Executive Assessment

Research and experience prove that between 40-50% of executives fail in the first 18 months. However, success is scientifically predictable.

The AST approach for these human capital initiatives consists of testing and profiling cognitive ability (critical thinking and deductive reasoning), personality structure and bio data. We also assess the organizational context and culture the position must function in.

AST Management believes that four key reasons exist to conduct executive assessments:

Identify High Potentials

Create Career Ladders

Develop Skill Sets

Assess External Job Candidates

Our Three Step Process:

1. We categorize the precise behavioral competencies needed for job success. We build a systematic, research-based job skills description that provides the foundation for a comprehensive selection interview.

2. We compile an individualized assessment report that assists in a hire / no hire decision. We utilize legally valid and defensible personality, behavioral, attitudinal and cognitive measures.

3. Once on board, the new hire speaks with an AST Management Consultant to review assessment results, target identified weak areas for improvement and leverages their inherent strengths.

AST examines the fit between our client firm's culture and the personality traits of the job candidate. The lack of fit is a major cause of executive failure.

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