Assessments

Preston Leadership is proud to offer the following world-class assessments:

DiSC® Learning Instruments

Over 40 million people in 50 countries have utilized assessment-driven learning solutions based on DiSC®. As an authorized distributor with a large team of certified DiSC® facilitators, Preston Leadership has dozens of highly effective professional development instruments (in use at more than 135 of the Fortune 500), at its disposal.

To learn more about DiSC® and the ways that it can facilitate leadership development in your organization, click here.

Preston Partner Coach Jan Austin is our 5 Dynamics assessment provider. 5 Dynamics is an innovative suite of tools that enable individuals to use knowledge of their personal energy dynamics to optimize the way they get work done and how they collaborate with others. Because 5 Dynamics assesses energy dynamics, not personality, people’s attention is shifted away from personality differences and onto common goals. 5 Dynamics directly addresses the question of who can contribute what and how in order to accomplish important goals. Moreover, 5 Dynamics demystifies the human side of process improvement. As people’s understanding of process and process strengths expands, they naturally discover where and how they can make their best contributions in their jobs, on the team, and to the organization. For more detail on the many applications of 5 Dynamics and the leading organizations that use it, click here. For a one-page flyer click here .

CPI 260® – Coaching Report for Leaders
The CPI 260® is an omnibus measure of normal personality designed for use in work settings. A short form of the California Psychological Inventory, it has a very extensive research base that dates back nearly 50 years. The CPI 260 is comprised of 260 true-false items and can be completed in less than 30 minutes. It is suitable for selection as well as coaching and development. View a sample report here.

The CPI 260® assesses 29 scales in five areas:

• Dealing with Others
• Self-Management
• Motivations and Thinking Style
• Personal Characteristics
• Work-Related Measures

Three report options are available:

Coaching Report for Leaders

• Identifies strengths, blind spots, and provides developmental feedback for leaders based upon large normative sample of leaders and executives.

Client Feedback Report (Provides detailed feedback information in an easy-to-understand graphic format)

• Combined Coaching Report for Leaders and Client Feedback Report
• Combination of the Client Feedback Report and the Coaching Report for Leaders.

Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI)
Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI) is a Five Factor personality assessment specifically designed for use in business settings. Comprised of 206 true-false items, the HPI takes less than 20 minutes to complete. The HPI provides a comprehensive, business-based assessment of personality specifically designed to predict occupational success that can be used for both selection and development. Specific applications include employability, individual assessment, selection, and individual development/coaching.

What the HPI measures:

• Adjustment
• Ambition
• Sociability
• Interpersonal Sensitivity
• Prudence
• Inquisitive
• Learning Approach
• Service Orientation
• Stress Tolerance
• Reliability
• Clerical Potential
• Sales Potential
• Managerial Potential

HPI Reports

Management Builder Report

• Provides an individualized analysis of an individual’s test results within the managerial role. It captures the individual’s strengths and weaknesses in addition to providing suggestions as to how this individual might be most effectively supervised. See a sample report here.

Leadership Forecast Potential Report

• Designed for both selection and development purposes, the results for each scale are presented graphically along with an individualized narrative report that provides an analysis of the impact of how an individual’s scores are likely to be manifest in their work and role as a leader. See a sample report here.

Career Builder Report

• Provides an individualized analysis of the test-taker’s strengths and weaknesses as well as tips for improvement within the workplace.

Data Report

• Provides a summary of the individual’s results on each scale compared to the normative sample and does not contain any interpretive data.

The Birkman Coaching Report

The Birkman Coaching Report is a self-interpretive coaching report based upon the Birkman Method. It is comprised of 298 multiple choice items and can be completed in about 45 minutes. The Birkman Coaching Report is written in plain English and is easily understood by coachees.

What the Birkman Coaching Report Measures:

• Communicating With Others
• Relating to People Socially
• Interacting Within Teams
• Response to Structure and Change
• Making Decisions
• Creating Your Ideal Work Environment
• Work/Life Balance
• Potential Issues
• Areas to Explore

See a sample of the Birkman Coaching Report here.

The Hogrefe Personal Competencies Inventory

The Personal Competencies Inventory (PCI) is a developmental assessment that provides information on an individual’s abilities in several key business-related areas ranging from strategizing to handling stress. The instrument is comprised of 39 clusters of four competencies which subjects rank in terms of how effectively they perform each task; it can be completed in 20 minutes or less.

Based on an emergent competency model, the PCI helps people to understand their strengths and weaknesses as well as to identify where they need to focus their career development efforts. It is designed as a training and development tool and is appropriate for use with people in professional, managerial, and supervisory positions.

What the PCI Measures:

• Strategy
• Relationships
• Innovation
• Finance
• Knowledge
• Projects
• Customers
• Ethics
• Motivation
• Learning
• Stress
• Empathy
• Communication

See a sample of the Personal Competencies Inventory here.

Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) – Interpretive Report

The Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) is an assessment of how different conflict-handling styles affect interpersonal and group dynamics. It is comprised of 30 items and takes 15 minutes to complete. The TKI helps individuals to identify their conflict-handling styles and is suitable for leadership development and coaching, team building, and conflict management.
The TKI measures five conflict handling styles:

• Competing
• Collaborating
• Compromising
• Avoiding
• Accommodating

The TKI Interpretive Report provides a score profile, interpretive information, and developmental suggestions. View a sample report here.

Leadership Agility Profile™ (LAP) 360 Assessment
The Leadership Agility Profile™ 360 is a multi-rater instrument based upon The Agile Model® of leadership. The Agile Model® focuses on an individual’s (and organization’s) ability to respond effectively to unpredictable shifts in marketplace demands and changes in the environment. The assessment is comprised of 75 items rated on 5-point Likert scales and also supports narrative comments. It can be completed in less than 30 minutes.

What the Leadership Agility Profile™ 360 Measures

• Anticipate Change
• Generate Confidence
• Initiate Action
• Liberate Thinking
• Evaluate Results

Leadership Agility Profile™ 360 Report

The Leadership Agility Profile™ 360 assessment report (view a sample here) provides developmental feedback from an individual’s supervisor, peers and subordinates as well as the individual. The report offers a detailed representation of ratings on each item, sub-category, and scale. A detailed item gap analysis comparing self and other scores and a listing of verbatim comments are also provided. It is supplemented with the Leadership Agility Development Guide™ (view a sample here).

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) Assessment
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) assessment is the most widely used personality assessment in the world. With a proven record of reliability spanning more than 50 years, it offers a foundation for understanding individual differences and applying that understanding to the ways people think, communicate, and interact. Versatile and dependable, the MBTI tool sets the stage for lifelong learning and development. The MBTI assessment is used to develop individuals, teams, and organizations to meet today’s challenges in such areas as communication, team building, leadership, and career management. Individuals and organizations, including many Fortune 500 companies, use more than 2 million assessments worldwide each year. Form M of the instrument has 93 items and provides the basic MBTI four-letter type, while Form Q has 144 items and provides not only the four-letter type but also results for 20 facets of that type.

Harrison Assessments
The Harrison Assessment focuses on providing the most trusted and accurate employee assessment tools in the industry. Harrison assessment tools assist managers throughout the entire HR process, helping companies become more productive and efficient, leading to increased profitability. Harrison Assessments’ tools include solutions to automate the recruitment process, hire the best employees, develop employee success, and retain top talent. View a sample report here.