NHRDN VLS on Use of Various Tools for Employee Benefit
1. Online Behavioral Assessments and their
applications in Talent Management
Speaker: Camilo Paredes
PDA International
Argentina
2. Agenda
Introduction: what are online Behavioral Assessments?
How do they provide objective information for decision making in talent
management practices?
Recruitment and Selection
Development
Training
Leadership Coaching
Questions & Answers
3. Agenda
Introduction: what are online Behavioral Assessments?
How do they provide objective information for decision making in talent
management practices?
Recruitment and Selection
Development
Training
Leadership Coaching
Questions & Answers
4. Behavioral assessments describe and predict
people’s behavioral profile
Online behavioral assessment tools analyze individuals’ behavioral profiles
They identify individuals’ abilities; what their strengths are and where they
have an opportunity for development
They are used in several HR practices, such as Selection, Training and
Development, and Leadership Coaching
The reports produced focus on describing the person’s profile in relation to
the workplace: how they generate new contacts, build relationships and
negotiate, how they close sales, follow up with clients, etc.
5. The tools also give you insights into an
individual’s behavioral profile as it relates to
many areas of the job position
The reports will describe the following aspects:
Leadership style
Decision-making style
How to lead this person to success
Emotional Intelligence
Persuasive skills
Analytical skills
Sales skills
Motivation level
Main skills and strengths
Areas of improvement
6. The tools also give you insights into an
individual’s behavioral profile as it relates to
many areas of the job position
• The reports will describe the following aspects:
Leadership style Proactive Leader
Administrative Leader
Decision-making style Counselor
How to lead this person to success Dynamic Leader
Implementor
Emotional Intelligence Negotiator
Technical Leader
Persuasive skills
Analytical skills
Sales skills
Motivation level
Main skills and strengths
Areas of improvement
7. The tools also give you insights into an
individual’s behavioral profile as it relates to
many areas of the job position
• The reports will describe the following aspects:
Leadership style
Decision-making style Risk-Taker
Conflicted
How to lead this person to success Cautious
Emotional Intelligence
Persuasive skills
Analytical skills
Sales skills
Motivation level
Main skills and strengths
Areas of improvement
8. The tools also give you insights into an
individual’s behavioral profile as it relates to
many areas of the job position
• The reports will describe the following aspects:
Leadership style
Decision-making style
Natural Behavioral Style
How to lead this person to success Communication method
Emotional Intelligence Motivators
Strengths
Persuasive skills
Analytical skills
Sales skills
Motivation level
Main skills and strengths
Areas of improvement
9. The tools also give you insights into an
individual’s behavioral profile as it relates to
many areas of the job position
• The reports will describe the following aspects:
Leadership style
Decision-making style
How to lead this person to success
Rational
Emotional Intelligence
Balanced
Persuasive skills Emotional
Analytical skills
Sales skills
Motivation level
Main skills and strengths
Areas of improvement
10. Agenda
Introduction: what are online Behavioral Assessments?
How do they provide objective information for decision making in talent
management practices?
Recruitment and Selection
Development
Training
Leadership Coaching
Questions & Answers
11. Creating an effective and mature talent
management program should be a high priority
for companies
A mature Talent Management system provides many benefits:
Half the rate of turnover
Twice the rate of promotions
80% better in developing great leaders
92% better at creating a pipeline of ready successors
71% higher scores on employee engagement
68% greater ability to plan for future talent needs
62% high scores on developing employees
12. Assessments can be leveraged in many facets of
talent management
• Select the ideal • Understand the
candidate for the development needs of
position employees through
PDA
Recruitment
Development
and Selection
Leadership
Training
Coaching
• Teach leader self-awareness, • Apply actions to
identify address development
profiles of the team and needs
the environment
13. One of the main strengths of assessments are
the use in recruitment and selection processes
• Select the ideal • Understand the
candidate for the development needs of
position employees through
PDA
Recruitment
Development
and Selection
Leadership
Training
Coaching
• Teach leader self-awareness, • Apply actions to
identify address development
profiles of the team and needs
the environment
14. Companies currently struggle with
hiring decisions, with personality and
motivation cited as the main mistakes
made
15. Assessments allows you to easily
select the ideal candidate for the
position, thus reducing bad hiring
decisions
Assessment of Individual
Candidates Candidate Analysis
• Job Fit Model • Manage high- • Compare and • Assess candidate’s
(Lower level volume with little contrast pool of fit with open
recruitment) burden through candidates with positions
• Competencies online evaluation compatibility • Provides
Model • Centralized studies information for the
(Executive information on all • Easily identify ideal interview phase
recruitment) Candidates candidates
• Compatible with
assessment centers
and 360 systems
Group Candidate
Develop Criteria
Analysis
16. Different reports allow you to
compare candidates against basic
selection criteria
The Job Fit Report shows the ranking of compatibility among candidates for different
positions
Sales Supervisor
17. Different reports allow you to
compare candidates against basic
selection criteria
The Group Competency Report compares the different candidates against required
competencies
18. Making the right choice in your
selection is important as hiring new
people is a significant cost to companies
Costs of Hiring a New Employee
Hiring Training
Advertising/Recruitment Orientation
Pre-employment assessment Trainers
Interviewing Training materials
Travel Equipment
Signing bonus Technology
Relocation Benefit set up
19. Improving hiring practices means less
turnover and significant cost savings
Example Scenario:
IT Services Organization with 500 employees
Annual Salary = Rs. 300,000 Recruitment 5%
Selection 5%
Current Selection Practices Improved Selection Practices Training/Development 20%
Lost Effectiveness 20%
10% turnover (50 hires/year) 8% turnover (40 hires/year)
Total 50%
x cost of hiring x cost of hiring of annual salary
Rs 7,500,000 Annual Cost Rs 6,000,000 Annual Cost
Rs. 1,500,000
Annual Cost Savings
20. Using valid assessment programs pay for
themselves many times over
Turnover
Employee productivity, motivation and performance
Efficient recruitment process
Time and cost savings
Objectivity in results
21. Behavioral assessments can be leveraged in
many facets of talent management
• Select the ideal • Understand the
candidate for the development needs of
position employees through
PDA
Recruitment
Development
and Selection
Leadership
Training
Coaching
• Teach leader self-awareness, • Apply actions to
identify address development
profiles of the team and needs
the environment
22. Assessments can be used to identify
development goals for employees
• Employees complete the assessment online in order to understand their current
situation and to ensure they have self-awareness of their profile
Self- • They are then engaged in feedback sessions, either individually or in groups, in
Awareness order to identify and explain their profiles, strengths and areas for improvement
• Assessments reports can be used to measure the fit between the individual’s
current profile and that of their desired profile (be it with their current position,
Identify Gaps future positions or compared with a group)
• A diagnostic report is prepared which outlines development goals and
corresponding training needs
Diagnostic
23. Assessments can be leveraged in many facets of
talent management
• Select the ideal • Understand the
candidate for the development needs of
position employees through
PDA
Recruitment
Development
and Selection
Leadership
Training
Coaching
• Teach leader self-awareness, • Apply actions to
identify address development
profiles of the team and needs
the environment
24. Based on these development goals,
employees can be targeted with many
types of trainings
Effective Communication
Leadership
Team Integration
Emotional Intelligence
Negotiation
Conflict Management
25. Behavioral assessments can be leveraged in
many facets of talent management
• Select the ideal • Understand the
candidate for the development needs of
position employees through
PDA
Recruitment
Development
and Selection
Leadership
Training
Coaching
• Teach leader self-awareness, • Apply actions to
identify address development
profiles of the team and needs
the environment
26. Using assessments in leadership
coaching provides the leader with
awareness about their self and the team
• Leaders complete the
Assessment of
assessments online and Employees
receive a personalized • In a group activity led by a
feedback session • Analyze and discuss the Consultant or the HR
• In this session, consultants Reports of the employees professional in charge we
or HR professional in with the leader, so that the share with the entire
charge help them to leader may know and group the
identify their leadership observe the tendencies of Individual Behavioral
style, communication style, each of their employees Profiles and Team
problem-solving style, and and the group as a whole Behavioral Trends Report
main motivators
Leader Assessment Group Workshops
• Provide invaluable information to the leader that will help them to lead more successfully
• Strengthen relationships between team members
• Enhance the skills of the leaders
• Strengthen the integration of the team
• Increase the productivity of the Business
27. Agenda
Introduction: what are online Behavioral Assessments?
How do they provide objective information for decision making in talent
management practices?
Recruitment and Selection
Development
Training
Leadership Coaching
Questions & Answers