As an HR manager, you wear many hats. You’re responsible for recruitment, onboarding, training, employee relations, compensation & benefits, and so much more. And let’s be honest, budgets are often tight. You’re constantly looking for ways to maximise your impact and do more with less.

Focusing on employee engagement and retention strategies is essential, but it demands a strategic HR approach. Investing in HR tools and techniques that enhance your understanding of your workforce and support their development is key.

The Untapped Potential of Psychometric Assessments

Many HR managers I speak with rely on psychometric assessments to validate their hiring decisions or assist with candidate selection. However, few integrate the results into their onboarding programmes, development plans, succession planning, or to equip managers with insights to better understand and grow their teams.

Do More with Less

Using psychometric tools for people development should be a no-brainer. After all, you’ve already invested in the assessments during the hiring process – and additional reports are often included in the cost (self-plug: ours definitely are!). Contemporary psychometric tools provide powerful insights into an individual’s cognitive abilities, interests, and behavioural preferences, making them a highly valuable but often underutilised resource.

Let me share a personal story about the impact of psychometric assessments on team development.

In one of my previous roles, I led a diverse team of individuals from various backgrounds. Despite my best efforts, the group felt more like a collection of strangers thrown together on a bus than a cohesive team. There were personal agendas, CYA tactics, missed deadlines, and poor productivity levels. I realised I needed a structured approach to better understand my team members’ strengths and development areas.

The Game-Changer

That’s when I decided to take a fresh look at psychometric assessments. While we were already using a basic four-quadrant personality test for hiring, I needed more robust tools. I wanted assessments that could provide:

• Insights into cognitive abilities
• A detailed breakdown of interests
• Flexibility to customise assessments to specific needs
• The ability to benchmark individuals and teams against tailored standards

When I found the right tool, the results were game-changing.

We gained profound insights into each team member, identified development areas, and facilitated both group and individual development sessions using the assessment resources. The gap analyses provided allowed us to target training initiatives effectively, saving us significant costs on generic training programmes. Managers were empowered with customised tools and actionable insights to support and develop their teams.

We extended this process to new hires, incorporating assessment data into onboarding and using management reports to create their first development plans. The outcomes were remarkable – engagement levels soared, attrition dropped, and productivity skyrocketed.

3 Steps to Harness the Power of Psychometrics

1. Select the right assessmentsthat align with your organisation’s needs.
2. Communicate the value of these toolsclearly to your team.
3. Leverage the insightsto design targeted trainingand development programmes.

 

Are you ready to elevate your people development efforts?

• Book an obligation free APPOINTMENTwith one of our consultants
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