Why bother with assessments?
Showing progress, getting results, moving forward. Together.
There is an old management axiom that says what gets measured gets managed. We think its not just about effective management but fundamental to making progress in all walks of life.
We also believe that what gets talked about gets measured and assessments are a useful way to start that conversation. That's why we built our assessment portal. Our traditional approach was to complete a range of assessments in our training sessions and consulting gigs. These were quite successful. But that's also pretty old school. So we built the portal to allow our clients to keep track of what is going on in their lives, their teams and their organisations. So basically:
- We follow an evidence-based approach to ensure we help you in meaningful ways!
- You get insight into how you, your team or your organisation are improving.
To give you an indication of that this all means, we have built a demo portal that it free to use and explore. Its got a few assessments you can test to see what we look at and how it works.
This sounds awesome, take me to the demo login/registrationOtherwise keep scrolling for more detail of the assessments on offer...
Assessments for Individuals
Of the Delphic Maxims, "Know thyself" is probably the most under appreciated. For this reason, our individual assessments are used to give you a deeper understanding of who you are.
When paired with our learning and development programmes these assessments identify growth areas and help us to track progress.
My Credibility
Building on Stephen MR Covey's "The Speed of Trust" this assessment delves into "self trust" to determine your credibility. According to the book, credibility or self-trust is the first building block of creating trust throughout the organisation and wider society so its not something to be neglected.
Conflict styles
The Thomas-Kilman Conflict handling modes provides a framework that has stood the test of time. This short assessment is an adaptation of the original TKI assessment and will provide an indication of your preferred conflict modes. That is, it tells you the general way in which you will approach conflict. The challenge is, no single mode is applicable to all situations so knowing your default will help you navigate conflict situations much more effectively.
Mental Health
Following COVID-19, the next pandemic will be a mental health one. This survey has been designed to assess where you currently see yourself. Then we need to work on how to make improvement.
Personality Plus
This is a assessment drawing from the book of the same name by Florence Littauer and is similar to more popular approaches as the Meyers-Briggs assessment and DISC model. Whilst none of these could be considered "scientific", they do help shed light on why people tend to operate the way they do. That understanding can help people co-operate more effectively.
Assessments for Teams
Teams are seen as critical success factors to organisations, unfortunately very often we use the word "team" pretty loosely, and the groups we consider to be teams don't function very well.
In any consulting or training initiative, we're therefor cautious about team approaches. First by identifying whether the "team" is actually a team and then how we can improve the way they function.
Do we need team building? (seriously!)
We have seen so much money wasted on frivolous team building activities in companies that we gladly provide this assessment as a high level gauge as to whether you actually need team building, and more importantly, if you do, where?. It is drawn from the Book "Team Building" by Bill Dyer and colleagues, who are gurus in this space. As a simple checklist, it will give you an idea of whether you need team building and more importantly, what exactly might need strengthening. It further outlines if external help is needed or not. Get in touch if you would like one of our consultants to consolidate your team results.
Team Context and Competence
Organisations need to take team context and composition seriously. But how? Th Context and Competence assessment aims to give you this insight, determining whether those foundations are in place.
Team Role Profiles
There are generic roles within a team, that have a bearing on team effectiveness. This assessment, when completed by individuals in the team will give you some sense of "who's who in the zoo" and what roles may be lacking.
Team Conflict
One thing all teams will encounter at some point is conflict. Some learn to handle it, and use it to their advantage. Others don't.
Great individuals, superb teams and organisations pursuing excellence.
Transforming organisations is no small task. And obviously knowing how well our people and teams are performing is crucial, but organisations are systems. They are more than the sum of their parts and thus should be assessed accordingly.
Obviously, when assessing organisations, things become a little more tricky as there needs to be change and project management put in place. Get in touch with one of of solutions consultants and we'll be happy to guide you. And where we can't help you directly, we'll probably know someone that can.
Assessing Culture and Climate
Culture climate assessments are evaluations of the values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that exist within an organization. These assessments aim to measure the overall health and effectiveness of the organizational culture and to identify areas for improvement.
The results of these assessments can be used to inform decision-making and drive cultural change as part of our consulting offerings. The assessments can also be tailored to meet the context of the organisation. We are also exploring evolving approaches such as distributed ethnography and semantic analysis to provide cutting-edge services.
Assessing Managerial-Leadership
Whilst our leadership and management assessments are applicable at the individual and team levels, we include them in the organisational tier as the effects of poor leadership and management span across the organisation and extends beyond its boundaries. Our Managerial-Leadership assessments are evaluations that measure the abilities and skills of individuals in leadership roles though with an appreciation that most "leaders" in organisations are also managers and require such skills to be effective.
These assessments can be tailored to focus on a variety of competencies including strategic thinking, communication, problem-solving and critical thinking, creativity and innovation and persuasion and interpersonal relationships amongst others. The results of leadership assessments can help individuals identify their strengths and areas for development, and can inform development plans and programs.
Innovation
Our innovation assessments measure your organization's ability to generate and implement new ideas and processes. Whilst customisation is always possible, we tend to focus on factors such as the organization's culture, leadership, structure, and resources, and can identify areas for improvement that will enhance innovation. The results of innovation assessments are used to inform strategies and initiatives to drive innovation and support continuous improvement within the organization.
Getting things done and customer Service
Most organisations tend to talk about customer centrism, very few get it right. These assessments provide some basic insight into how your organisation gets things done, how quality and value are managed in the organisation and what your customers think about you. As broad areas, developing these assessments usually requires a project approach with defined targets and deliverables to inform the process.
Connect with us
Want more information on our assessments and other services. Drop us a line here!
Location:
Sandton,
Johannesburg, South Africa
Email:
solutions@workwise.org.za