Executive Assessment
We use executive assessment to bring greater insight to hiring, succession, leadership and team development.
We’re qualified across a range of leading tools, but we start with what you need to understand, not with an instrument.
A profile is a starting point for a conversation, not a verdict.
We hold assessments lightly. They describe someone's natural approach, not their competence, and we don't use them to score people against a predetermined picture of what 'good' looks like.
Every assessment is supported by a trained practitioner who helps the individual make sense of their profile and turn the insight into something useful. This reflects the original positioning that profiles are interpreted rather than simply issued, and that the purpose is to help someone understand their approach and become more effective with it.
How we use assessment
Hiring
Add greater rigour to senior appointments and go beyond interview impressions.
We consider the role, context and stage of the hiring process before recommending an approach. Assessment at longlist can serve a different purpose from assessment at final shortlist, so we design it around the decision you need to make
Succession Planning
Understand how someone may approach a future role and where development could support their transition.
Where there is an existing postholder, we can profile both individuals to explore where their natural approaches align and differ. Where there isn't, we work with the organisation to understand what the role requires and use the assessment to shape a focused development pathway.
Leadership & Team Development
Build self-awareness, create shared language and understand how individuals work, decide and collaborate.
For individuals, assessment can provide a useful starting point for coaching. For teams, bringing profiles together helps reveal commonalities, differences and patterns, often opening up conversations about how colleagues prefer to work, decide and disagree.
How It Works
Understand
We start with what you need to learn and the decision or development need the assessment will support.
Assess
We recommend the right approach and participants complete the relevant assessment.
Explore
A trained practitioner debriefs the profile and helps make sense of what it means in context.
Apply
We turn the insight into useful action, whether that's a hiring decision, succession plan, coaching or team development.
What are you trying to understand?
Whether you're making a senior appointment, planning for succession or developing a leadership team, we'll help you decide whether assessment can add useful insight, and which approach makes sense.