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Third Session: Individual assessment for purposes of employee development.

Learning objectives for June 11.  As a result of participation in this seminar, participants will:

Objective A:   Knowledge:  Be able to define the term “development” or “developmental”.  Further, participants will define for themselves (privately or share) their own top development needs and how they know they have them.

Objective B: Participants will learn how to do a developmental assessment.  

Objective C: Skill: Participants will learn how to determine whether to conduct a development assessment or meet a different client need – such as a structural/organizational intervention, outplacement, career coaching..

Date

Wednesday June 11, 2008, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. CST

Presenter

Dr. John Fennig  (see John's bio)

Pre-Work/ Post-work

Prior or after the Session:

Please read:  APA Division 13, Society of Consulting Psychologists Guidelines (our competency model)

Check out our online testing center at: www.dric.com/onlinetesting.htm to see the process and tools we use for developmental assessments.

Our assessment tools and sample assessment reports described: http://www.dric.com/organizations/pers_profil.htm

Client on who's site we produced an online application process:

• http://www.tpgcredit.com/careers.html

Samples of our assessment work product:

1. DRIC's Coachworks method

2. SampleLearning contract form

3. training/Selection_Works_Menu_of Services_and_ Fees_Public_Sector.pdf

4. training/ExecEvalSummary.pdf

5. training/MentalabiltySummaryFormsample.pdf

6. training/cpitojobnorms.pdf

7. training/FIRO-BstandardgroupInclusion.pdf

Agenda

1. Welcome and overview of this course

   • Teaches our (SCP) competency model for Organizational Consulting Psychology

   • This is a DRIC internal staff training and an external offering to SCP

   • offered every 3 weeks as stand alone sessions - join when you can/want during the year

   • Mix of didactics and case study/real world application

   • CEs provided

2. Participant intros/needs.  How many of these have you done and how have they gone?

3. (Maximum 45 minutes) Teach Piece:

   • Recap last 2 sessions - career and selection assessment

   • Assessment for development

     • The basis of the scientific method we use and have as a competitive advantage over other coaches/consultants - so, make it explicit, do it well and charge for it

     • job analysis and/or understanding needs required!

     • length, format driven by client need and your "brand"/style

     • Our 5-S model - informed by Lewin  Bf(P x E) and McKinsey.  what is the model or method you use?

   • DRIC 5S model for Organization, Team and/or Individual Development

     The following is the order to work in with the client.  It encourages tough on things first and people second.  It recognized Lewin’s B=f(PxE) with a large weight placed on context and structure as factors in team success.

     1. Storyboard – past and present external events/factors influencing the organization, team and/or individual (e.g. economy, culture, significant recent or historical events, tec.)
     2. Strategy – goals, plans, commitments that define and drive this team
     3. Structure- organization/team chart, individual roles, work systems, business processes, physical resources
     4. Staffing – fit and fill of people to roles or jobs, staffing gaps, philosophy around fit and fill (stretch hiring to safe fills)
     5. Skill Building – individual, interpersonal, team, organizational skills pyramid; competency models, technical skills of the functional area involved , technical skills of the industry, general business skills

      

• assessee, boss and other stakeholder involvement key, including personal stakeholders - a 360 of sorts

• 2-fer/cross sell with selection assessment work

• Tools and techniques

4. (minimum 45 minutes) Real World Application:  questions, examples of success and challenge, case studies

5. Good cookbook: PDI's Successful Managers Handbook: http://www.amazon.com/Successful-Managers-Handbook-Susan-Gebelein/dp/093852920X

Contact

Need information or have questions?  Contact meganbrogger@dric.com