WORKPLACE

The Center for Applied Cognitive Studies provides online WorkPlace Big Five Profile assessments to independent consultants and organizations.  Various reports such as the WorkPlace Teamer and WorkPlace Leader, using the results of the analyzed data, are also offered. Please see our online catalog for a complete list.

The WorkPlace Big Five Profile 4.0™ is a personality assessment based on the Five-Factor Model of Personality, the current standard for psychologists. With only 107 questions, busy workers find WorkPlace easy to complete online in 10 – 15 minutes.  WorkPlace is written in straightforward language specifically for business applications:

• Team building
• Leadership development
• Performance coaching
• Job Selection and hiring
• Succession planning
• Management/supervisory training
• Career development
• Sales training
• Conflict management

WorkPlace is a normative test and can be used for job selection; many commercially well-known assessments are not suitable for job selection. WorkPlace’s coefficient alpha of .83 is among the highest of all assessments and it is in compliance with International Test Commission standards.

WorkPlace is:

• Reliable: Extremely reliable compared to available personality inventories
• Acceptable: High acceptance of personal results by those tested
• Respected: Based upon the most widely respected personality model in the personality research community at the present time
• Valid: Established predictive validity across a variety of jobs
• Uncomplicated : No theory to understand; a clear vocabulary of individual similarities and differences
• Compatible: Serves as a road map to major theories of personality

Using WorkPlace for team building

Participants learn about themselves, their teammates, and how to improve communication and teamwork with others including customers, vendors, etc. 

Participants learn:

• About their unique personality profile
• Where individuals on the team may conflict
• Which team members have similar personality traits
• Tolerance of differences
• Communication strategies
• Influencing strategies
• The strengths each individual brings to the team in different situations
• The benefits of seeking different viewpoints
• Various team-related models

Using WorkPlace for leadership development

Participants learn about how their profile is different than and similar to a typical leader profile and what this means for them.

Participants learn:

• About their unique personality profile
• The typical leader profile
• Customizing a leader profile to their industry, company, or department
• Strategies to compensate where they differ from the leader profile
• Various leadership models

Using WorkPlace for coaching

When personality traits are combined with performance information, you can capitalize on strengths, determine effective training, and strategize on how to compensate.

Participants learn:

• About their unique personality profile
• Competencies that are energizing, natural, somewhat natural, draining, and outside of comfort zone for them
• How their personality profile supports and hinders job performance
• How to capitalize on strengths
• What competencies require training or support
• What competencies require compensating strategies

Using WorkPlace for selection and succession planning

Companies define a target profile for a specific job, then assess candidates against it.  This is a crucial part of the selection process along with critical behavioral interviewing, reference checking, IQ testing, and others.

By selecting the right people for the right role, companies:

• Reduce attrition
• Increase productivity
• Reduce on-the-job stress
• Increase employee satisfaction and morale
• Use training dollars effectively
• Reduce absenteeism

Related WorkPlace products

Want to know more about WorkPlace fundamentals and applications? Email us at info@centacs.com.

• The Owner’s Manual for Personality at Work: How the Big Five Personality Traits Affect Performance, Communication, Teamwork, Leadership, and Sales
• Professional Manual for the WorkPlace Big Five Profile™
• WorkPlace Big Five Profile Workbook
• Special Reports
• The Teamer
• The Leader
• The Career Guider
• SchoolPlace Big Five Profile™
• PowerPoint and Script: Basic Introduction to the WorkPlace Big Five Profile
• PowerPoint and Script: Leadership Development Program using the WorkPlace Big Five ProFile

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