ASSESS™ Group Reports – Enhance Team Effectiveness

Use ASSESS™ for Team Development

ASSESS™ Group Summary Reports provide aggregate data for group(s) of participant's. Summary reports include information such as: most frequent developmental suggestions; overall "fit" of the group with their competency model, and average score of the group on ASSESS™ personality dimensions. This information may be used to target training and improve team performance.

The Team Effectiveness (Comparison) Plots display the results of selected individuals (pairs or groups) on combinations of ASSESS™ characteristics. The impact of each individual's "style" on team effectiveness can be explored through our 17 standard comparisons or customized plots can be created. Comparison Plots can aid in helping pairs or teams to recognize similarities and differences, understand potential strengths and potential weakness, and develop a team plan to increase group effectiveness.

ASSESS™ Group 360 Reports show aggregate results for all individuals for whom a 360 was generated and that were rated against the same model. It is also designed to help improve team performance and complements both the ASSESS™ group Summary Reports and Team Effectiveness plots.

Back to ASSESS™ Overview

We would be pleased to discuss how you can improve any of these processes by using ASSESS. Please contact us.

 

Assess™ Overview

Built specifically for business, Assess™ ensures you hire the best people, get the best out of them and get them ready for future roles. Assess™ has the highest level of workplace validation and applies to all major points in an employee’s lifecycle;

1. Hiring
2. Onboarding
3. Performance Improvement
4. Team Effectiveness
5. Succession Planning

The first step is to create a competency (success) model.

• Create a model from scratch using our Assess™ library
• Mapping an existing model to competencies in the Assess™ library
• Use one of our 5 pre-established models outlined in General Competency Models (PDF) 

Once the competency model is defined, you can measure both individuals and teams against your model to improve both individual and team performance. A number of individual and group reports are available in Assess™. Brief descriptions of reports follow. To see a full list of Assess™ Reports available by category, see ASSESS-Reports-by-Category.pdf.

Assess™ Reports (Individual) – Personal Effectiveness

Use Assess for Selection (Hiring)

 ASSESS™ Selection Reports identify the personality traits of a candidate that are likely to help/hinder the individual’s ability to be successful in a given role. The report helps to focus a behavioural interview by providing questions specifically linked to competencies plus unique questions based on the candidate’s results.

The report also includes management suggestions or coaching tips, which can be used if the candidate is hired.

Hire based on a complete picture of competencies defined for success.

The result – increase the probability of hiring candidates that will succeed - lower hiring costs, higher retention and better performance.

Use Assess for Personal Development and Coaching

ASSESS™ Development Reports provide an in-depth evaluation of a candidate’s assets and liabilities in relation to the needed competencies for a given role. The report provides development suggestions, books to read and courses to take in order to facilitate the coaching process and improve performance.

 ASSESS™ 360 Reports can provide additional perspective and enhance the development process. This report includes a detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis of how the individual and other team members (boss, direct reports, peers, etc…) view the individual’s behaviour and performance. The printed report will provide developmental suggestions for some of the candidate’s lowest rated competencies. Additional development suggestions for each of the competencies will be available on-line.

ASSESS™ Focus 360 is an abbreviated 360 module, which measures observed changes for a group of targeted behaviours selected by an employee and their leader. It is designed to further enhance coaching and development.

 

Assess™ Group Reports – Enhance Team Effectiveness

Use Assess™ for Team Development

ASSESS™ Group Summary Reports provide aggregate data for group(s) of participant's. Summary reports include information such as: most frequent developmental suggestions; overall "fit" of the group with their competency model, and average score of the group on ASSESS™ personality dimensions. This information may be used to target training and improve team performance.

The Team Effectiveness (Comparison) Plots display the results of selected individuals (pairs or groups) on combinations of ASSESS™ characteristics. The impact of each individual's "style" on team effectiveness can be explored through our 17 standard comparisons or customized plots can be created. Comparison Plots can aid in helping pairs or teams to recognize similarities and differences, understand potential strengths and potential weakness, and develop a team plan to increase group effectiveness.

ASSESS™ Group 360 Reports show aggregate results for all individuals for whom a 360 was generated and that were rated against the same model. It is also designed to help improve team performance and complements both the ASSESS™ group Summary Reports and Team Effectiveness plots.

We would be pleased to discuss how you can improve any of these processes by using Assess. Please contact us.

Hire the Best

Looking for a way to increase your chances of hiring the best candidates?

There are a variety of tools in the market that help you identify how costly it is when you make a poor hiring decision. The bottom line is that this cost can range from 6 months to over one year of the applicant’s salary and benefits in direct costs alone. The indirect costs — the additional turnover caused by the hiring, the effect on morale, the decrease in team effectiveness — are much harder to quantify.

Studies beginning as far back as the 1980’s have shown that personality has a much larger effect on performance than previously thought.

Our suite of selection tools will allow you to better understand the personality characteristics of potential candidates. This will increase your probability of success when making a hiring decision and will also provide you with a way to effectively integrate new hires into your organization.

• Want to hire the best individual contributors, managers, and executives? Learn more about Assess Selection
• Looking to hire the best consultative salespeople? See the benefits of using SalesMax
• Want to quickly screen for characteristics linked to success in associate level positions? Learn more about the SELECT Associate screening system

 

ASSESS In-Depth Certification

We know that your schedule is hectic and your time is limited. We do our best to adapt our certification process to your needs and your schedule.

For coaches, executive search firms, and HR/OD consultants we also provide insight into how to effectively use the tools and expand your practice.

We also offer in-house certification allowing you and your team members the opportunity to tailor your learning to what is most relevant for your organization.

What makes our certification process unique is our commitment to service our clients. We provide follow-up coaching and advisory services to make sure that the tools are being used effectively and so that all of our clients achieve the best possible results.

ASSESS Workshops

During our workshops you will learn how to enhance the use of ASSESS with your clients or within your organization. We focus on the following:

• Understanding ASSESS characteristics and profile interpretation
• Learning how to use ASSESS to hire the best candidates
• Leveraging the power of ASSESS for one-on-one coaching or group workshops, including modules for
  • Career Development Workshops
  • Coaching & Leadership Development
  • Developing Teams
• All participants receive their own ASSESS development report to enhance the learning process and for personal improvement.

For more information about certification and pricing please contact us.

Team Effectiveness

Evaluate, Develop and Align Your People for Success

• How do you integrate new members into a team?
• How do you know what the chemistry will be like when new members join a team?
• Are you equipped to identify and leverage team strengths?
• How do you determine what developmental needs exist in your teams?

Personality has a much bigger impact on performance than what was previously thought. And individual personalities have a direct impact on the display of competencies and on how effectively teams perform.

Once all of the members of a team have completed the Assess Survey you will be able to:

Create Team Effectiveness Plots

• See which personality traits will have the greatest impact on success
• Facilitating integration of new and existing team members
• Create strategies to avoid conflict and enhance cooperation

See Team Effectiveness Plots (Pdf format)

Create Group Summary Report provides information such as:

• Most frequent developmental suggestions
• Overall "fit" of the group with their competency model
• Average score of the group on Assess personality dimensions

This information may be used to target training and improve team performance.

See Group Summary Report (pdf format)

To learn more about how Assess can help you understand team dynamic and identify ways to improve team performance, please contact us for more information.

Succession Planning

Evaluate Your Bench Strength Using Objective Measures

Succession Planning is the process of developing talent to meet the needs of an organization now and into the future.

In order for a Succession Planning process to be successful, leaders must think about aligning staffing and leadership needs to current and future strategic objectives.

The Essential Components of an Effective Success Planning Program

 

 

 

How Can the Assess Suite of Tools Enhance the Succession Planning Process?

With Assess you can clarify the skills, knowledge and characteristics required for current and future roles; add objectivity in determining readiness for a role and identify gaps and help to focus training and development. Organizations can measure their bench strength and hire more strategically.

Once the purpose and objectives (points 1 and 2 above) of a Succession Planning process are identified, the following can take place:

1. In Stage 1 of the OAP™, an organization will define success for now and for the future.
2. Establish a way to measure the competencies. ASSESS 360 and Focus 360 all provide ways to measure the behaviours associated with the competencies that have been defined for success, identify gaps and provide development suggestions.
3.  An objective way to measure potential and to close any existing gaps. ASSESS Development reports can enhance existing methods of measuring potential, by benchmarking candidates against current and future roles.
4. A way to Evaluate Results. Candidates can continue to be evaluated using the entire ASSESS Suite to monitor progress, enhance development and improve performance.

To learn how to add objectivity to your succession planning process, contact us.

Improve Performance

Give Your Leaders the Tools to Measure What Matters

Even when goals are clearly defined, leaders provide little feedback and coaching. They do this annually often as a result of a requirement imposed on them (annual review, bonus calculations, etc…) Many leaders are not equipped to provide effective feedback.

The Assess system helps leaders understand the connection between goals and the behaviours that are necessary to accomplish those goals.

Stage 1 of the OAP™ "Defining Success" shows how strategy and outcomes can be linked to behaviours that are necessary for success. Providing leaders and their team members with an ability to define what will be monitored and evaluated as part of the performance management process.

This common language is used as a framework for on-going coaching and performance improvement. Feedback can now be immediate, specific, non personal and it can highlight both positive and negative behaviours.

• ASSESS Development provides an in-depth evaluation of a candidate’s assets and liabilities in relation to the needed competencies for a given role. The report provides the candidate with development suggestions, books to read and courses to take in order to facilitate the coaching process and improve performance.

• The ASSESS 360° can provide additional perspective and enhance the development process. Focus 360, an abbreviated 360 module, which measures observed changes for a group of targeted behaviours selected by an employee and their leader, further enhances coaching and development.

To learn more about how to incorporate Assess into your performance improvement process please contact us.

SalesMax was designed and validated to help organizations identify and develop top performers in consultative sales roles.

SalesMax Delivers Results

• Candidates with top scores on SalesMax produce at 121% of average.
•  84% of poor performers are screened out using SalesMax.

What is SalesMax?

SalesMax is a state-of-the-art, web-based system that produces comprehensive reports to assist in the selection and development of professional sales people.

The SalesMax System provides immediate testing, evaluation and reporting from an internet connection.

What does SalesMax Measure?

Personality traits and sales knowledge that contribute to effectiveness in a sales role, specifically:

• Sales Personality - All are work-related traits that have direct applicability to sales positions.
• Sales Knowledge - Evaluates the candidate's understanding of effective behaviours and strategies at key stages of the sales cycle. The emphasis is on consultative and relationship-oriented sales.
• Sales Motivations - The relative strength of eight sources of personal motivation to help to manage and motivate the candidate, if hired.

Why Use SalesMax?

Hire Better Talent

Everyone has made hiring mistakes.

Use SalesMax to minimize poor hires and focus on hiring individuals with natural sales ability.

SalesMax Selection Reports provide the following information to help evaluate candidates:

• A Success Index - The probability of the candidate’s success in a sales role.
• A Personality Profile – Quickly shows you a summary of the candidate’s personality results.
• Sales Knowledge Results - Evaluates a candidate’s knowledge of effective strategies in key stages of the sales cycle.
• Motivations – Explains what matters to the candidate and what does not.
• Interview and Reference Probes - Helpful guides for the interviewer to pursue areas of potential weakness.
• Management Suggestions - Recommendations for how to manage candidate, if you choose to hire them.

Develop Your Current Sales Team Members

To assist in Development, the SalesMax Development Report provides:

• A Personality Profile – A quick summary that shows personality results.
• Interpretation - How specific personality factors help or hinder effectiveness.
• Sales Knowledge Results – Summary of sales knowledge scores –use low scores and targeted training for improvement.
• Motivations – Scores show the relative importance of motivators and how the candidate can get more of what they want from the job.
• Developmental Suggestions - Recommendations on how to close developmental gaps with specific resources.
• Developmental Action Plan Guide - Tips on building strengths and recognizing weaknesses.

To learn more about how SalesMax can help your organization please contact us.

 

Welcome to Optimal Assessments

Data-Informed^™ Hiring
Data-Informed^™ Coaching
Data-Informed^™ Talent Mapping

Optimal Assessments & Consulting is an authorized distributor of the Assess™  suite of on-line assessment tools. The Assess™ system ensures you hire the best people, get the most out of them and get them ready for future roles. The Assess™ tools have the highest level of workplace validation and apply to all major points within an employee lifecycle.

Our cutting edge assessment tools and unique process help measure individuals and teams against the success models to improve performance.

Define Success.....Measure.....Improve!

The Optimal Assessment Process™

Benefits of using the OAP™ (Optimal Assessment Process)

• Measure performance and target areas for improvement
• Improved hiring efficiencies
• Quick integration of new employees
• Targeted training
• Improved team effectiveness
• Increased objectivity in the succession planning process
• Enhanced coaching capability

Contact page

We invite you to email us at info@opt-assess.com for more information, or use the form below.

We are committed to respecting your privacy, and we do not and will not loan, rent, sell or otherwise provide your information to anyone for any purpose.