Assessments
The Center for Management Excellence assessments help people become more effective in their workplaces by gaining a better understanding of themselves and their colleagues. Taking out the mystery and anxiety associated with assessments, the CME helps people to make fair and accurate development decisions.
The assessments, listed below, give organizations and their employees a fresh, honest and introspective reading on their characteristic profiles and their progress. A variety of standardized assessments are used to help assess an individual’s style and preferences. These self-reporting assessments can be used individually or in CME training workshops, and include:
- Building Your Associate’s Profile
- Dimensions of Leadership
- Identifying My Associates’ Communication Styles
- Mentoring Assessment Motivational Profile
- My Preferred Communication Style (ONLINE)
- My Preferred Negotiating Style
- Preferred Conflict Resolution Style
- Preferred Followership Style Preferred Leadership Style (ONLINE)
- Preferred Learning Styles at Work
- Preferred Listening Style Self-esteem Assessment
- Stress Profile (ONLINE) Team Assessment
Pre-Employment Screening and New-Hire Assessment
The Center for Management Excellence conducts a variety of pre-hire screening assessments on job applicants. These assessments can help to decide whether a particular candidate has the aptitude, ability, personality and temperament to ensure a good fit within a given organization.
360 Assessments Individual Profiles (Online)
The 360 Tool is an assessment completed on-line by a participant and up to 10 of the participant’s work associates, including bosses, peers and subordinates. These associates anonymously complete assessments, which include numerical ratings and customized, open-ended questions related to the participant. Results from the assessments are tabulated and a report, including an individual profile and customized narrative, is created by CME for each participant. These reports include self-performance evaluation compared with associates’ evaluations, numerical based assessments and written narratives as to strengths and opportunities for development for the participant, general comments for the participant from associates, and a plan of action to enhance performance.
Interpersonal Working Associates Inventory (IWAI) (Online)
360 Reports are generated with at least five respondents and a self-assessment. All assessments have present and required level of performance in communication, teamwork, time and productivity, and work-related skills, along with a narrative of open-ended questions and responses by participant and respondents.
360 Feedback Report for Leadership Profile
This assessment measures leadership skills by examining four leadership preferences and six key dimensions. Leadership preferences are measured through leadership behavioral descriptors. This 360 evaluation is completed by the participant and up to 10 respondents, including managers, peers, and staff.
Organizational Assessment (Online)
This report is based on organizational performance with feedback from all levels within the organization. The report indicates present level of organizational performance of the various areas within the organization. A customized narrative of open-ended questions and responses is also reported.
Organizational Assessment for CPA Firms (Online)
This assessment is based on key performance indicators for the CPA firm to achieve organizational fitness. It identifies organizational culture and style in order to help people within the firm work together more effectively. Includes respondents’ written comments and a business action strategy, recommendations and next-step actions.
Anatomy of a CPA (Online)
This evaluation tool is for CPAs and is based on 17 dimensions that have been identified by our research as key performance indicators. This is a 360 report in which the partner receives feedback from manager(s), peers and direct reports.
Partner Evaluation (Online)
This 360 evaluation utilizes 14 key measurements based on partner level performance within a firm. Other partners as well as all of the partner’s direct reports give the feedback. This assessment is an upward evaluation and peer review.
Team and/or Organizational Profiles:
With any 360 assessment completed for a team or an organization, profiles can be created with the same detail as listed above for the individual profiles. CME can, at the request of the organization, generate a team report, which is a compilation of all data and responses for the participants in one cogent report to identify the level of team performance.