Assessment tools are so generic they produce non-specific and unreliable results.
No implementation piece results in rapidly fading benefits.
Customized assessment tools produce results that are highly reliable and customized to your firm.
Results will include specific feedback on individual strengths in key leadership competencies,
as well as recommended areas for professional development.
There is no connection between assessments and ongoing training or staff development.
A customized assessment tool and process for coaching and developing your executives are solidly in place.
Return on investment can be clearly measured.
Assessment results are fun, cute, or random, rather than based on specific competency criteria.
Your organization has clearly defined competency criteria.
Your customized assessment process will assist the organization's decision makers with predicting and selecting future
executives who will be the best match for your departments or divisions.
Assessment data do not inform decision makers
in ways that support the organizational goals.
Your assessment process creates a road map of information. When used by your organization's training
department or Board of Directors, it will accurately inform decisions about diagnosing, planning, and
delivering highly specific and relevant training opportunities needed by your entire executive team.
Our rapid, customized approach to assessing the developmental needs of your management team is designed
to provide you the essential tools for choosing new executives and defining the strengths of your current executives.
Our approach is unique in that we assess executives not just by looking at isolated traits, skills, and interests, but
by analyzing the dynamic interplay between the executive and the work community and organizational setting.
Research has shown that this approach is the vital step in assisting an organization to build its successful executive community.
David Gerard, Ph.D., has been conducting assessments for over twenty-five years and is a specialist in this field. He
has a command of a wide variety of assessment instruments and will work with you to find the one(s) that best fit YOUR business needs.
Assessment instruments available include, but are not limited to: Myers/Briggs Type Indicator, SDI, DISC, or 16-PF.
Benefits to Executives
Our assessment package includes personality tests, face-to-face interviews, and one-on-one feedback. The specific recommendations that emerge from the assessement reports benefit both the individual and the team:
Individuals make immediate positive adjustments to their management skills and style.
Team leaders use results to achieve their objectives and create a clear, long-term road map to
improve overall management skills, collaborative methods, and leadership qualities.
