Simply put, executive assessment is a process that clarifies criteria for an executive’s success, measures those criteria, and then provides input to help executives and their managers make decisions and create plans to enhance individual and organizational performance.

Executive assessment can be deployed as:

• A decision-making tool (to assess executives or leadership teams for hiring, promotion, or succession planning)
• An executive development tool (part of executive coaching or other leadership development activities).

Executive Assessment can significantly reduce executive failure and improve developmental, hiring, and succession planning initiatives. Our proprietary process moves beyond many “boilerplate” assessment processes. Rather than relying on any single system, battery, or test, we provide the ability to measure the qualities, competencies, and behaviors that are relevant to your organization’s objectives. Reports and measurements can be tailored to your organization’s existing leadership competency model.

Our assessment process includes well-validated psychometric instruments, 360-degree feedback (assessee, boss, and key stakeholders), developmental action plans, and an executive summary (in the case of selection assessment).

Nevins Consulting can provide the right assessment services for all objectives, whether a stand-alone development process that focuses on an individual leader; a full-scale program for an entire organizational level that includes both individual development and talent review; or a development initiative to support succession planning efforts.

Please contact us for an overview of our approach to Executive Assessment