Development

Have you ever been through the process of selecting a workplace assessment? If so, you know how difficult it can be to find the right tool for the job. With thousands of assessments to choose from that measure everything from personal motivations and career alignment to leadership effectiveness and team culture, ensuring your organization is using the right assessment, with the right people, and for the right reason can be quite the challenge.

Imagine Gumby and Iron Man as leaders in your organization. We all know what your teams would do to Gumby as their boss. They’d pull, twist, and bend him in every way possible. Gumby would ask the team to do something and they’d literally tie his hands behind his back and stick a foot in his yapper. Poor Gumby can’t lead. Why? Because he’s simply too flexible.Now imagine Iron Man bursting through the door (or window) for his first day on the job. Iron Man was hired to take charge and lead those teams through anything that life throws their way. We can probably guess how this scenario would play out. Iron Man would walk in and find his teams huddled closely together in the janitor’s closet. Iron Man can’t lead either. Why? Because he’s simply too rigid.