Assessment
Leadership Assessment is one key to effective coaching and development. We provide assessment, interpretation, and feedback for your application be it leadership development, career development, selection, or organizational analysis.
Leadership & Professional Assessment
In working with executives, leadership teams, and high potential leadership programs, whether in a structured program or on an individual basis, the assessment component has become a critical element of the process.
There are 1,000s of assessment tools on the market. Today, many of their owners or representatives will claim that they are the "best thing since sliced bread." That may be true. Or not.
There are three things to consider when incorporating assessment into your development strategy:
- The quality of the assessment instrument – what it measures and how well it measures it
- The quality of the assessor – how well trained and how experienced is the individual
- The quality of the application of the results – how they will be used in the development process
We use only assessment tools—including structured interviews—that we know to be of high quality. Second when a member of the Harshman Team works with a client and uses assessment, you can trust the experience of the professional and the quality of the application.
Assessment Tools
For more in-depth information on the assessment tools available for various leadership, career, and team applications, visit our assessment partner site at www.humfactorsinc.com. (This site is currently under construction.)
At present, Harshman & Associates, through our consultants or strategic partners, offers individual, team, and organizational assessments in the following areas:
- Leadership and 360° Surveys (Leadership Effectiveness Analysis)
- Motivational & Attitudinal Patterns (iWAM)
- Personality (ASSESS and OPQ)
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- Strong Vocational Interest Inventory
- VSQ Values Assessment
- Cognitive Abilities
- Influence Language (Metaprograms)
- Other assessment tools as necessary and available.
Team Assessment
Assessment is often one of the steps in creating effective business, workgroup, and project teams. Assessments in these contexts can be used to help team members understand the strength of similarities (and sometimes the challenge) as well as the synergy of differences.
In recent years, we have made excellent use of a tool for assessing motivational and attitudinal factors in team members and using a group profile as a developmental and coaching tool. Clients have rated this tool and process as equally or more valuable than comparable experiences they have had with assessments such as the Myers-Briggs.
If you are depending upon any critical team in your organization and are considering a team development process, don't forget to think about the role of assessment in that effort.
For more information about Leadership Assessment, contact us.