Intro to LPA Feb 11©2011 EDAC All Rights ReservedSlide 1 The Executive Development Assessment Centre Introduction to the LPA February 2011

Intro to LPA™ Feb 11 ©2011 EDAC All Rights ReservedSlide 1

The Executive Development

Assessment Centre

Introduction to the LPA™

February 2011


LPA™

A computerised 'expert' psychometric assessment system

6 assessments cover 29 characteristics - key areas that condition how executives function as members of a management team

Integrated battery of questionnaires - the LPA™ Questionnaire or LPQ™ - with a program that looks across the whole range of scores, not just at each set of results in isolation


LPA™

Developed over a 30+ year timeframe. Originally pencil and paper, then MS-DOS and now MS Windows and the Internet

Assessments derived from existing and well validated instruments

All psychological analysis is built into the program

Available uniquely from EDAC and our Global Associates


The LPA™ Approach

Multiple assessment instruments which enable you to relate personality characteristics to the realities of the working environment

A program that helps you to identify links between all the assessments, relating these to the specific circumstances that apply to candidates

Feedback, either face to face or online using Skype™ and GoToMeeting™, to place results in their proper perspective


The LPA™ Approach

A range of text reports based on combinations of scores from across all the instruments, written in plain English (or translated). Designed to interpret the results in a way that candidates can easily understand and relate to their particular working environment

Powerful management utilities to enable you to take full control of the assessment data and to apply it to real-world management issues


Personality and Function

Personality

Team?

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? Conflict

Work Styles

LearningStyles

Man Style


The LPQ™ Assessments

Team Roles (Belbin)

Conflict Handling (Thomas & Kilmann)

Work Styles (Murgatroyd, Rushton, Apter & Ray)

Learning Styles (Honey & Mumford)

Personality (Levene)

Professional/Managerial Style (Ghiselli)


LPQ™ Example Question


The LPQ™ Questionnaire

Available in English, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Europe), French, German, Spanish (South America), Chinese

LPQ™ is completed online

Takes up to 45-60 minutes to complete

Results emailed automatically to Associates for feedback, report preparation etc.


The LPA™ Program Plots the results of each assessment graphically using a Stanine (1 to

9) scale

Requires the counsellor to work with the candidate to interpret each set of scores

and

To look across the range of scores to identify ‘clusters’ or groups of scores that either conform to expected patterns, or provide evidence of unusual groups of characteristics

Score patterns that are frequently encountered are presented as Management Themes


On-screen Feedback


EDAC Management Themes


The LPA™ Program The LPA™ program offers powerful, statistically-based utilities to

facilitate the feedback process. For example:

LPA™ identifies any unusual score patterns and alerts the counsellor to these

LPA™ also enables you to translate client competencies into psychometric profiles - either directly or in response to the built-in Factor Analysis on the Statistics Menu. These become customised Management Themes

LPA™ also allows you to integrate the results from the MCPA™ measure of capability


Feedback - Unusual Score Combinations


Custom Management Themes


The LPA™ UtilitiesThe computer program interprets the results and offers

A series of clearly written text reports designed to support feedback sessions, with a ‘Show Rules’ option to show the underlying rules for report construction

Advanced and sophisticated utilities to support management development and the selection process, including:

- Job profile creation and profile matching, with associated Development Recommendations- Probe Questions to refine interpretation- Team selection and analysis- Statistical functions and norm maintenance


The Text Reports


The Text Reports - Construct


Matching a Person (■) to a Profile


Development Recommendations


Development Recommendations


Probe Questions1st Level Questions to probe into Driving Type when score is outside desired range


Probe Questions2nd Level Questions to probe into response to Question A


Setting Team Specifications


Finding Team Members


Analysing a Team


Summary Statistics


T Test for Significant Differences


Correlation Analysis


Cluster Analysis


Factor Analysis


LPA™ Outcomes

Helps candidates understand

How they are most likely to react in the normal range of business interactions with other executives - both collaboratively and when under stress

Whether or not their underlying personality supports their outward display of characteristics

The working culture which best supports their own unique range of abilities


LPA™ Outcomes

Helps organisations understand

What their management culture really is

How to map psychometric characteristics to performance or other desired outcomes

How to utilise psychometric data in selection and succession planning

Why management teams may be succeeding or failing

Where talent may be found


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