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Executive/Managerial Selection

Profitable and high-performing organizations have strong teams of executives and managers at their core, and this is not by chance. Instead, high performing organizations take the necessary steps to ensure that they are promoting the correct people from within to fill these roles, and they also take steps to ensure that outside hires are similarly qualified.

While various models and paradigms of successful leaders exist – from leaders with “emotional intelligence” or “strategic agility” or “Level 5 Leaders”, it is generally agreed that leaders must [a] get others to set aside personal agendas and focus on group goals, [b] must interact with others in a way that commands respect and builds team spirit, [c] have the intellectual capacity to make correct business decisions, and [d] must model the ethics and values of the organization that they represent. PDP can assist your organization in identifying these types of leaders and managers.

PDP’s offerings in the Executive and Managerial Selection domain range from assisting with the sourcing of appropriate candidates, through the assessment and selection of candidates to their on-boarding and transition into your organization.

While each Executive and Managerial Selection project is customized to the needs of the hiring organization, a typical project in this area would be comprised of the following steps:

  • A review of your organization’s current core values, competency framework, strategic objectives, etc. to ensure alignment and agreement on the executive or managerial role that is being filled
  • Advice and guidance on sourcing strategies for finding qualified candidates, including a review of third party recruiters and other external sources of candidates
  • The design of an assessment process that measures both the core competencies of the organization and the leadership abilities of the candidate -- this assessment process is likely to include a battery of standardized tests, a structured interview process that is designed to further investigate trends observed in the testing process, and a work sample exercise
  • PDP will assist your organization in synthesizing the information obtained from the above steps, and will help your organization decide on finalists candidates and the overall candidate selection
  • PDP will provide on-boarding coaching for the newly hired executive or manager, including a debrief of the assessment process, the creation of a development plan that incorporates both the strengths and weaknesses identified in the assessment process, and the establishment of a coaching relationship to ensure a smooth transition of the new hire into the organization
  • The assessment protocols and methods used by PDP meet all legal and scientific guidelines established for test use (as covered by the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures and the Principles for the Validation and Use of Personnel Selection Procedures) – contact PDP for more information on legal issues surrounding test use.

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