioral Management

Managing emotions of group members and their effect on team performance, thus establishing productive teams requires knowledge and skills such as creating a positive group atmosphere, being aware of the principles of group dynamics, and conflict resolution.   Awareness and management of toxic behaviors within the team are also important aspects of team management. 

  • Team Profile Assessment
  • Team Leadership Assessment/Development
  • Team 360 Evaluation
  • Performance - Feedback Guide for Team Leaders
  • Mentoring/Coaching Guide for Team Leaders

PQ Individual

Individual Behavioral Management

For being a successful professional one needs to be aware of and manage own emotions as well as managing professional interactions. Finding meaning for self and having values related to work are essential for a fulfilling worklife. Every professional should have career plans and develope related occupational skills as well as presenting an appropriate professional image in accordance with professional settings. Therefore, every individual should be equipped with these skills for excellence in professional life.

Individual Behavioral Management

For being a successful professional one needs to be aware of and manage own emotions as well as managing professional interactions. Finding meaning for self and having values related to work are essential for a fulfilling worklife. Every professional should have career plans and develope related occupational skills as well as presenting an appropriate professional image in accordance with professional settings. Therefore, every individual should be equipped with these skills for excellence in professional life.

  • Leadership Training
  • Coaching
  • Mentorship Program
  • Professional Development

PQ Careers

Career Counseling

Whether you are just graduating from high school or getting your university degree and having difficulty choosing your direction, or having trouble coping with problems related to your work as a young professional you need proper guidance. To find out what one’s true professional potential is one needs to know who he/she really is, and a guide to help achieve the best version of his/her professional self. Best results are achieved through objective data, realistic algorithms/formulas, and designing a doable and flexible roadmap.

Career Counseling

Whether you are just graduating from high school or getting your university degree and having difficulty choosing your direction, or having trouble coping with problems related to your work as a young professional you need proper guidance. To find out what one’s true professional potential is one needs to know who he/she really is, and a guide to help achieve the best version of his/her professional self. Best results are achieved through objective data, realistic algorithms/formulas, and designing a doable and flexible roadmap.

  • Senior High School Students
  • University Students
  • Initial Years of Professional Life

The Five Elements of PQ

The five elements of the PQ Model have different neurobiological and behavioral correlates which are dynamically applicable to professional conditions.

1
Professional Mentalizing

The ability to understand the mental processes of oneself and other people, and to be aware of and manage our own and others’ emotions, thoughts, and intentions, so that we can communicate and interact with those around ...

1
Professional Mentalizing

The ability to understand the mental processes of oneself and other people, and to be aware of and manage our own and others’ emotions, thoughts, and intentions, so that we can communicate and interact with those around us. It allows us to see the world from someone else’s point of view, understand that people can have different perceptions compared to ours, and anticipate their future feelings and behaviors.

2
Executive Functions

The ability to control and manage the brain itself, including planning and organizing its many activities. This administrating function takes place in the prefrontal cortex of the brain, which helps with planning, organi...

2
Executive Functions

The ability to control and manage the brain itself, including planning and organizing its many activities. This administrating function takes place in the prefrontal cortex of the brain, which helps with planning, organizing, controlling and synchronizing complex bits of information.

3
Mental Activity

Can be defined as the brain’s stability in performance. Our brains show some degree of fluctuation depending on internal and external factors – for example, we can maintain our focus for long hours one day whereas we can...

3
Mental Activity

Can be defined as the brain’s stability in performance. Our brains show some degree of fluctuation depending on internal and external factors – for example, we can maintain our focus for long hours one day whereas we can be easily distracted the next. Examples of some factors that contribute to fluctiations in professional performance may include medical factors such as thyroid problems or anemia, life style factors such as sleep or physical activity, eating habits, toxic behavior at work, effects of seasonal change, etc.

4
Neuroplasticity

Can be defined as mental flexibility. It allows us to learn new information or adapt to changing conditions. It’s the primary player when our jobs demand new solutions or when we need to learn new things in order to continue ...

4
Neuroplasticity

Can be defined as mental flexibility. It allows us to learn new information or adapt to changing conditions. It’s the primary player when our jobs demand new solutions or when we need to learn new things in order to continue performing well.

5
Professional Self

Refers to the existence of a person as a professional. Internal professional self is about a person’s career goals, values, principles, work ethic, and interests. External professional-self includes being a role model, c...

5
Professional Self

Refers to the existence of a person as a professional. Internal professional self is about a person’s career goals, values, principles, work ethic, and interests. External professional-self includes being a role model, creating a professional image in the eyes of others, and one’s professional network.



For the article "A Multidisciplinary, Psychomedical Model for Behavior at Work: Professional Quotient (PQ)” in the Practice Makes Perfect column of the Canadian Society of Industrial and Organisational Psychology (CSIOP) newsletter October 2017 issue, please click here.

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T. Hakan Yoney

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Prof. Dr. T. Hakan Yoney, MD

Dr. T. Hakan Yoney started his academic career at the University of Marmara School of Medicine in 1986 and became a professor of psychiatry in 2001. He worked at the National Institutes of Mental Health (Bethesda, USA) on brain mechanisms of mental disorders. He has focused his work on human behavior in professional life and he was the consultant and supervisor of psychological services for the first Employee Assistance Program in Turkey for many years. He developed the concept of Professional Quotient with the aim of integrating brain sciences, medicine, and behavioral sciences into organizational behavior practices. Professional Quotient framework illuminates the fundamental mechanisms that drive individual, team, and organizational growth and performance. He is interested in ... well-being issues at work, mental skills that are involved in professional success, their neural correlates, and how these skills can be developed.

He has two published books:

1. Yoney, Hakan. Mutlu ve Başarılı Bir İş Yaşamı için Profesyonel Zeka PQ. (Professional Quotient PQ for a Happy and Successful Professional Life) Remzi Bookstore, 1st Edition 2007, 2nd Renewed Edition 2014.

2. Tıpta Uzmanlık Seçimi. (Medical Specialty Choice) Hakan Yoney, Dilek Gogas (Editors), Marmara University Publications, 2009.

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