Purpose: It will help you identify the person who has the mental ability to learn quickly, handle a large information load, process information quickly, and make decisions based on complex information. In addition, the test helps you identify people who have the leadership qualities necessary to direct the work of others, make decisions efficiently and in an ethical manner, stay on top of his/her department, motivate employees, focus on productivity indices, handle customers well, live up to their obligations, and work hard.
About the Test: This test battery has three parts (1) a 177 question untimed personality inventory and (2) a 44 item test of mental ability (about equal number of items for verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, and abstract reasoning), and (3) a set of 46 open-ended statements to which the candidate must type in short answers. This test will probably take most people 2 hours to complete although it will vary from person to person because all components are untimed.
Contrast to Manager test: This test costs more than the Leadership test because it includes the open-ended sentence completion section.
What the Report Gives You: Graphical display of scores, explanation of aptitude results, list of strengths and developmental concerns, display of the narrative comments given to the open-ended statements, and suggested interview questions.
Testing Process: Online testing provides immediate reporting. Proctoring is desirable but not required.
Options: Contact us to learn how we can customize the test content or the way information is presented in the report to meet your specifications. We can also help you validate an assessment for your workforce or establish company-specific scoring.
Validity Information: Available upon request.
Undesirable Behaviors
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Test Content
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Desirable Behaviors
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Slow to learn, needs simple tasks
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General Mental Ability
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Quick learner, clever, handles complexity well
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Simplistic thoughts, negative attitudes, grammatical mistakes
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Open-ended questions
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Articulate, meaningful comments, expresses positive attitudes, no grammatical mistakes
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Argumentative, critical, demeaning
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Agreeableness
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Pleasant, easy going, respectful
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Uncomfortable in lead roles, easily bullied
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Assertive Leadership
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Persuasive, influential, comfortable in lead roles
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Fails to live up to promises
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Conscientiousness
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Dependable, reliable
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Fails to live up to promises
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Dependability
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Lives up to obligations, adheres to rules
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Overreacts to stress, gets upset easily
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Emotional Resilience
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Calm, level-headed, handles stress well
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Focus on enjoying the job
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Extrinsic Motivation
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Interested in financial rewards for performance
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Needs a lot of quiet time, sparse communication
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Extroversion
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Enjoys meeting people, warm, friendly, communicates often, with a lot of information
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Bends rules to suit own purposes
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Integrity
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Strong moral code
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Direct, blunt, revealing
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Impression Management
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Diplomatic, interpersonally sensitive
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Doesn’t feel responsible for how employees feel about their jobs
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Managerial Human Relations
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Good motivator for others, tries to help others succeed in their careers
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Does not stay on top of tasks that have been assigned to others
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Managerial Task Structuring
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Stays on top of details that have been assigned to others
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Sticks with tried-and-true approaches, resistant to new ideas
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Openness to New Experience
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Enjoys learning and new ideas, innovative
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Gives up easily, tends to find fault easily
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Optimism
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Positive about the future, good motivator, perseveres in spite of difficult challenges
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Careless, disorganized
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Orderliness
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Organized, makes time to plan
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Focus on day-to-day problems
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Operational / Visionary
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Focus on strategic, long term issues
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Lacks confidence in own decisions
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Self Confidence
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Confident of own decisions
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Prefers working on own
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Teamwork
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Enjoys working in collaborative fashion
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Does the minimum
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Work Drive
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Willing to go the extra mile
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