The measurement of Personal Skills/Competencies has
been a major challenge in the past. You haven't been able
to do it! You might have found someone who had the perfect
behavior for a job, and they were greatly motivated by
the rewards of the job, yet you could NOT accurately predict
their success in the job. Why? Because you could not answer
the question, "WHAT can they do?" (Based on having
the right personal competencies/attributes).
Of course, you could do 360 degree assessments if the
candidate happened to be already inside your organization,
but you have experienced the challenges and costs of 360's.
And you could certainly do behavioral interviewing, but
the effectiveness is too dependent upon the interviewer.
Furthermore, some people are good in interviews and some
are not.
The breakthrough is your ability to now measure personal
competencies, or skills, directly! And you can do so
with accuracy, validity and reliability. Our Personal Talent Skills Inventory is an index that measures degree of capability,
or strength, in up to 80 different skills/competencies. The instrument
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- All the input is provided by the candidate.
- It takes only twenty minutes to complete.
- It is impossible to deceive the instrument.
- It can be completed online.
- It has been highly validated - meeting all the EEOC requirements.
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Experience the breakthrough selection tool.
There is an irony about this breakthrough. This basic
assessment capability has been around for decades. It was
the life work of Dr. Robert S. Hartman, who was nominated
for a Nobel Prize for its development in 1973.
Unfortunately, he died just a few months later, and his
amazing work was turned over to the Hartman Institute,
whose members were more interested in research and academic
aspects of what was called the Hartman Value Index than
the business uses of the tool. Over the last three decades
they have added value to the research through numerous
validation studies.
Enlightened Leadership is proud to be part of a strategic
alliance now making Dr. Hartman's groundbreaking work easily
accessible to business, government and non-profit organizations.
Dr. Hartman developed the science of axiology , a mathematically
accurate assessment that objectively identifies how our
mind analyzes and interprets our experiences. It identifies
how we are most likely to react to a given situation and
helps us to understand the patterns we use to form judgments
and make decisions. It assesses our clarity and our focus
both internally and externally, which is then tied to over
80 personal competencies, or attributes.
The Attribute Index is the missing piece that assesses/measures
the personal skills/ competencies/attributes of candidates
for jobs and existing employees for development purposes. |
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Our Own Example
"It was so clear after multiple interviews that she was
a good fit for the job. I was wrong." This statement was
made by Ed Oakley , Enlightened Leadership's CEO, who has
many years of interviewing and hiring experience. The situation
was the hiring of an executive assistant.
He made the mistake that so many of us do. He "liked" the
candidate, "liked" their resume, and "liked" how they interviewed.
Fortunately, before making the final decision, we asked
the candidate to take our General Employability Personal Talent Skills Inventory.
The result was a little startling. The report showed that,
while the candidate had many excellent personal skills,
she was poor in "Attention to Detail" and "Following Directions," both
of which were really important in this particular job.
As we discussed the situation afterward, we began to realize
that there had been clues about the candidate that we had
ignored because we liked her. Fortunately, we did the assessment
and did not hire this person. |
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The graphic above is another way of depicting the multidimensional
nature of people. The only observable layers are the hard
skills and the behaviors. Each additional layer uncovers
deeper and deeper dimensions of the candidate.
The Personal Talent Skills Inventory provides the final piece that allows
selection decisions to hit the bull's eye.
Several versions of the Personal Talent Skills Inventory are available
for different positions/applications. Click on an interest
area for a sample report: |
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The Personal Talent Skills Inventory has had over 28
individual validation studies performed over the last 30
years by more than 19 separate examiners. Successful studies
on construct, concurrent, criterion, face and predictive
validity assure meeting all EEOC requirements. |
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