Executive Development Assessment

How do I retain my high performers, and develop capabilities within my senior executives?

Assessing the core strengths and development areas of your senior staff is essential to business growth. Investing in and developing existing employees is often a wiser option than replacing them. Unlocking potential in executives creates greater business performance and personal engagement.

The triggers for a timely assessment process or program to be conducted often include;

• Support in response to executive promotion and transition to a broader leadership role

• The need to understand the suitability for a candidate’s re-deployment in other areas of your business

• Re-energising ‘plateaued’ or disengaged staff

• Leadership development

• Assessment in response to development points identified in internal appraisal processes

A benchmarking process to prepare for executive coaching

A developmental approach to Training Needs Analysis across management tiers

Addressing work-life balance

Career transition and career development planning

Thompson Dunn has proven experience in delivering international development programmes. Our assessment delivery combines our consultant’s experience of organisational consulting, interpretation of psychometric instruments, psychological knowledge, and highly developed interviewing and observational skills. The result is that, through increased self-awareness, managers are more motivated, focused and energized to act for themselves on their development points.

Our premium assessment provides an in-depth and focused day for the client to explore, within their work context, how thinking and behavioural preferences impact on performance.

A full psychological development report is written for the candidate with proposals for a development plan. This personal development plan is discussed and put together in a half day follow up session

Areas for assessment include;

Verbal, and numerical reasoning ability

Strategic thinking capability

Leadership styles

Team type preferences

Thinking Styles

Creative attributes

Communication styles with staff, peers and managers

Job and candidate ‘fit’

Dynamism, and resilience

Man management skills

Emotional intelligence

    Assessments can be ‘tailored’ to your specific organisational needs, or to focus in on individuals’ development needs.

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