The Three BEST Leadership Assessment Tools for
Training and Development

I discovered the three best leadership assessment tools (& for sales pros too) I recommend to you here, through trial and error over my 25 year career in the human development business. I've used, taught and been certified in many different tools.

I'll outline here why these three are the best, and provide resources to help you use them too.

Finding the best leadership assessment tools (& for sales) is a topic I'm passionate about - so, if after reviewing this information, you have questions contact me via email, phone or use my contact form, all found here.

Why Use Assessments?

Why use assessments? This Rosetta Stone Video explains it best....

Understanding. THAT's what these best leadership assessment tools promote. Understanding.

They help us better understand ourselves, and appreciate the differences in others, so we can work together and create something more.

Being unable to name, claim and understand our own and others strengths, and motivators causes frustration, resistance, tension and mis-understanding.

The best reason to use assessments in training: they help build understanding.

I picked (and share with you here) these three assessments because they are:

• Practical: These tools are more than "fun" - they can be easily put to use to improve communication and leadership and sales skills, and are important in developing self awareness, understanding other's motivational needs and in improving workplace motivation.
• Understandable: You do not need a PhD. (and your participants don't either) to understand, use and get value from the results.
• Credible: Each assessment tool is reliable, valid and meets or exceeds E.E.O.C. requirements.
• Easy Access: Each assessment is completed online. Getting completed results is quick and easy.

1. The first best leadership assessment tool (& sales, too) I recommend is the:

   Communication/Behavioral Style Assessment - D.I.S.C.

   

   This popular online assessment tool (completed by over 40 million people) tells participants about their:

   • Communication Style Strengths
   • Specific Talents and Value They Bring to Work
   • 'Do's and Don'ts' for Communicating With Other Styles
   • Ideal Work Environment
   • Others' Perceptions
   • Keys to Motivating and Managing
   • Areas of Improvement
   • How to Communicate More Effectively With Others

   To see a sample D.I.S.C. Communication Style Report, click here, or on the image above, now.

   To get your completed D.I.S.C. Report right now, purchase a D.I.S.C. assessment, HERE

   If you are training 10 or more, contact me for group discount pricing.

   If you need development resources for debriefing your DISC report(s) - use the complimentary development tools found HERE.

   Would you like to deepen your own D.I.S.C./Communication Style knowledge? I can walk you through the national certification process for becoming an expert, as a Behavioral Analyst (C.P.B.A.).

   For more information about my certification class: Something EVERY Professional Should Know: 6 Week Virtual DISC Certification Class, click HERE.

   I undertook this certification years ago, and it is a worthy process that will deepen your understanding, build your credibility with your training participants and increase your confidence when using this tool.

   If you'd like more information about certification or you are considering using a Professional Facilitator for a future program, contact me, HERE.

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power."---Tao Te Ching

2. The second best leadership assessment tool (& for sales, too) I recommend is the:

   Workplace Motivators Assessment - P.I.A.V.

   

   This is one of the best leadership assessment tools because it:

   • Reveals a leader's top two motivators/passions/areas of interest - explaining EXACTLY what activities energizes this person, and what can be draining.
   • Sheds valuable insight about why people around them, do what they do.
   • Shows participants how what they are interested in brings value to organizations, so they can proactively use their natural talents & interests to help the organization.
   • Shares specific focus areas for improvement.
   • Helps leaders improve their own, and others, daily motivation, energy and sense of purpose and value.

   To see what a Workplace Motivation (P.I.A.V.) Report looks like, click here, or on the image above, now.

   To purchase a Workplace Motivators Assessment, go to this purchase page, and you will get immediate access. (If you are training 10 or more, contact me for group discount pricing).

   If you need development resources for debriefing your Workplace Motivators report(s) - use this complimentary development tools page here.

   Would you like to deepen your own Workplace Motivators/P.I.A.V. knowledge? I can walk you through the national certification process for becoming an expert, as a Certified Professional Values Analyst (C.P.V.A.).

   I undertook this certification years ago, and it is a worthy process that will deepen your understanding, build your credibility with your training participants and increase your confidence when using this tool.

   If you'd like more information about certification or you are considering using a Professional Facilitator for a future program, contact me for more information.

"We know what we are, but know not what we may become."---William Shakespeare

3. The third best leadership assessment tool (& for sales, too) I recommend is:

   TriMetrix

   TriMetrix is a facilitation process and online assessment tool that measures three (tri-modal) aspects of an individual and a job.

   It measures a person's Style, Motivators, using the two assessments above, PLUS it measures how a person thinks and makes decisions AND how well they fit the job.

   With TriMetrix you can:

   • Measure what a job needs for success - the top competencies, style and rewards - and get interview questions to help you look for what the job needs, when interviewing- so you hire/promote the right & best people for the job.
   • Determine EXACTLY where a candidate or a current employee fits the job and exactly where there are mis-matches - this helps you make better hiring, promotion and training decisions.
   • Focus on specific development needs for employees, this helps you be more focused and efficient in training

   What TriMetrix Measures -
   As Compared to Other Assessments:

   

   

   The Department of Labor recommends that if you are going to use assessments to make any decisions - you must measure - at a minimum three aspects of an individual.

   TriMetrix helps you measure more than three aspects, and helps you lower your risk when hiring and promoting.

   TriMetrix compares candidates or employees to a job benchmark that I help you create.

   To see how 5 candidates compare to what the job needs for success, click HERE, or on the image, now.

   If you'd like more information about TriMetrix contact me for more information.

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