Archive for the ‘Assessments’ Category

Personal Accountability

The Universal Skill

What determines superior performance? What makes a prime candidate? If you were to pick just one skill, what would it be?

TTI’s soft skills assessments have allowed us to look at personal skills in a new light, and the picture of talent in today’s workplace is becoming clearer than ever before. After looking at research in several areas, we firmly believe that personal accountability is at the top on the list of ideal soft skills. [Read Full Article]

360 Degree Feedback Assessments

It has been said that 360 degree feedback assessments, also known as multi-rater evaluations, are the most widely recognized assessments in the business industry. The purpose of any 360 degree feedback assessment is to diagnose the strengths and weaknesses of an individual by considering the input of several individuals who have a relationship with the subject. Yet the most crucial component to 360 feedback success is not in the responses, but in the questions themselves. [Read Full Article]

Achieving Business Growth
through Employee Development

360 degree feedback assessments are a great resource in a wide variety of applications, from employee coaching to organizational development. Its valuable contribution to any coaching or business consulting situation lies within its ability to reveal the perceptions of others, making it a resource every business should have. [Read Full Article]

Going Beyond Behaviors

Take behavioral interviewing to the next level by including questions geared toward the personal skills, intrinsic motivators and behavioral styles required for superior performance. With TTI’s complete assessment solution, you not only have the assessment tools to accurately measure the qualities required by the job, but we also provide behavioral interviewing questions aimed at uncovering evidence of past performance in areas specific to the job. This unique aspect will give you a more well-rounded view of each candidate’s past experiences so you can more accurately predict their future success.

Behavioral Interviewing and Job Assessments

How to Reach the Ultimate Goal
From the application review to the final offer, the entire selection process is really one extensive assessment of an individual’s potential. The importance of this process lies within its ultimate goal - to answer two, central questions:

Is the candidate right for the job?
Is the company and the [...]

Behavioral Interviewing Techniques

How to Ensure Your Techniques are Effective and Compliant
Since its introduction in the 1970s, behavioral interviewing has grown to be widely practiced in the selection process. Based on the assumption that the most accurate predictor of the future is the past, this technique relies on a reflection of specific situations to indicate an applicant’s [...]

Identifying Our Weakness

How to Prevent an Overextension of Our Strengths
Optimizing the strengths of your employees is a goal of every leader, manager and business owner. Ensuring your employees are contributing the best of their abilities is a key to superior performance, but how can you be certain an overextension of their strengths does not get in [...]

The Key to Accomplishment

Set Your Goals and Achieve Success with True Motivation
Whether professionally, personally or both, there are probably many times when you too have set a goal and it didn’t stick. Rather than a feeling of accomplishment, you are left with feelings of disappointment and self-doubt. The key to goal achievement is to really understand [...]

Generation Generalization

Don’t Attempt to Understand a Generation, Understand the Individual
As the Millennials enter the workforce, employers are scrambling to figure them out. What do they like and dislike? What are their goals? What motivates them? But when you attempt to answer these questions, generalization isn’t effective. Each person is unique and [...]

Successful Managers Are Effective Coaches

How Do Your Managers Measure Up?
In the workforce today, successful managers and supervisors do more then just oversee and delegate tasks to their team members. As direct factors in retention and performance results, employee coaching, team building and development initiatives are at the top of their list of duties.
Managers who truly know and understand [...]