Seeking Customizable Tools for Assessing Senior Executives' Behavioral Competencies – Any Suggestions?

We are in the process of conducting an assessment center on behavioral competencies for 350 senior executives of our organization. I would like to understand if anyone has any tools and exercises (such as case studies, role plays, and business games) that can be customized and used for this assessment.

Key Competency Areas

An indicative list of the key competency areas that will be measured includes:

1. Result Delivery
2. Strategic Orientation
3. Integrity
4. Engaging and Motivating Others
5. Strategic Influencing
6. Analytical Ability
7. Customer Focus
8. Commercial Orientation

I would really appreciate some help on this.

Warm regards,
Pooja

Hi, Please check out these books as they provide detailed outlines on how to implement facilitation techniques, especially for senior management, through management games, role-plays, cases, discussions, etc. These books are available at the British Council in Bangalore:

1) Facilitation Skills: The ASTD Trainer's Sourcebook by Dennis Kinlaw
2) Principles of Facilitation: The Purpose and Potential of Leading Group Process by David Sibbet
3) Magic of NLP Demystified: A Pragmatic Guide to Communication and Change by Byron A. Lewis

See if you can get hold of these books, or any standard book on facilitation should be useful to you.

Dear Colleagues,

Personally, I have my bias against Assessment Centers as a means of deducing or getting what Management wants, be it Recruitment, Evaluation, etc. I see it as a forum that could be equated to a "zoo"; please forgive my comparison where Executives watch and see who makes the first flaw or mistake. It should also be noted that participants could go on with an attitude to impress those who are evaluating, and at the end of the day, they are just a bunch of empty barrels making so much noise. However, on a more intellectual level, it is a good forum for brainstorming towards problem-solving.

Additional Discussion Topics

As an addition to what could be discussed in the forum, I would add the following:

- Change Management
- Talent Management
- Diversity Management

I hope these could be useful towards striking a balance in the frequency of usage and the purpose of its use.

Thanks.

Hi Pooja,

You may get in touch with Mr. Saurabh Singh at 09987590123; he heads Pearson Assessments in India.

Regards,
Abhishek