Talent development solutions that foster employee engagement and give you the data you need to have the right people in the right roles at the right time.
Talent Development has emerged as a top HR priority as organizations compete to attract and retain talent. Professional growth is now an essential part of an attractive Employee Value Proposition and effective business strategy. If you aren’t sure about the return on investment, consider the below statistics.
Our Approach to Talent Development Assessments
The typical participant experience includes about 2 to 2.5 hours of online assessments measuring personality, leadership style and natural aptitudes. This is followed-up by a 1-hour phone interview with a PCI psychologist. The deliverables are:
Narrative Report
The psychologist analyzes the assessment data and writes a fully customized report. This participant report also includes developmental suggestions and action planning tools.
Numerical Ratings
The psychologist and a peer reviewer assign ratings on your competencies and determine an overall assessment of potential. These are only shared with management – not the individual.
Assessment Debrief
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Assessment results provide an objective datapoint to supplement what is often mostly subjective. This instills fairness and can help to break down biases and improve diversity in your pipeline.
We partner with coaches by conducting assessments at the start of the engagement. This increases the person’s self awareness and provides an objective starting point for discussion. It also gives the coach insights into the person’s motivations and tendencies that would otherwise take months to uncover (if ever).
Many companies use type indicator tools to increase understanding of individual styles and group dynamics. However, those tools do not accurately reflect the complex nature of personality. They are based on stereotypes that can perpetuate bias and lead to erroneous beliefs about oneself and others. When we conduct team assessments, our psychologists provide accurate insights into synergies and interpersonal issues, and sound ideas for how to improve the team’s effectiveness.
Because our assessments uncover the person’s natural propensities and motivators, our customers are able to design individualized career paths. This allows the employee to be their authentic self, leverage their strengths, and grow in ways that fulfill them.
Many of our clients have gone through M&As and asked for our help to assess their new team members. The results are used to place people in the right roles, identify and address competency gaps, and determine who is at risk for being misaligned with their culture.
Research shows that people high on the personality traits of Extraversion and Emotional Steadiness are more likely to adapt successfully to an ex-pat assignment. Given that the failure rate of ex-pat assignments is between 60% and 70%, it’s important to know where a person falls on these continuum. Knowing this information will help you to make the right placement decisions and provide the necessary level of support.
While everyone should receive some type of developmental support, their assessment of potential helps you to allocate time, money, and other resources wisely. We also analyze group-level data and provide insights (e.g., what percentage of people need to improve their leadership style) that can guide choices about the types of training to prioritize and invest in.