Assessment

We offer a range of cutting-edge assessment tools focusing on effective candidate selection and assessment which can help organizations to assess the global leadership and cross-cultural competencies of their executives, expatriates, multinational team members and overseas staff. The assessment tools comprise a mix of self-scoring and 360-degree questionnaires. Following completion of the assessment tool used, we summarize all the data, and generate a personal profile with detailed feedback. Frequently, we then often work with the individual to craft a comprehensive Personal Development Plan. One of the recommendations often included in the Personal Development Plan is executive coaching, intercultural training, or further development work in order to strengthen the desired behaviors that will be critical to their success in a multinational environment.

Assessment tools:

Intercultural Awareness Profiler (IAP)

Intercultural Readiness Check (IRC)

NEO-PI

Global Competency Inventory (GCI)

Webcue

Intercultural Awareness Profiler (IAP)

The IAP is the leading international cross-cultural assessment tool. Designed by Fons Trompenaars, the IAP is unique as it measures both an individual's cultural values on 7 key cultural dimensions, and also the organization`s corporate culture. The IAP can be used:

as a means of identifying the similarities and differences between the candidate's values and the receiving hosts' values.
as a means of gaining a deep and nuanced understanding of the critical, cultural value dimensions most relevant to the successful implementation of the participant's mission in their new culture
a means of determining assignee training and development needs, and identifying strategies/recommendations in order to bridge cultural differences.
as an input into the overseas candidate selection process.

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Intercultural Readiness Check (IRC)

The IRC assesses a person`s suitability for working in a multicultural setting on four dimensions: intercultural sensitivity, communication, commitment , and management of uncertainty. The IRC can be used:

as a means of determining assignee training and development needs, and identifying strategies/recommendations in order to bridge cultural differences.
as an input into the overseas candidate selection process.

NEO-PI

The NEO-PI is a personality assessment tool based on the Big Five Model of personality. The Big Five Model is the dominant model for studying personality and consists of five critical dimensions which account for major individual differences in personality. The Big Five is one of the few personality models that is valid across cultures, and research has shown clear links between overseas assignment success and certain Big Five clusters of traits. The NEO-PI enables executives to understand how ingrained behavior patterns affect his or her management style, and also builds an awareness of automatic behavioral tendencies.

It can also be used:

as a means of determining assignee training and development needs.
as an input into the overseas candidate selection process.
as a means of assessing candidate-job fit.
for self-analysis purposes.

Global Competency Inventory (GCI)

Operating globally requires that managers and leaders have the necessary competencies to achieve organization goals and maintain global competitiveness. Through their cutting-edge research into global competencies, our partners, the Kozai Group, have developed a comprehensive battery of tools for measuring global competencies, the GCI. The GCI is a set of self-scoring and 360-degree questionnaires aimed at determining the current competency levels among current and future employees involved in global work. The tool assesses 16 competencies in three clusters: Cognitive-Perceptual Management; the Relational Management; and Self Management.

The GCI can be used:

as a means of assessing and comparing global competencies across industries, cultures, and levels within the organization.
as a means of selecting managerial level employees.
as a means of determining current global competency levels.
as a means of determining competency development needs.
as an input into the overseas candidate selection process.
as a means of assessing candidate-job fit.
as a means of measuring GCs gained during an overseas assignment.

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Webcue

Webcue is a web-based diagnostic tool which can be used to chart the key business dilemmas facing global organizations. Webcue quickly gathers and analyzes responses from the members of an organization on critical issues. These may include implementing a vision, integrating businesses after a merger or acquisition, or the globalization of an organization`s processes. The responses and opinions on these issues can then be summarized in a report form. The information gained from Webcue is then used at a workshop or in our consulting work.