Behavioral Assessment as a Strategic Tool for Building Future Ready Leadership Teams
Organizations now function in an environment characterized by ongoing change, shifting expectations, and growing leadership challenges. Technical knowledge is still relevant, although it does not represent the only criteria for long term success. The growing recognition among firms that knowledge about an individual's thinking, communication, teamwork, and problem solving abilities can prove invaluable has made behavioral assessment an increasingly useful tool. The management of many businesses spends considerable effort recruiting employees, training leaders, planning succession, and transforming their workforces. Yet they are frequently ineffective in doing so because they tend to focus too much on resumes, experience, and performance data. While all of these elements show what an individual has accomplished in the past, they do not necessarily shed light on how that individual succeeded and what they may be capable of in the future. Behavioral assessment can offer valuable infor...