Understanding Assessment Tools
Primary Focus: Personal strengths and talents.
Purpose: To identify individuals’ top strengths so they can develop them further and leverage them for success in personal and professional contexts.
Framework: Based on positive psychology, Clifton Strengths identifies 34 distinct strengths or “themes.” The assessment reveals a person’s top five strengths (or all 34 in order) in order of dominance to help them focus on what they naturally do best.
Widely Used In: Personal development, coaching, career planning, and organizational development with a focus on individual strengths and employee engagement.
Method: The assessment consists of 177 paired statements where individuals choose which one best describes them.
Outcome: A report that highlights the individual’s top strengths, providing personalized insights into how these can be used to achieve success. The report encourages individuals to focus on building on their natural talents rather than trying to fix weaknesses. The report focuses on individual strengths.
Applications:
Personal and Professional Growth: Used by individuals to identify and develop their strengths for greater productivity, engagement, and job satisfaction.
Leadership and Career Development: Helps leaders and employees focus on strengths to maximize their potential and achieve career.
Report: Delivers a detailed report of the individual’s top strengths, including descriptions, actionable advice, and strategies for development.
Feedback: Self-guided with the report or supplemented with group coaching to help individuals apply their Strengths effectively.
Primary Focus: Personality and communication style.
Purpose: To help individuals and teams understand their own and others’ personalities to improve communication, teamwork, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Framework: Based on Carl Jung’s theory of psychological types, Insights Discovery categorizes people into four main color energies: Fiery Red, Sunshine Yellow, Earth Green, and Cool Blue. Each color represents different behavioral preferences and ways of interacting with others.
Method: The assessment involves a series of questions that assess a person’s preferences and behaviors. The results categorize them into one or more of the four color energies. Outcome: A detailed profile is created, often with a focus on one dominant color but also highlighting secondary and tertiary colors. The profile includes insights into communication style, decision-making, and communication.
Team and Interpersonal Dynamics: Often used in teambuilding sessions and leadership training to improve understanding and communication among team members.
Personal Development: Helps individuals understand their communication style and how to adapt it to work better with others. Helps improve team dynamics, leadership development, and enhancing organizational culture.
Profile Report: Provides a color-coded personality profile with descriptions of each color’s characteristics, strengths, potential weaknesses, and tips for working with other color types.
Feedback: Group feedback workshops to discuss the results and how to apply them
Methodology: The Hogan Assessment evaluates personality across several dimensions, including day-to-day behavior (Hogan Personality Inventory), potential derailers under stress (Hogan Development Survey), and core values (Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory). This comprehensive approach offers a well rounded view of an individual’s strengths, risks, and drivers. The assessment is grounded in decades of research, ensuring its reliability and validity in predicting workplace behavior.
The Hogan Assessment is widely used in:
Leadership Development: Identifying and developing high potential leaders by highlighting strengths and potential risks.
Selection and Recruitment: Assisting organizations in hiring candidates whose personalities align with job requirements and company culture. Succession Planning: Supporting long term talent strategies by identifying future leaders and key contributors.
Profile Report: The Hogan Assessment provides detailed reports that cover an individual’s personality traits, potential derailers, and core values. These reports offer actionable insights and strategies for development.
Feedback sessions with our certified Hogan consultants help individuals and organizations interpret the results and apply them to leadership development, team building, and overall Organizational improvement.