Leadership assessment

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Kiddy & Partners

We identify those both within and outside your organisation that have the skills and behaviours that you need. 

We objectively assess who will develop fastest and furthest, and enable individuals to make this happen for themselves. Our highly experienced business psychologists have assessed and coached thousands of leaders across a range of international companies and multi-cultural environments.

Our assessment services include:

  • assessment for recruitment
  • assessment for promotion/ succession planning
  • assessment for management due diligence
  • assessment for development
  • assessment/ development centres
  • assessment of leadership teams.

What do we do?

We gather rich and meaningful data that enables us to ascertain an individual’s potential to operate successfully in the role they are being assessed for, as well as their potential to operate in even more complex and challenging roles in the future.  Our approach draws on best practice methodology to deliver an inclusive, fair and valid assessment of capability and fit. 

Our experienced business psychologists:

  • test an individual’s leadership potential and their likelihood of success in more complex, demanding roles;
  • advise on who is ready for more, and where you can safely place your bets;
  • provide individuals with clarity about what they need to do, pinpointing the key areas for focus and future development;
  • give businesses the bench-strength data needed to decide on whether to build or buy;
  • in team contexts, provide insights on the capabilities, gaps and culture of the team, with recommendations on next steps. 

Our assessments typically include:

  1. In-depth interview – An intense, engaging and thought-provoking interview is conducted with two business psychologists.
  2. Psychometrics – Best-in-class tools are used to support your leaders in line with the future needs of the business. 
  3. Narrative 360 feedback – One-to-one in-depth conversations between our psychologists and the individual’s key stakeholders provide additional insight.
  4. Business simulation – Benchmarked simulations create a stretch learning environment that replicates the leadership challenges an organisation needs to overcome.
Kiddy were a true partner – they worked with us closely and delivered best in class assessment for development centres perfectly tailored for our business.

Following the development assessment we then provide:

  1. In-depth personal feedback – Providing insight on stand-out strengths and pivotal development needs, helping leaders to understand the impact and what is needed to accelerate their success.
  2. Manager debrief – Ensuring line managers are clear on the outcomes and how these relate to the leader’s onboarding/ ongoing development, and provide insight on how they can support moving forward. 
  3. Development planning – Supporting the leader to develop a meaningful action plan that they are accountable for and are confident in.
  4. Regular reporting – Providing pivotal, insightful organisational level analysis to support with wider talent management. 

How do we do this?

Central to our approach is the leader being assessed. We focus on their experience, ensuring that they are fully engaged, take ownership and ensure that the assessments are a positive catalyst for development. 

We provide rich and meaningful organisational insights to aid decision-making. Our ‘Activate, Assess & Accelerate’ model forms the foundation of our approach across every intervention we design and develop.

  • Activate: Through innovative techniques we build and sustain an individual’s commitment to their ongoing development. 
  • Assess: We identify objectively who has the right capabilities and fit for your organisation and the role, and how this can be accelerated.
  • Accelerate: We work with you to ensure the output from the assessments is utilised, not only identifying ways in which the leader can develop themselves, but also ways in which the organisation can support them.

Utilising these insights, together with our leadership expertise and strong commercial understanding, we ensure that we are focusing the assessment on the most pivotal requirements of the target role. 

Why does it work?

The results speak for themselves, based on development assessments conducted for an international FMCG business, participants rated themselves:

  • 100% clearer on strengths and development areas
  • 100% clearer on development priorities
  • 100% improved their support at peer network
  • 100% clearer on how to develop a leader 

Achieving an NPS score of 100.