MastermindEX Connection Toolkit includes Assessments, Worksheets and More!

We believe in the importance of measurement and data.  As part of our EXploration process, we offer multiple assessments that provide data around individual and team behavior, values, and work environment.  The data helps us: 

• Add accuracy and objectivity to talent management
• Quantifies behavior for individuals, jobs and teams
• Provides a common language for communication
• Adds rigor and focus to the interview process
• Helps to identify performance gaps and training needs
• Aligns people, jobs and teams with your business goals

 Here are some brief descriptions of the Assessments we use.

Workplace Pulse

Earth Beat – Environment and Workplace Pulse

Do you know HOW your employees are feeling today? Do you need a snapshot? 

It’s September, and the past 6 months have been a roller coaster. Every team and company has had its ups and downs – no one has been spared from this Pandemic. 

Whether you are the leader or the coach:

Do you really know where each employee is “at” in the moment?
How are they feeling, what is their mood,
How are they viewing their workplace and relationship to their job?

Understanding how each person feels right now is critical to your strategy and action plans for the next 120 days and beyond. Your ability as their leader to align, inspire, motivate and manage is reliant on this information.  I have an easy and FREE** way for you to see a snapshot, get a handle on the situation and take action.

Earth Beat, from PDA International will take the pulse of your team, today.
This quick, easy and confidential assessment will allow your team to share how they are feeling about their workplace.  The results will help you, as a leader, align and facilitate the well-being of your employees and the impact on business outcomes.

Earth Beat can be administered on a monthly basis to get an ongoing pulse of your employees’ mood over the course of the year.  The first month is a FREE trial so you can get started and take action now.

This information will be invaluable and concrete as you move through change in uncertain times.

Interested? email csaitz@mastermindex for a link!

Behavior Assessments

The behavior assessment consists of three assessments and a menu of comprehensive reports:

• PDA Behavior Assessment – is a DISC based behavioral assessment and identifies the behavioral profile of individuals, manages their talents and develops their skills.  The PDA Assessment, through its simple, precise and scientifically validated methodology, allows describing and analyzing the Behavioral Profile of individuals.
  
• PDA Job – expanding the framework for Job Descriptions to describe how the role fits into organizational strategy and business goals.  PDA JOB provides the context that can transform an employee’s performance because they understand that their work matters! PDA will assist in generating the JOB profile and will provide customized interview questions aligned to the requirements for the position, team and the JOB profile.
  
  JOB Compatibility Reports – these reports can be made by comparing the profile of the assessed individual with one of the Predefined Positions (List of 22 predefined profiles available in the PDA Platform) or with a Customized JOB Profile (a profile definition methodology that customizes positions through the PDA JOB Form).
  
• PDA Competencies Compatibility Reports – compatibility reports between individuals and behavioural competencies models. The PDA Platform generates compatibility studies between the assessed individuals and the Customer’s Competencies Model.
  
• PDA Team Report – this report is designed to assist the Team Leader to deliver the business strategy and objectives of the team, by using the team in such a way as to:
  • Understand the behavioral factors of team members to leverage their strengths, minimize their weaknesses, and help them to be more productive as they work together.
  • Understand individual and team areas of the challenge so that development can be planned where necessary.
  • Manage, support and motivate team members based on their roles.
  • Optimize on leadership strengths.

 Values Assessment

​‘Values’ can be defined as the deep-seated needs that serve as standards for judging one’s own behavior as well as the behavior of others. They form the basis for how people assign worth to situations and objects. Values shape our value systems and have a cognitive as well as an affective component. They play a major role in understanding personal motivation. Values that are fully integrated into the culture of an organization can provide powerful insights into employee motivation. This insight becomes the compass that the organization uses to select staff members, reward and recognize employee performance, and guide interaction among employees. 
 
The Personal Values Profile (PVP) is a self-report questionnaire designed to identify the relative importance of a series of 21 pre-defined work values to a person in their job, work environment and career. These 21 values are divided into seven categories. 

Physical Health

• Physical activity
• Physical challenge

Lifestyle and Stability

• Cultural identity
• Close relationships
• Predictable environment
• Financial security
• Artistic appreciation

Autonomy

• Authority
• Creativity
• Independence
• Freedom of lifestyle
• Variety

 Need for Growth

• Ability utilization
• Personal development
• Achievement

 Interaction

• Prestige
• Social interaction
• Concern for others

 Business Ethics

• Business ethics
  
• Entrepreneurial
  
• Financial Rewards
• Risk

​The Corporate Values Profile (CVP) is the companion to the PVP. Where the PVP looks at values from the perspective of the individual, the CVP looks at values from the perspective of the job. The CVP utilises the same 21 work values as the PVP but ranks the importance of these values in relation to the requirements and expectations of the job and indicates which values are most important for ultimate success in the specific role.Matching Person to the Job – in order to determine the overall compatibility of an individual with a specific work environment or job function, a Values Match Report (VMR) is created. The ranking of the individual’s values is directly compared to the ranking of the values deemed important for the job. The level of congruency between the personal values and the corporate values is calculated and three categories of ‘level of fit’ are determined. These categories are defined as ‘High fit’, ‘Low fit’ and ‘Reverse warning’. 

Interested in Assessments for your team or company? We can help you. Please fill out the information in the contact form below and one of our team will reach out to you.

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