A leadership assessment you'll actually recognise yourself in

A leadership assessment is the clearest mirror most senior leaders ever get. It provides evidence-based insight into how you operate, lead and respond under pressure: the strengths that are serving you, and the patterns that aren't. It's often the first step of a coaching or leadership development programme.

No. You complete a number of high-quality, evidence-based assessments, followed by two hours with a registered psychologist to explore the results. This helps you identify your development priorities or the work-ons worth your effort, as well as the strengths you've been discounting. Done well, it's a very affirming process.

The results from a leadership assessment are confidential to you, even though the organisation normally pays for it. If you choose to share them, I recommend doing it with a conversation, not just the report. It's only when similar tests are used in recruitment that the results are shared with the organisation. This is always disclosed up front.

Most personality tests give you a label: a colour, a number, four letters. This is a validated assessment, interpreted by a registered psychologist and tested with you across a two to three hour conversation, depending on the level of insight you choose. What you get is an explanation, not a label: the strengths you've been discounting, and why it's been hard to act on the advice you've already had.

Because leaders at the top get very little unfiltered feedback, and most have grown as far as they know how on their own. A good assessment won't tell you how you should lead. It shows you how you naturally lead, so your growth works with who you are rather than against it.

It depends. A 360 shows you how you're perceived, which can be valuable. But it needs careful setup, a skilled debrief, and other data to triangulate. Otherwise, you risk pouring energy into developing something that someone raised, but is not actually a priority or not really what the results are saying. If done incorrectly or used in the wrong situation, it can do more harm than good.

Typically, all you need to do is complete the leadership assessment online, and then come to the session, ready to reflect on yourself - openly and honestly. If you're doing any ability assessments, you'll get sent practice questions ahead of time to try. If you're doing a 360, we'll meet to discuss what we should measure and who you should ask for feedback.

Some people go it alone: using the insight they've gained and the prompts in their report to create their own learning and development plan. Others use it as the starting point for the five-day leadership intensive, or six or twelve months of coaching with me. We decide that together, once we've seen what the process shows.

Yes, I offer leadership assessments all over the world, as long as you're happy for the feedback session to happen in English. The questionnaires I use have been validated across most cultures, and come in most languages.

$3,000+GST for the Internal View (personality, values and behaviour under pressure, plus a two-hour session and written report). $4,500+GST for the 360 Perspective, adding structured feedback from the people you work with. $5,000+GST for the Capability View, adding reasoning assessments. The organisation usually funds it.

If you already know which level of insight you'd like, you can go straight to scheduling a leadership assessment. If you're unsure, book a short call with me first to help you choose the right approach for your situation.