Executive Assessment
WJM Assess™
WJMAssess™ is our customized assessment and development program that can significantly improve developmental, hiring and succession planning initiatives, as well as reduce executive failure. WJM’s state-of-the-art process moves beyond the boilerplate assessment programs that proliferate in the market. WJMAssess™ includes pre-employment assessment, high potential assessment, and team assessment. It can be used as a stand-alone or developed as an assessment center.
Our faculty of assessment experts allows WJMAssess™ to be the only executive assessment service that standardizes the evaluation of behaviors based on multiple inputs. The process is always customized for the client organization and typically includes measurement of personality, motivation, job-role fit, as well as in-depth candidate interviews, role plays, and a proven 360-degree survey/feedback program. Developmental action plans and a Leadership Proficiency Evaluation™ (LPE) are often provided as output to the process. The LPE provides a summary of the information gathered during the WJMAssess™ process and offers clear, concise and productive feedback.
WJM Associates’ certified assessment experts are familiar with most validated and reliable assessment instruments. Our breadth of knowledge allows us to make unbiased recommendations on the best processes and tools for the organization based upon the assessment needs. However, rather than promoting any single system, battery or test, we provide the ability to measure the qualities, competencies and behaviors that are relevant to the particular organization’s objectives. Reports and measurements are tailored to the organization’s core competencies.
WJM Assess™ Customized Assessment Services
Pre-Employment Assessment
Helps measure prospective executives against a customized matrix of factors before the hiring decision is made. Areas of investigation may include:
- Cultural fit
- Communication skills and style
- Interpersonal adaptability
- Vision capability
- Emotional intelligence
- Personality
High-Potential Assessment
Assists proactive organizations in identifying and developing future leaders. The process allows for assessment against core competencies and addresses specific management challenges, such as:
- Fit within future corporate culture
- Management style
- Leadership ability
- Interpersonal effectiveness
- Technical development needs
Team Assessment
Evaluates how each individual team member furthers or limits the group’s objectives and provides a thorough understanding of the unit’s performance as a whole. The process measures the team against the organization’s core competencies and/or team competencies.
Assessment Centers
Evaluates and develops groups of executives through specifically designed assessment simulations. The process allows for both designing and facilitating assessment centers. We can work with our clients in a variety of capacities from designing the centers, developing assessment exercises and simulations, as trained assessors for existing programs, and/or for training internal client assessors.