“Know Yourself, Know your Enemy,
In A Hundred Battles,
The Outcome shall not be in doubt”
- Sun Tzu

How well do you know your employees?
Are they in the right job?
Are they ready to be promoted?
Or should you let them go?

Rather t han depending on gut feel, impressions and hear say, why don’t you back it up with objective evidence via profiling tools? It is fast, accurate and useful, to both the employee and the organization. Being a former senior manager, I am aware that cost could be a concern for organizations, especially if the profiling tool is to be administered to the whole organization. This is where we come in.

Based on your unique requirements, we will help you find the most cost-effective way to profile your employees for success, using the original instrument or through alternative tools. Our focus is on job-fit and results: how the tools can help your employee, and your organization achieve better performance. The tools are only a means to an end. We do not sell tools. We deliver results.

We could also train your managers to use the tools in-house, to build your bench strength and develop in-house expertise. You can even use them to run orientation programmes. Three of the profiling tools we have used successfully with organizations include:

1. The Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI)

The Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) was developed over 30 years ago by Ned Herrmann. This 120-question survey form results in a profile of your preferred thinking styles. By understanding your thinking style preferences you can achieve greater appreciation for how you learn, make decisions, solve problems, and communicate, and why you do these things. The survey measures preferences rather t han skills.

The HBDI helps increase understanding of:

• Self
• Personal Growth
• Mental Diversity
• Relationships
• Leadership
• Management styles
• Communication
• Team Building
• Colleagues
• Superiors, and Subordinates
• Creativity and Innovation
• Creative Problem Solving
• Strategic Thinking and Planning
• Educational Development
• Career Counseling

Who uses HBDI?

• Fortune 500 Companies
• HR professionals
• Coaches / Trainers
• Government agencies
• Educational institutions

2. DiSC Personal Profile System (DiSC)

DiSC® is the original, oldest, most validated, reliable, personal assessment used by over 50 million others to improve lives, interpersonal relationships, work productivity, teamwork, and communication! Based on the 1928 work of psychologist William Moulton Marston, the DISC Personal Profile System is a personality behavioural testing tool using a 4 dimensional model of normal behaviour in an assessment, inventory, and survey format in both self-scored paper or ONLINE versions.

The 4 dimensions are:

• Dominance
• Influence
• Steadiness
• Conscientiousness

DiSC helps people:

• Discover behavioral strengths, areas for augmenting, blending, capitalizing value and learn to respect the strengths of others
• Deal with conflict effectively by learning adaptive behaviors
• Enhance work group with teamwork and minimize team conflict
• Develop strategies to meet diverse needs of others
• Improve communication skills by determining communication styles
• Increase sales skills and understanding of the prospect, client, customer with people reading.
• Improve customer relationships by identification and meeting needs
• Reduce conflict and stress, in both interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships
• Manage interpersonal communication better

Who uses DISC?

• Fortune 500 Companies
• HR professionals
• Coaches / Trainers
• Government agencies
• Educational institutions

3. Self-Directed Search (SDS)

Used by over 22 million people worldwide, the Self-Directed Search® (SDS) is a self-administered career inventory tool developed by Dr. John L. Holland, whose theory of careers is the basis for most of the career inventories used today. Holland's theory states that most people can be loosely categorized with respect to six types:

• Realistic
• Investigative
• Artistic
• Social
• Enterprising
• Conventional

What does it do?

It gives you a two or three-letter RIASEC or Holland code that tells the relationship between job personalities, key characteristics, college majors, hobbies, abilities, and careers. The Self-Directed Search Form R Occupations Finder has a list of 1,309 occupations matched to Holland Codes. You can then explore the careers you are most likely to find satisfying based upon your interests and skills.

Who uses SDS?

• High Schools and College Students / Educational Institutions
• Adults in Career Transition
• Career Coaches

Contact us now to profile your employees and key players for success