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The core of a good Management talent assessment tells you about a persons work, their values, their motivations, interpersonal strengths and leadership competencies. The HPI shows the degree to which a person has....
-confidence, self-esteem and composure under pressure
-initiative, competitiveness, and leadership potential
-gregariousness and the need for social interaction
-warmth, consideration, and the ability to build and maintain relationships
-responsibility, self-control and conscientiousness
-imagination, curiosity and creative potential
-achievement orientation and an appetite for continuous learning
The managerial job is complex. Based upon a detailed job analysis, one leading management consulting firm suggests that there are twenty-eight important dimensions of managerial skill sets, embedded in eight larger competencies. The HPI Management Profile is focused on: Inquisitiveness, Adjustment, Prudence, Stress Tolerance, Ambition, Interpersonal Sensitivity, and Sociability. The HPI highlights essential talents like:
-ability to handle stress
-willingness to make independent decisions
-desire to influence and motivate others
-exceptional aspirations, drive and energy
-ability to listen, to get along with and connect with others
-planning, organizing and scheduling abilities
-conscientious attention to details
-innovative and resourceful problem-solving abilities

Use the HPI to Hire Top Performing Managers
Management succession planning helps you identify persons who deserve special consideration for advancement to executive roles within your organization. HPI Management Profiles predict job performance and they yield no race, age or sex differences. The HPI is a valuable tool for management succession planning because it provides a comprehensive portrait of a person s strengths and shortcomings. Using
HPI Assessments with interviews, on-the-job observations and performance appraisals creates a powerful platform for hiring, promoting and developing managers. The HPI provides information on what is called the "bright side" of personality. The "bright side" of our personality relates to characteristics that exhibit during social interactions that can facilitate or inhibit a person achieving their goals in their relationships, education, life and in work.
The HPI examines seven core dimensions of the 'bright side' of the personality.
Adjustment - confidence, self-esteem, and composure under pressure
Ambition - initiative, competitiveness, and desire for leadership roles
Sociability - extraversion, gregarious, and need for social interaction
Interpersonal Sensitivity - tact, perceptiveness, and ability to maintain relationships
Prudence - self-discipline, responsibility and conscientiousness
Inquisitive - imagination, curiosity, and creative potential
Learning Approach - achievement-oriented, stays up-to-date on business and technical matters
Having been used over 25 years to predict employee performance, the HPI has become the industry standard for measuring normal personality. The HPI has helped organizations in reducing employee turnover, absenteeism, and underperforming customer service. The HPI takes about than 25 minutes to complete. The results of the HPI are delivered in a report that provides a summary of the results on each scale compared to the normative
sample.