PICHLER LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT is a method applied to recognize potential within a company, to identify talent, to deduce their required development, and to close any gaps in key positions.
The method is intended to help companies achieve their visions and strategic goals, and to ensure they remain competitive.
We help companies answer the following questions:
- Do we have the right employees, executives and specialists on board to overcome the challenges that the future will bring, to execute our strategy, and to achieve our medium to long-term objectives?
- What untapped potential remains to be activated in our workforce?
- Which skills must we promote, and which development programs need to be initiated and introduced?
- Who has the potential to develop into a strategic key position?
- Which new recruitments do we need to enhance the skills we already have at our disposal?
Areas in which leadership assessments are used:
- Readiness check for executives and employees in preparation for realignment or company transformation
- Due diligence processes, mergers and acquisitions
- Restructuring, turnaround situations and during organizational assessments
- Auditing of critical areas of the company
In these areas we deploy a variety of methods following consultations with our clients:
- Competence-based interviews
- Case studies and presentations
- Computer simulations and online exercises
- Methods of psychological testing, personality questionnaires, analytic test procedures, online assessments or 360° feedbacks
- External benchmarks
- Feedback sessions
Normally, our procedure involves 6 project stages and milestones:
- PLAN: Understanding of the company strategy, objectives, and culture, also future requirements. Definition of objectives, expectations, and the project sequence within the leadership assessment
- COMMUNICATE: Information for the organization and participants concerning the meaning, objectives, and sequence within the leadership assessment
- EVALUATE: Execution of the assessment
- ANALYSE: Preparation of the results and the individual reports
- REPORT: Presentation of the results, talent reviews, and recommendations
- DEVELOP: Individual feedback meetings, development planning & coaching
We collaborate with you to control project management, and support you during the communication process.
Afterwards, the benchmarks and calls for action enable you to make decisions and to define action plans in respect to recruitments and promotions, succession planning, as well as leadership development and coaching.
Benefits for the company:
- Identification of management potential
- Visualization of strengths and development potential in each candidate, also their suitability for the current position within the organization
- Recommendations in regard to promotions and recruitments to key positions
- Important conclusions for talent management, also HR and organizational development
- Conclusions concerning the market benchmark
Benefits for the candidate:
- Identification of personal status quo and feedback on employability
- Clear feedback on the experience and skills profile, indication of strengths and potential development, also proposal for future development
- Clarification of personal and outside perspectives alongside professional and personal goals
Leadership assessment can only work based on a clear commitment by the executive management, a meaningful communication concerning the objectives and purpose of the assessment, and on a consistent use of the results within strategic change processes.
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