Assessments

Assessments in coaching provide significant and tangible benefits at organisational, team and individual levels.

Assessments can:

Establish the participant’s strengths and identify development areas.
Provide data which helps to build goal setting, personal development and action plans.
Clarify what the associated disadvantages attached to certain behaviours.
Help coaches understand the motivational, cognitive and emotional factors behind current behaviour.
Establish the executive’s level of self-awareness.
Determine the executive’s levels of self-confidence and self-esteem as they affect performance.
Establish the readiness of an organisation, team or individual for change.
Provide pre- and post-coaching information to justify costs and calculate benefits of the overall coaching or change programme.

Pure Potential offers the following diagnostic tools for assessment:

Psychometric Tests
360° Feedback Reports

Psychometric Tests

Psychometric tests are objectively and scientifically designed questionnaires that

test a persons ability in general or in specific areas
assess a persons personality and typical preferred behavioural style

More and more companies, both large and small, use psychometric testing to provide them with objective information to assist with

Recruitment and Selection
Promotion
Internal Transfers
Career and Performance Development
Team Building
Skill Audits

Psychometric assessment is also recognised as a very important component in improving organisational effectiveness thorough the development of both teams and individuals.

This method of profiling can also be extremely useful in helping individuals identify their preferred working styles and key abilities In order to ensure that only the highest quality advice and practice prevail all testing is carried out by only those holding the British Psychological Society's Level A & B qualifications.

We offer psychometric profiling using a number of tools:

MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) Steps 1 and 2 – useful in understanding where individual differences lie and how we can accommodate others. Delivered to individuals and at customised team events.
HPI (Hogan Personality Inventory) – mapping your candidate’s description to their likely success in a specific job.
HDS (Hogan Development Survey) – identifies key dysfunctional interpersonal behavioural patterns which can ‘derail’ those in managerial and leadership roles.
Thomas International PPA (Personal Profile Analysis) which assesses the suitability of candidates to profiled jobs. The Thomas Emotional Intelligence Profile (EQI) measures a person’s ability to manage themselves and others.

360° Feedback Reports

360 degree feedback offers the following benefits

To the individual: A self awareness assessment of competence and confirmation of your strengths which aid what areas one could focus on for one's own development

To their colleagues: the opportunity to give feedback, a greater openness in relationships and improved teamwork

To the organisation: Improved performance, better relationships, a culture of feedback, cost effective use of development resources and a clear focus for individual development
We offer:

Online or Face-to-Face feedback reports for leaders and managers.

For more information call us on 01428 713 399 or e-mail us at Olwyn@pure-potential.co.uk