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Organisational Development
A competency can be defined as the underlying set of skills, knowledge, personal characteristics and behaviours needed to effectively perform a role in the organisation and help the business to meet its strategic objectives. Competencies define superior performance and excellence. By using competencies as a basis for selection, development and performance management, an organisation can more effectively align people’s attitudes and behaviours with what is needed to be competitive and successful as an organisation. We use the competency led approach to influence a range of organisational development activities as described below.
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Competency Modelling
If you are faced with the challenge of finding a way to quickly, rigorously and cost effectively design new competency models or develop existing models to support selection processes, create effective development tools or use for Assessment processes then the Strategic Success Modeling process supported by the Assess web-based state-of-the-art, fully integrated expert computer system merits serious consideration.
This approach enables you to easily build up tailored competency models, from the top down and importantly, these models are subsequently linked through to a suite of reports enabling the models to be effectively deployed within the organisation for a variety of linked applications. Organisations can select any option from choosing only one application e.g. selection, through to the full scope including performance appraisal systems.
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Executive Assessment
Many organisations are re-evaluating their assessment processes to ensure that the approach they are taking is aligned to the business strategy and delivers the outcomes required. Typical questions we are asked by clients include:
- how can we benchmark our management population against the criteria required to successfully progress through the management hierarchy?
- how do we identify what those critical career crossroad criteria are?
- how can we assess for potential as well as performance?
- how can we be more cost effective in the assessment solutions for our key management population?
Ascentia offers a suite of validated assessment tools developed by organisational psychologists supported by a rigorous approach to meet these needs cost -effectively.
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Development Programmes
People want and need specific, objective feedback regarding their assets and liabilities. Assess helps by providing this constructive feedback through one-on-one coaching situations, or as part of a programme workshop offering. Whether it’s individual development, succession planning, or team building – Assess can help.
- Assess includes tools to help people grow and develop in their roles
- The Competency-based Development Reports provide feedback on work related personality and provide additional insight into those factors that help or hinder the display of job specific competencies
- Assess 360 Reports provide targeted feedback on critical competency behaviours
- Group Reports aid in overall team-building and group development workshops. Train the Trainer certification and materials are available
- Assess Review facilitates the review process through a web-based performance appraisal module
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Performance Appraisals
One of the most recent developments is Assess Review, a web-based performance appraisal module to facilitate the review process.
Where an organisation does not have a performance appraisal system in place, the Assess Review can provide an invaluable, easy to access web-based tool, with appraisals linked to the relevant competency framework.
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Selection Reports
In selecting job candidates who will be effective in the job, there are several critical components to consider in evaluating the fit of the candidate with the job.
Job success in an area is the result of many factors working together, which include innate characteristics (natural ability, personality) and learned characteristics (knowledge, experience and skills) as is presented in the linked page. People who have the needed innate and/or learned characteristics or who have a good potential for developing these characteristics will be able to do the right things (behaviours) to produce the desired results (effective outcomes).
The Internet based ASSESS system acts as a voice in the selection process. It focuses on the innate factors which impact job effectiveness and evaluates work related personality. The ASSESS report will provide details about how these innate characteristics may facilitate or hinder job effectiveness.
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