Assessments
The first step toward performance improvement is to assess the current state. You must understand where you are today in order to understand the best course of action for improvement, whether it be for you as an individual, for your team or for your entire organization. The Effectiveness Institute assessment tools are the perfect starting point.
As I See Myself Behavior Style Profile
Discover your own style, its strengths and challenges
As I See Myself is a self-scoring 22-page profile, available online or in a paper format, that measures and summarizes the strengths and challenges of the four primary behavior styles: Controller, Stabilizer, Analyzer and Persuader. It is designed for immediate application. The profile booklet is detailed enough to describe human behavior but simple enough for use in the "real world." Use with our People Skills workshop, our DVD and audio series or with your own individual or team development programs. The profile activity with discussion will take one to two hours.
As Others See Me Profile
Learn how others perceive your style
As Others See Me is a 2-page companion product to the As I See Myself profile, available online or in a paper format. It contains the same self-scoring questionnaire to be completed by work colleagues, family members or friends. It is an efficient means of learning how your behavior style is perceived by others. (Note: a single copy of As I See Myself is necessary to interpret the scores of the As others see me profiles.) Use with our People Skills workshop, our DVD and audio series or with your own individual or team development programs. This profile activity is usually combined with As I See Myself profile activites.
Behavior Style 360
Discover your Personal Impact
Discover your personal impact by gaining an understanding of how you view yourself and how others view you. This online product combines As I See Myself and As Others See Me in a powerful tool that provides a 360 degree view. Learn to identify the differences and what you can do to build stronger relationships and more positive influence with others by flexing your behavior. The Behavior Style 360 does not assess personality, but rather focuses on your behavior because you can make choices to adapt your behavior to a situation or another person for the purposes of becoming a better leader, a more effective team member or individual contributor. You first complete the As I See Myself behavior style profile and then invite others to complete the As Others See Me behavior style profile. You will receive a comprehensive report which provides the "360 degree" view of your behavior and impact. Understanding the difference between your "intent" and your "impact" is a key to building effective relationships and successful teams.
Leadership Practices Inventory
A 360 degree leadership assessment
The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) is a 360 degree Leadership assessment instrument created by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner which has been used to assess the Leadership behavior of nearly one million Leaders worldwide.
The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), a 360-degree assessment instrument which serves two purposes: It allows us continuously to test our initial findings that The Five Practices model is a valid view of the world of leadership, and it provides a tool that helps leaders assess the extent to which they actually use those practices so that they can make plans for improvement.
The LPI is a questionnaire with thirty behavioral statements—six for each of The Five Practices—that takes 10 to 20 minutes to complete. Leaders complete the LPI-Self, rating themselves on the frequency with which they think they engage in each of the thirty behaviors. Five to ten other people—typically selected by the leaders—complete the LPI-Observer questionnaire, rating the leaders on the frequency with which they think they engage in each behavior. Respondents can indicate their relationship to the leader—manager, co-worker or peer, direct report, or other observer—but, with the exception of the leader's manager, all the observers' feedback is anonymous.
Team Assessment
Discover your team's strength and challenges
The Team Assessment measures the six essential characteristics Of high performing teams. They are Trust, Respect, Commitment to a clear and common purpose, Willingness and ability to resolve conflicts, Focus on Measurable results, Mutual responsibility and accountabiliy.
Using confidential data gathered from your team via a 36-question online survey, we capture your group's unique team dynamics and provide a snapshot of the team leadership. The summary report pinpoints your team's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges.
Organization Performance Profile
Learn your organization's strength and challenges
Successful companies focus on the accepted 'metrics' of business performance: profit, productivity, customer satisfaction, and employee retention. World-class organizations have a different focus. They understand that these metrics are outcomes of effective performances but not the actual causes of them. So to achieve breakthroughs in performance, they focus on the leadership practices, culture variables and behavior patterns that drive the metrics. To identify and leverage these drivers in your company, The Effectiveness Institute has developed the Organization Performance Profile Assessment (OPP).
