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Skill Assessment

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The Science of Strategy Institute offers a number of surveys and instruments for determining what front-line strategic skills people need and what their current level of abilities is. These tools

  • focus on the decisions that your people must make every day,
  • identity which people in your organization need strategic training,
  • quantify how well they apply basic strategic skills to their decisions,
  • reveal where the gaps in their skills are and how to best address them,
  • provide solid information for making good decisions about training, and
  • point to specific types of training solutions provided by the Institute.

And, since our tools are available on-line, these assessments are easy to administer and deliver fast results!

Here is a brief look at the Institute’s assessment approach:

External Responsibility Assessment Strategic Skills
Assessment

Audience

 All employees Employees with external responsibilities

Focus

 Individual job responsibilities Individual strategic skill sets

Purpose

 Determines how much of an employee’s role requires making front-line strategic decisions Evaluates the employee’s level of skill in analyzing and advancing strategic positions

Benefits

 Gives immediate feedback about the external responsibilities of each employee

Identifies which employees make the biggest impact on the organization’s strategic position in the market		 Gives immediate feedback about the strategic skill level of each employee

Identifies weaknesses regarding specific areas of analysis and response

Features

 Quantifies the percentage of organization time devoted to internal production versus external competition

Identifies how often employees in competitive situations rely on procedure rather than identifying problems and opportunities

Finds roles that impact the organization’s external competitive position that are isolated from the feedback of competitive pressure

Includes a guide for improving external competitive response

Determines the effectiveness of each employee in five areas of strategic analysis

Diagnoses how much emotional stress is being caused by the lack of strategic skills

Provides feedback on productive and counterproductive decision-making skills

Pinpoints specific areas of weakness in addressing external challenges

Includes a guide for improvement planning