Assessment
We excel in board, executive, and team assessment using Hogan's and other complementary industry-leading tools, providing unparalleled insights into personality, potential, and performance. Our assessments enable organizations to understand leadership dynamics, unlock hidden potential, and build cohesive, high-performing teams.
BoardS
Our board reviews assess the Chair, NEDs and relevant members of the executive team against shareholder and stakeholder expectations and strategic business priorities.
Our evaluations take a holistic view of performance: considering individual competencies and group dynamics, reflecting on the balance struck between corporate governance and leadership, sector-specific expertise and a breadth of experience, assessing diversity metrics and temporal pertinence. We pay particular attention to individual and group behaviour and may offer immediate recommendations for development.
The Evolution of Board Evaluation
Executive Teams
For an organisation to be continuously successful, there must be a clear, up-to-date understanding of its executive team’s strengths, both individually and as a collective.
Combining proven, data-driven methodology and decades of experience working with successful executive teams across multiple business sectors, our certified consultants help growing and complex organisations analyse and improve the dynamics and performance of their executive leadership teams – and consequently of their overall business.
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Introduction to Executive Evaluations
Executive Evaluations Summary
SucCession Planning
Succession planning is a forward-thinking process that develops leaders in alignment with a company’s strategy and culture. Unlike reactive CEO searches triggered by unforeseen departures, robust succession planning enables Boards to make thoughtful decisions, avoiding the pitfalls of last-minute choices. Key steps include starting early, prioritising internal development while benchmarking against external candidates, and defining leadership needs based on future business goals.
Effective succession planning also requires preparation for emergencies, securing stakeholder alignment, and engaging experienced advisors to guide transitions. Although challenges such as CEO sensitivities and lengthy timelines may arise, a structured approach ensures organisational stability and long-term success.
CEO Succession
Assessment Tools
Psychometrics
Sainty Hird & Partners is certified to use the Hogan suite of assessment tools.
What impact does your personality have on collaboration with others? What does your personality do to your reputation?
How you are perceived largely determines how successful you will be in a role. It is not your personality per se, but your personality in the context of a team and organization. A Hogan Assessment is not how you see yourself (“Identity”), but how other people experience you (“Reputation”) and the impact this has not only on your collaboration with others, but also on the impact of your behaviour on organisational culture. Hogan Assessments also predict potential risks, i.e. where and when is a leader likely to exhibit dysfunctional behaviour.
Reasoning & Judgement
Cognitive tests describe reasoning style. They help us understand a person's ability to evaluate sets of data, make decisions, solve problems, and avoid repeating past mistakes. By assessing reasoning style in conjunction with personality, you can get a comprehensive picture of how someone is likely to perform in a given role.
360 Reviews
The Hogan 360 is a world class multi-rater assessment that captures a manager’s workplace brand as seen typically by boss, peers and direct reports. Combining the Hogan 360 with the Hogan personality assessments captures the complete person. The 360 captures the ‘what’ (i.e. a person’s performance and reputation at a given point in time) and the personality assessments explain the ‘why’ (i.e. why certain behaviours are being displayed).
Leadership Versatility Index
The Leadership Versatility Index is a 360 feedback tool that measures and develops versatile leadership behaviours. It uses a patented Too Little/Too Much rating scale and a simple model of the complexities of leadership.
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